Ornelas Family History
- Ornelas Name Meaning
- Portuguese: from a misinterpretation (as d’Ornelas) of Dornelas, a habitational name from any of several places called Dornelas, from the plural diminutive of dorna ‘vat’, ‘tub’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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