{{other uses}} {{Infobox name | name = Teixeira | image = Teixeira Coat of Arms.gif | image_size = 150px | caption = Teixeira original coat of arms. | pronunciation = {{IPA|pt-PT|tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ|lang}}<br />{{IPA|gl|tejˈʃejɾɐ|lang}} | meaning = Place of the yew trees<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familiateixeira.com/origem.php|title=Família Teixeira|editor=Familiateixeira.com|language=pt}}</ref> | region = Iberian Peninsula | language = Portuguese, Galician | related names = | clans = | footnotes = }}
'''Teixeira''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ|lang}}, {{IPA|gl|tejˈʃejɾɐ|lang}}) is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym ''Teixeira'', derived from ''teixo'' "yew tree" (Latin ''taxus'').<ref>Elsdon Coles Smith, ''American Surnames'' (1986), p. 250.</ref> The progenitors of the name were a "Noble Portuguese Marrano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo," and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred "in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain" in 1643.<ref>''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1912), p. 75.</ref> A less frequent variant spelling is ''Texeira''. The variant ''Técher'' is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.
Notable people with the surname include:
==Historical== * Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395–1480), Portuguese navigator and explorer * Luís Teixeira (16th century), Portuguese Jesuit cartographer, mathematician and humanist * Bento Teixeira (1560–1618), Portuguese writer * Pedro Teixeira Albernaz (1595–1662), Portuguese cartographer * Pedro Teixeira (died 1640), Portuguese explorer * António Teixeira (composer) (1707–1769), Portuguese composer * Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza (1812–1861), Brazilian author * Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865–1921), Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, and translator
==Politicians== * António Teixeira de Sousa (1857–1917), Portuguese medical doctor and politician * Constantino Teixeira, Guinea-Bissau politician * Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (born 1951), Portuguese politician * Humberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Teixeira (1915–1979), Brazilian lawyer, politician, musician, and composer * José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira (1937–1996), Brazilian politician * Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860–1941), Portuguese politician * Miro Teixeira (born 1945), Brazilian politician and journalist * Nuno Severiano Teixeira (born 1957), Portuguese politician * {{anbl|Paulo Teixeira (politician)}}
==Sports== * Alex Teixeira Santos (born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Armando Gonçalves Teixeira (born 1976), known as ''Petit'', Portuguese footballer * Dimas Teixeira (born 1969), Portuguese footballer * Dionatan Teixeira (1992–2017), Brazilian-born Slovak footballer * Filipe Teixeira (born 1980), Portuguese footballer * Glover Teixeira (born 1979), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Humberlito Borges Teixeira (born 1980), Brazilian football player * João Carlos Teixeira (born 1993), Portuguese football player * João Miguel da Cunha Teixeira, Portuguese footballer * José Batlle Perdomo Teixeira (born 1965), Uruguayan footballer * Juarez Teixeira (1928–2026), Brazilian footballer * Júlio César Teixeira, (born 1979) known as Julinho, Brazilian footballer * Mark Teixeira (born 1980), American baseball player * Pedro Teixeira (born 1998), Swiss footballer * Renan Teixeira da Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Ricardo Terra Teixeira (born 1947), former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) * Ricardo Teixeira (born 1982), Angolan racing driver * Rodrigo Teixeira (born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Tallison Teixeira (born 1999), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Virgilio Teixeira (born 1973), Dutch footballer * Wilson Teixeira Beraldo (1917–1998), Brazilian physician and physiologist
==Other people== * Anísio Teixeira (1900–1971), Brazilian educator, jurist, and writer * Anya Teixeira (1913–1992), British photographer and photojournalist * Armando Teixeira (born 1968), Portuguese musician * Carlos Teixeira (born 1976), Portuguese volleyball player * Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (1919–2005), Portuguese comic book artist * Fernando Teixeira, American engineer * Francisco Gomes Teixeira, Portuguese mathematician and historian of mathematics * Gonçalo Teixeira (disambiguation), several people * Heloísa Teixeira (1939–2025), Brazilian writer, essayist, editor and literary critic * Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919–2006), Cape Verdean doctor and author * Jack Teixeira (born 2001), American air national guardsman accused of being responsible for 2023 Pentagon document leaks<!-- https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-statement-classified-national-defense --> * Marlon Teixeira, Brazilian model * Moises Teixeira da Silva, Brazilian criminal * Ruy Teixeira, American political scientist * Thalissa Teixeira, British-Brazilian actress * Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947–2006), Brazilian military officer * Virgílio Teixeira (1917–2010), Portuguese film, television and stage actor
==See also== * Tejera, the Spanish-language version * Tissera, Sinhala-language version
==References== {{reflist}}
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