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

1. a surname transferred from the given name

References

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