Medeiros Family History
Medeiros Name Meaning
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of various places called Medeiros from Portuguese and Galician medeiro ‘place where shocks of maize are gathered’ a derivative of meda ‘shock stack’ from Latin meta ‘(pyramid shaped) post’. Compare De Medeiros Madaris Madeiros Medaris Medearis Mederios and Mederos .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022