Fidalgo

See also: fidalgo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese and Galician Fidalgo.

Proper noun

Fidalgo (plural Fidalgos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fidalgo is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Fidalgo is most common among White (59.6%) and Hispanic/Latino (29.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fidalgo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 571.

Galician

Etymology

From fidalgo (“nobleman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈðalɣo̝/

Proper noun

Fidalgo

1. a surname

References

• "Fidalgo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>

• “Fidalgo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Portuguese

Etymology

From fidalgo (“nobleman”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈdaw.ɡu/ [fiˈdaʊ̯.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈdaw.ɡu/ [fiˈdaʊ̯.ɡu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈdaw.ɡo/ [fiˈdaʊ̯.ɡo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈdal.ɡu/ [fiˈðaɫ.ɣu]

• Homophone: fidalgo
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alɡu, (Brazil) -awɡu
• Hyphenation: Fi‧dal‧go

Proper noun

Fidalgo m or f by sense (uncountable)

1. a surname

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈdalɡo/ [fiˈð̞al.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -alɡo
• Syllabification: Fi‧dal‧go

Proper noun

Fidalgo m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician