Amaral (surname)

Amaral ([amaˈɾaw] or [amaˈɾal]) is a Portuguese-language surname of toponymic origin (from the Central-Northern Portuguese region of Beira), relatively common in Portugal and Brazil, amongst other countries. Its meaning probably comes from a plantation of a variety of grapes (azal tinto) known as amara (from the Latin language amarus/amara —bitter—, because of the taste of the fruit), used to produce wine, and the suffix -al denotes plantation. Amaral means a plantation of amaras.[1]

Amaral

Coat of arms associated with the Amaral surname
Origin
Meaning	"a plantation of amara grapes"
Region of origin	Beira, Central-Northern Portugal
Other names
Variant form(s)	do Amaral (of —or from— the plantation of amaras)

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This family name is considered to be of high lineage because it descends from the King Ramiro II of León.[2] The current people with this surname are probably of pre-Roman Lusitanian, Christian Visigothic and Sephardic Jewish descent.[1]

The coat of arms of this family name is composed of six upside-down crescent moons, possibly because of some anti-Islamic reason. The Iberian Peninsula was occupied by Arab-Berber Muslims from Maghreb during the Middle Ages.

A variation is do Amaral.