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Alcaide
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Spanish
Origin
Meaning	"Castle Commander"
Region of origin	Iberian Peninsula
Other names
Variant form(s)	Alcaid

Alcaide is a Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term qāʾid, which literally means 'commander'.

Etymology

From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide.^[1]

Notable people

Anselmo Pardo Alcaide (1913–1977), Spanish entomologist.
Chris Alcaide (1922–2004), American actor
Carmen Alcayde (born 1973), Spanish TV presenter and actress
David Alcaide (born 1978), Spanish pool player
Guillermo Alcaide (born 1986), Spanish tennis player
Ana Alcaide (born 1976), Spanish musician
Pepe Alcaide (born 1979), Spanish footballer
Víctor Aguirre Alcaide (born 1972), Mexican politician

References

^ "Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974.

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[SOD-1] "Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974.

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