Freire

See also: freire

English

Etymology

From Galician Freire.

Proper noun

Freire (plural Freires)

  1. A surname​.

Derived terms

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Freire is the 12514th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2477 individuals. Freire is most common among Hispanic/Latino (66.49%) and White (30.36%) individuals.

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From freire (“friar”), from Old Occitan fraire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾejɾe̝/

Proper noun

Freire m

  1. A surname​.

References
  • “Freire” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Freire” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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