Nunes Family History
Nunes Name Meaning
Portuguese and Galician: patronymic from the personal name Nuno . Jewish (Sephardic): Portuguese surname (see 1 above) adopted 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. English: variant of Newnes a habitational name from Newnes in Ellesmere Shropshire. The etymology of the placename is uncertain; it may derive from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + næss ‘promontory headland’ but the sense of ‘new headland’ is not clear and such a name does not suit the place's topography.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022