Azevedo Family History
Azevedo Name Meaning
Portuguese: topographic name for someone whose dwelling was by a clump of holly bushes (see Acevedo ). Compare Asevedo . Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Portuguese surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later) some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022