Vieira

Vieira

Pronunciation	[vj'ejra]
Origin
Meaning	Scallop
Region of origin	Galicia Portugal
Other names
Related names	Viera

Vieira is a Galician and Portuguese surname. It is the Galician and Portuguese word for "scallop".

The surname may refer to:

• Adelino André Vieira de Freitas (Vieirinha, born 1986), Portuguese footballer
• Alessandro Rosa Vieira (Falcão, born 1977), Brazilian futsal player
• Alice Vieira (born 1943), Portuguese writer
• Álvaro Siza Vieira (born 1933), Portuguese architect
• Anton de Vieira (1682?–1745), Russian administrator
• António Vieira (1608–1697), Portuguese Jesuit and writer
• Asia Vieira (born 1982), Canadian actress
• Cláudia Vieira (born 1978), Portuguese actress
• Carlos Adriano de Souza Vieira (Adriano Gabiru, born 1977), Brazilian footballer
• Francisco de Matos Vieira (Vieira Lusitano, 1699–1783), Portuguese royal painter, illustrator and engraver
• Jelon Vieira, Brazilian choreographer
• João Bernardo Vieira (1939–2009), Guinea-Bissau politician
• Jorvan Vieira (born 1953), Brazilian-Portuguese football coach
• José Luandino Vieira (born 1935), Angolan writer
• Jussiê Ferreira Vieira (Jussiê, born 1983), Brazilian footballer
• Leonel Vieira (born 1969), Portuguese film director
• Leandro Ricardo Vieira (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
• Luís Filipe Vieira (born 1949), president of S.L. Benfica
• Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (Marcelo, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
• Meredith Vieira (born 1953), American journalist and TV host
• Milton Vieira (born 1978), Brazilian martial artist
• Patrick Vieira (born 1976), French footballer and coach
• Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira (born 1958), Brazilian politician
• Ronaldo Vieira (footballer, born 1998), Bissau-Guinean footballer
• Ronaldo Vieira (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer
• Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003), Brazilian diplomat
• Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (born 1939), last Portuguese Governor of Macau

See also

• Viera (disambiguation)