Freitas
Freitas is a Portuguese family name.
Origin and Meaning
Freitas is a location-based original Portuguese name, who called someone who lived on stony, rugged terrain.
Bearers of the name
Family name
- Acelino Freitas ( born 1975 ), Brazilian boxer
- Adelino André Vieira de Freitas ( Vieirinha; born 1986 ), Portuguese footballer
- Aelton Freitas ( b. 1961 ), Brazilian politicians
- Albina Marcal Freitas (born 1958 ), East Timorese politician
- Aluísio Napoleão de Freitas Rego (1914-2006), Brazilian diplomat
- Angela Freitas, East Timorese politician and party functionary
- Angélica Freitas (born 1973 ), Brazilian journalist, author and translator
- Aurelio Freitas Ribeiro ( b. 1971 ), East Timorese politicians
- Cecilio Caminha Freitas (born 1973 ), East Timorese politicians
- Chantal de Freitas (1967-2013), German actress and singer
- Ciro de Freitas Vale (1896-1969), Brazilian diplomat
- Daniel Freitas ( cyclist ), Portuguese cyclist
- Daniel Freitas Rodríguez (born 1965 ), Uruguayan boxer
- Diogo Freitas do Amaral ( b. 1941 ), Portuguese lawyer and politician
- Donna Freitas (born 1972 ), American theologian and author
- Duarte Freitas (born 1966 ), Portuguese politician
- Edevaldo de Freitas (born 1958 ), Brazilian footballer
- Enrique de Freitas, Brazilian tennis player
- Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (1913-1982), British diplomat
- Heleno de Freitas (1920-1959), Brazilian footballer
- Iole de Freitas ( born 1945 ), Brazilian installation artist
- João Freitas Câncio, East Timorese politicians
- Jorge Tobias de Freitas ( born 1935 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Nazaré
- José de Freitas Ribeiro (1868-1929), Portuguese captain and politician
- José Vicente de Freitas (1869-1952), Portuguese general and politician
- Giacomance Kléber de Souza Freitas ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Marcos Freitas (* 1988), Portuguese table tennis players
- Maria de Fátima Freitas (born 1967 ), Brazilian botanist
- Mário Augusto Teixeira de Freitas (1890-1956), Brazilian statisticians
- Miguel Freitas Ângelo Ribeiro (born 1958 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Oliveira
- Paulin Freitas (1909-1989), Togolese politician
- Paulo Freitas da Silva (1939-2007), East Timorese politicians
- Robert A. Freitas Jr., American physicist, psychologist and lawyer
- Ruy de Freitas (1916-2012), Brazilian basketball player
- Vítor Tiago de Freitas ( Vitinha; born 1986 ), Portuguese footballer
Business
- AC de Freitas & Co., former German trading company and shipping company
Others
- Freitas ( Fafe ), a municipality in the north of Portugal