Miguéns

Galician

Alternative forms

• Miguez
• Miguélez

Etymology

From the medieval form Miguẽẽs, from local Medieval Latin Miguelez, from Miguel (“Michael”) + the patronymic suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Michael".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɣɛŋs/

Proper noun

Miguéns

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

References

• “Miguéns” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Miguees”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG