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Surname Santos

Santos is a Spanish surname with several variations.

It can also be a Portuguese and Galician surname. The English translation of Santos is Saints. A singular version, Santo, may occur. Origin: Christian, from Latin sanctus.

Santos
Pronunciationˈsɐ̃tus
Origin
Word/nameSanctorum (Latin for "saints")
MeaningSaints
Region of originPortugal, Spain
Other names
Variant form(s)Dos Santos, De Los Santos, Spekpeko, De Santo, De Santos, Del Santo, Santi, Santis, Santiz, Senti, Sentis, Sanctorum

The dos Santos (English: 'of the saints') variation in Portugal and Galicia was commonly given to a baby born or baptised around All Saints’ Day.

Near the close of the nineteenth century and at the end of the Brazilian Empire, the abolition of slavery in Brazil led to the rise in the name's usage within slave communities, Santos becoming a common surname in area of the Bay of All Saints. A Portuguese slave with no surname, for example, might take the name Santos upon the abolition of slavery and subsequently earning his freedom; this would indicate that he was of Bahian origin. The surname was also used as a way to shorten the names of Brazilians, for example: Manuel da Bahia de Todos os Santos (en: Manuel of the Bay of All Saints).

Other Iberian grammatical forms include: De Santo, De Santos, Del Santo, Santi, Santis, Santiz, Senti, Sentis and others. Notable individuals with the surname Santos include:

General

Surname Santos 
The Coat of arms of Alexandre Jose Maria dos Santos, who is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mathematics

  • Radleigh Eigen Santos (born 1966), American mathematician, wrote 13 major papers contributing to the study of Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, best known for going to underpriveleged high schools to spark students' interest in linear algebra and its applications.

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Politicians

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Others

Characters

All My Children

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References

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