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Also known as Álvaro (given name), Álvaro (first name)

Álvaro or Álvar (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin.

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male given name
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native label
Álvaro
writing system
Latin script
Caverphone
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Commons category
Álvaro (given name)
described by source
Wiktionary
language of work or name
Portuguese
patronym or matronym for this name
Álvares
IPA transcription
ˈalβɐɾʊ

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Álvaro or Álvar (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin.

The patronymic surnames derived from this name are Álvarez (Spanish), Álvares (Galician and Portuguese) and Alves (Portuguese).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Álvaro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.