Neves (surname)
Neves, is the Portuguese word for the plural form of "snow". It is a common surname in Portugal, Italy, Brazil, and the Spanish region of Galicia. A Spanish variant is Nieves.
The surname is supposedly connected to the veneration of Nossa Senhora das Neves, the name being given to a village in the northwest of Portugal.
People with this name
Sportspeople
Footballers
- Bruno Ferraz das Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Carlos César Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Carlos das Neves. South African footballer and coach
- Cristiano dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Daniel Soares Neves, Brazilian-Spanish footballer
- Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Diego Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Domingos Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Eugénio Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Fernando Pascoal Neves,, Portuguese footballer
- Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Hermes Neves Soares, Brazilian footballer
- Hernâni Neves, Portuguese footballer and beach soccer player
- Jedaias Capucho Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Joaquim Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Jorge Neves (footballer, born 1969), Portuguese football player and coach
- Jorge Neves (footballer, born 1987), Portuguese football player
- Kévin das Neves, French footballer
- Luciano da Rocha Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Manny Neves, Portuguese-American soccer player
- Marcos Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Michel Neves Dias, Brazilian footballer
- Nando Maria Neves, Cape Verdean footballer
- Pedro das Neves Correia, Portuguese footballer
- Pedro Rocha Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Ricardo Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Rodolfo Xavier Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Rúben das Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Rúben Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Rui Neves (footballer, born 1965), Portuguese footballer
- Rui Neves (footballer, born 1969), Portuguese footballer
- Serafim Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Sérgio André Pereira Neves, Portuguese footballer
- Sérgio Ricardo Messias Neves, Brazilian Footballer
- Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Vinícius Neves da Silva, Brazilian footballer
Other sports
- Bruno Neves, Portuguese road racing cyclist
- Cláudia das Neves, Brazilian women's basketball player
- Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian auto racing driver
- Joana Neves, Brazilian Paralympic swimmer
- Mario Neves (basketball) is a Cape Verdean-Portuguese basketball player
- Pedro Miguel Neves, Portuguese basketball player
- Ralph Neves, US horse racing jockey
Others
- Aécio Neves, Brazilian economist and politician
- Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo, São Toméan poet, politician, and national anthem lyricist
- Alice Leonor das Neves Costa, Macanese judge
- André Neves. Portuguese mathematician
- António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese legal philosopher and professor
- Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves, Brazilian ambassador to the UK
- David Neves, Brazilian film director and screenwriter
- Emily Neves, US actress, singer, script writer, and voice director
- Graciano dos Santos Neves, Brazilian physician and politician
- Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, Portuguese duchess of San Jaime
- José Neves, Portuguese billionaire businessman, founder of Farfetch
- José Maria Neves, Cape Verdean politician and former Prime Minister
- Lucas Moreira Neves, Brazilian Cardinal Bishop and Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
- Maria das Neves, São Tomé and Príncipe politician and former Prime Minister
- Mario Das Neves, Argentine politician
- Mário Neves, Portuguese journalist and diplomat
- Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer
- Pedro Luís Neves, Portuguese composer, musician, and music producer
- Tancredo Neves, Brazilian lawyer, entrepreneur, and president-elect of Brazil
- Vivien Neves, British glamour model
- Walter Neves, Brazilian anthropologist, archaeologist, and biologist
- Wilson das Neves, Brazilian musician