Goan Catholics names and surnames
- Goan Catholics names and surnames
Goan Catholic names and surnames encompass the different types of names and surnames used by the Goan Catholics of Goa.
Names
Bilingual names, having variants in both Konkani and English, like Pedru (Peter) and Mâri (Mary) are common among Goan Catholics. Another popular naming convention uses , like Kevin, Kenneth and Sanferd, that have no Konkani variants. European names such as Savio, Mario and Andrea are popular and so are Indian names like "Sandeep", "Rahul" and "Anita". like Rodrigues and Carvalho, are used abundantly among Goan Catholics due to the former Portuguese colonationization of Goa. Some Goan Catholics still have records of their original Goud Saraswat Brahmin surnames such as Prabhu, Kamat, Pai, and Shenoy.[cite web|url=http://www.goablog.org/posts/ethnicity-and-surnames-of-the-people-of-goa/|title=Ethnicity and surnames of the people of Goa|accessdate=2008-09-11] ]"See also: "
Notes
References
*cite book
last=Maffei
first=Angelus Francis Xavier
publisher=Asian Educational Services
year=2001
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YheuhLoHKsUC&printsec=frontcover
title=English-konkani Dictionary
isbn=8120606264
accessdate=2008-08-24
ref=maff
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