# Coelho

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'''Coelho''' ({{IPA|pt|ku'eʎu}}, [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): קוּאֵלְיוֹ) is a surname of [Portuguese](/source/Portugal) and [Jewish](/source/Jewish) ([Sephardic](/source/Sephardic_Jews)) origin, meaning "rabbit". The surname indicates [Jewish priestly](/source/kohen) origin, likely adopted due to its phonetic similarity to the surname [Cohen](/source/Cohen).<ref>Name your roots: Name analysis report. (n.d). Name your roots.[https://nameyourroots.com/home/names/Coelho]</ref><ref>Beider, A. (n.d.). The etymology of Sephardi surnames: Achievements and perspectives. Academia</ref> This connection would have been significant in preserving the family's historical identity during periods of assimilation and exile. During the [Portuguese Inquisition](/source/Portuguese_Inquisition), many Sephardic families – including those bearing the surname Coelho – adopted or retained such surnames as a means of survival and identity preservation.<ref> Waas, M. (2019, December 3). On Sephardic Surnames. Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services. https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/on-sephardic-surnames</ref>  Evidence predating the Inquisition suggests the family originated in the Beira Litoral region, particularly around [Coimbra](/source/Coimbra) and [Aveiro](/source/Aveiro%2C_Portugal).<ref>Herbert, A. (2014). The Pharmaca of Jozeph Coelho: A Family of Converso Apothecaries in Seventeenth-Century Coimbra. The Recipes Project. https://doi.org/10.58079/tcs9</ref><ref>Bodian, Miriam. “Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: The Ambiguous Boundaries of Self-Definition.” Jewish Social Studies 15, no. 1 (2008): 66–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40207034</ref> Notable people with the surname include:
* [Arnaldo Cézar Coelho](/source/Arnaldo_C%C3%A9zar_Coelho), Brazilian football referee
* [Bento Coelho da Silveira](/source/%3Apt%3ABento_Coelho_da_Silveira) (ca. 1630–1708), Portuguese painter
* [Carlos Coelho](/source/Carlos_Coelho_(politician)), Portuguese politician
* [Carlos Pinto Coelho](/source/Carlos_Pinto_Coelho), Portuguese journalist, writer, photographer and media professor
* [Claire Coelho](/source/Claire_Coelho), Australian football (soccer) player
* [Duarte Coelho](/source/Duarte_Coelho), Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator
* [Dyego Rocha Coelho](/source/Dyego_Rocha_Coelho), Brazilian football player
* [Eduardo Prado Coelho](/source/Eduardo_Prado_Coelho), Portuguese writer, journalist, columnist and university professor
* [Eduardo Teixeira Coelho](/source/Eduardo_Teixeira_Coelho), maker of comic books
* [Eliane Coelho](/source/Eliane_Coelho), Brazilian soprano
* [Elzo Coelho](/source/Elzo_Coelho), Brazilian football player
* [Evelina Coelho](/source/Evelina_Coelho), Portuguese artist
* [Fabián Coelho](/source/Fabi%C3%A1n_Coelho), Uruguayan football player
* [Gaspar Coelho](/source/Gaspar_Coelho), Portuguese Jesuit
* [Gonçalo Coelho](/source/Gon%C3%A7alo_Coelho), Portuguese explorer
* [Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto](/source/Coelho_Neto), Brazilian writer, politician, and professor
* [Humberto Coelho](/source/Humberto_Coelho), Portuguese football player
* [Jackson Avelino Coelho](/source/Jaj%C3%A1_Coelho), commonly known as Jajá, Brazilian footballer born 1986
* [Jackson Coelho Silva](/source/Jackson_(footballer_born_1973)), Brazilian footballer
* [Jaime Luiz Coelho](/source/Jaime_Luiz_Coelho) (1916–2013), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
* [José Dias Coelho](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Dias_Coelho), Portuguese painter and sculptor
* [José da Silva Coelho](/source/Jos%C3%A9_da_Silva_Coelho), Goan Catholic writer
* [Joseph Coelho](/source/Joseph_Coelho), British poet and children's book author
* [Manuel Rodrigues Coelho](/source/Manuel_Rodrigues_Coelho), Portuguese organist and composer
* [Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina](/source/Maria_de_Bel%C3%A9m_Roseira), Portuguese politician
* [Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade](/source/M%C3%A1rio_Pinto_de_Andrade), Angolan poet and politician
* [Nicolau Coelho](/source/Nicolau_Coelho), Portuguese explorer
* [Nuno André Coelho](/source/Nuno_Andr%C3%A9_Coelho), Portuguese footballer
* [Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho](/source/Nuno_Miguel_Prata_Coelho), Portuguese footballer
* [Oliverio Coelho](/source/Oliverio_Coelho), Argentine writer and critic
* [Paulo Coelho](/source/Paulo_Coelho), Brazilian lyricist and novelist
* [Paulo de Almeida Coelho](/source/Paulo_de_Almeida_Coelho), Portuguese Paralympic athlete
* [Pedro Passos Coelho](/source/Pedro_Passos_Coelho), Portuguese politician and prime minister
* [Ricardo Coelho](/source/Ricardo_Coelho), Portuguese marathon canoeist
* [Sara Pinto Coelho](/source/Sara_Pinto_Coelho), Portuguese writer and playwright
* [Tony Coelho](/source/Tony_Coelho), American congressman

==See also==
* [Engenheiro Coelho](/source/Engenheiro_Coelho), a municipality in São Paulo state in Brazil.
* [Pedro Manuel Oliveira Martins](/source/Pedro_Manuel_Oliveira_Martins) (born 1988), known as Coelho, Portuguese futsal player
* [Conejo](/source/Conejo_(surname)), a Spanish-language surname, variant of Coelho
* [Coello](/source/Coello_(disambiguation)), a Galician-language variant

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==References==
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Category:Portuguese-language surnames
Category:Sephardi surnames
Category:Surnames of Jewish origin

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