Lopes


title: "Lopes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["galician-language-surnames", "portuguese-language-surnames", "patronymic-surnames"] topic_path: "general/galician-language-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameLopes
meaning"Son of Lopo" (Wolf)
regionPortuguese, Galician
languagePortuguese
pronunciation
variantLópez (Spanish), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian)
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| name = Lopes | image = | caption = | meaning = "Son of Lopo" (Wolf) | region = Portuguese, Galician | language = Portuguese | pronunciation = | variant = López (Spanish), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian) Lopes is a Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic for son of Lopo, itself being derived from Latin lupus wolf. This surname occurs in other Romance variants, such as Spanish López, Italian Lupo, French Loup, and Romanian Lupu or Lupescu.

Notable people with the surname include:

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