Aguiar is a surname of
Galician-Portuguese origin. Its etymology comes from the
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
word ''aquilare'', translating to "eagle's nest".
Notable people with the surname include:
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Antone S. Aguiar Jr. (1930–2014), American judge and politician
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Bruno Aguiar, Portuguese footballer
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Ernani Aguiar, Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist
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Guma Aguiar
Guma Leandro Aguiar (May 31, 1977 – disappeared June 19, 2012; declared legally dead January 29, 2015) was a Brazilian-born American energy industrialist and millionaire businessman who split his time between the United States and Israel. Ag ...
, Brazilian-born American energy industrialist
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Henry Aguiar (born 1966), Venezuelan sprinter
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João Aguiar (writer) (1943–2010), Portuguese writer and journalist
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João Aguiar (swimmer)
João Carlos da Silva Paquete Aguiar (born September 8, 1983) is an Angolan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented Angola, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and held numerous Angolan titles and meet reco ...
(born 1983), Angolan swimmer
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Joaquim António de Aguiar
Joaquim António de Aguiar (Coimbra, 24 August 1792 – Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the ...
, Portuguese politician
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Joselia Aguiar, Brazilian writer
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Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer
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Fernando Aguiar
Fernando João Lobo Aguiar (born 18 March 1972) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 138 matches and 13 goals over six seasons, appearing in the competition fo ...
, Portuguese-born Canadian soccer player
See also
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Aguiar (Barcelos), a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos
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Aguiar, Paraíba, a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Paraíba
Paraíba ( , ; ) is a states of Brazil, state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba i ...
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Aguilar (surname) Aguilar is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballer
*Alberto Aguilar (disambiguation), several people
*Alejandro Aguilar (born 1990), Costa Rican footballer
*Alfredo Aguilar (born 1 ...
, Spanish variant
{{surname, Aguiar
Galician-language surnames
Portuguese-language surnames