Teixeira (European Portuguese: [tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ] , Galician: [tejˈʃejɾɐ] ) is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym Teixeira , derived from teixo "yew tree " (Latin taxus ).[ 2] 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.[ 3] A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira . The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island , notably in the Cilaos area.
List of people called Teixeira
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
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
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
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
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
Luis Filipe Teixeira (born 1959), Portuguese essayist and teacher
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