Message: "Ney, portuguese name"

Ney, portuguese name

by Getb2 (guest)

4/16/2013, 8:44 PM

anyone knows what is its etymology? I think its a shorter form of another name but I cannot find what name.

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- Anneza +1

4/17/2013, 1:05 AM

My best guess would be that it's the French surname, and a tribute to the marshal whom Napoleon called 'the bravest of the brave'. In which case it was derived from either the French or the German words for 'new' - a name given to a recent arrival in a village.

Why it would be used in Portugal is another question! But he was worth commemorating.

- Getb2 (guest)

4/21/2013, 12:55 AM

I've seen it in a Brazilian character and in a Brazilian historical figure.

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