Vieites
Galician
Alternative forms
- Viéitez
Etymology
From the medieval form Beeytes, from Bieito (“Benedict”) + the patronymical suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Benedict".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈejte̝s/
Proper noun
Vieites
- A surname.
References
- “beeyte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- "Vieites" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.