Lima Family History
Lima Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Mario, Luis, Juan, Raul, Ricardo, Roberto, Eduardo, Francisco, Pedro. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Duarte, Guilherme, Vasco, Joaquim, Albano, Catarina, Goncalo, Margarida, Terezinha.
Spanish: possibly from lima ‘file’.
Portuguese: topographic name for someone living on the banks of the river of this name (of pre-Roman origin, probably akin to a Celtic element lemos, limos ‘elm’).
In some cases probably also Albanian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from limë (definite form lima) ‘file, rasp’, also ‘cornhusking tool’. This surname is rare in Albania and Kosovo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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