Viéitez

Galician

Alternative forms

• Vieites

Etymology

From the medieval form Bieytes, from the proper noun Bieito (“Benedict”) + the patronymic suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Benedict".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈejte̝θ/

Proper noun

Viéitez

1. a surname transferred from the given name

References

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