Nunes is a common Portuguese surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic (son of
Nuno). The name itself is believed to be either of Latin "Nunnus, Nonnus", or more likely
Celtic etymology.[1]
Not Jewish in origin but some
Sephardic Jews adopted this name.
^Lidia Becker (2009), Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.–12. Jahrhundert) (De Gruyter), pp. 773ff.
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