LOPES Origin of surname
LOPES, DE LOPPES
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's given name, in this case of biblical origin.
Lopes is the Portuguese translation of the Hebrew Ze'ev, meaning "wolf", which is the 'kinnui' ("secular equivalent") of Benjamin (Genesis 49.27). Initially a given name, Ze'ev/Ze'eb became a family name with equivalents in several languages, among them Lupus (Latin), Lopez and Lopes (Spanish and Portuguese), Lupu (Romanian), Wilk/Wolk/Walk (Slavic) and Wolf (German and English). The name could also be a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. Some of the variants of Lopes are associated with place names such as Wolfsberg in Carinthia, southern Austria, where Jews were living since the 13th century; Wolfsburg in Hanover, north western Germany; Wolfstein in Bavaria and Wolfstein in the Rhenish palatinate, Germany; Volpa/Wolpa (in Yiddish Volp/Volpe) in Bielorussia (today, Belarus); and Loupes in Gironde, France. Lupus is recorded as a Jewish family name in the 10th century; Woelflin in 1259; De Lopa in 1262; Lopes in 1407; De Loppes in 1459; de Louppes in 1510; Lopis in 1547; Wolff in 1558; Lopez in the 16th century; Wolf in 1718; and Woulfe in 1750.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Lopes include the early 18th century English broker Manasseh (Menasheh) Lopes.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's given name, in this case of biblical origin.
Lopes is the Portuguese translation of the Hebrew Ze'ev, meaning "wolf", which is the 'kinnui' ("secular equivalent") of Benjamin (Genesis 49.27). Initially a given name, Ze'ev/Ze'eb became a family name with equivalents in several languages, among them Lupus (Latin), Lopez and Lopes (Spanish and Portuguese), Lupu (Romanian), Wilk/Wolk/Walk (Slavic) and Wolf (German and English). The name could also be a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. Some of the variants of Lopes are associated with place names such as Wolfsberg in Carinthia, southern Austria, where Jews were living since the 13th century; Wolfsburg in Hanover, north western Germany; Wolfstein in Bavaria and Wolfstein in the Rhenish palatinate, Germany; Volpa/Wolpa (in Yiddish Volp/Volpe) in Bielorussia (today, Belarus); and Loupes in Gironde, France. Lupus is recorded as a Jewish family name in the 10th century; Woelflin in 1259; De Lopa in 1262; Lopes in 1407; De Loppes in 1459; de Louppes in 1510; Lopis in 1547; Wolff in 1558; Lopez in the 16th century; Wolf in 1718; and Woulfe in 1750.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Lopes include the early 18th century English broker Manasseh (Menasheh) Lopes.
Nissim Lopes
(Personality)Nissim Lopes (1885-1950), poet. born in Aleppo, Syria (then part of the Ottoman Empire). He was one of the first pupils at the Ohel Mo'ed Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Lopes returned to Aleppo during World War I and later immigrated to Brazil. In 1935 he settled in Jerusalem and joined a group of Jewish mystics in the city.