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{{about|the Portuguese surname|the Galician-language surname|Coello (disambiguation){{!}}Coello}}'''Coelho''' ({{IPA|pt|ku'eʎu}}, [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: קוּאֵלְיוֹ) is a [[History of the Jews in Portugal|Portuguese-Jewish]] surname meaning "rabbit". The Coelho’s are a historically known [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardic]] family with connection to the Jewish communities of the [[Spanish and Portuguese Jews|Iberian peninsula]].<ref>Breen, Benjamin, (2014) [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/4710] Amanda Herbert</ref> The families history bears deep ties to the persecution experienced by Jews during the inquisition in [[Portuguese Inquisition|Portugal]] and [[Spanish Inquisition|Spain]]. Descendants with the surname Coelho are likely of Jewish origin.<ref>Name your roots: Name analysis report. (n.d). Name your roots.[https://nameyourroots.com/home/names/Coelho]</ref> Notable people with the surname include:
* [[Arnaldo Cézar Coelho]], Brazilian football referee
* [[:pt:Bento Coelho da Silveira|Bento Coelho da Silveira]] (ca. 1630-1708), Portuguese painter
* [[Carlos Coelho (politician)|Carlos Coelho]], Portuguese politician
* [[Carlos Pinto Coelho]], Portuguese journalist, writer, photographer and media professor.
* [[Claire Coelho]], Australian football (soccer) player
* [[Dorothea Coelho]], American game show host
* [[Duarte Coelho]], Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator
* [[Dyego Rocha Coelho]], Brazilian football player
* [[Eduardo Teixeira Coelho]], maker of comic books
* [[Eduardo Prado Coelho]], Portuguese writer, journalist, columnist and university professor.
* [[Eliane Coelho]], Brazilian soprano
* [[Elzo Coelho]], Brazilian football player
* [[Evelina Coelho]], Portuguese artist
* [[Fabián Coelho]], Uruguayan football player
* [[Gaspar Coelho]], Portuguese Jesuit
* [[Gonçalo Coelho]], Portuguese explorer
* [[Coelho Neto|Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto]], Brazilian writer, politician, and professor
* [[Humberto Coelho]], Portuguese football player
* [[Jaime Luiz Coelho]] (1916–2013), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
* [[Jajá Coelho|Jackson Avelino Coelho]], commonly known as Jajá, Brazilian footballer born 1986
* [[Jackson (footballer born 1973)|Jackson Coelho Silva]], Brazilian footballer
* [[José Dias Coelho]], Portuguese painter and sculptor
* [[José da Silva Coelho]], Goan Catholic writer
* [[Joseph Coelho]], British poet and children's book author
* [[Manuel Rodrigues Coelho]], Portuguese organist and composer
* [[Maria de Belém Roseira|Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina]], Portuguese politician
* [[Mário Pinto de Andrade|Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade]], Angolan poet and politician
* [[Nicolau Coelho]], Portuguese explorer
* [[Nuno André Coelho]], Portuguese footballer
* [[Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho]], Portuguese footballer
* [[Paulo Coelho]], Brazilian lyricist and novelist
* [[Paulo de Almeida Coelho]], Portuguese Paralympic athlete
* [[Pedro Passos Coelho]], Portuguese politician and prime minister
* [[Sara Pinto Coelho]], Portuguese writer and playwright
* [[Tony Coelho]], American congressman
==See also==
* [[Engenheiro Coelho]], a municipality in São Paulo state in Brazil.
* [[Pedro Manuel Oliveira Martins]] (born 1988), known as Coelho, Portuguese futsal player
* [[Conejo (surname)|Conejo]], a Spanish-language surname, variant of Coelho
* [[Coello]], a Galician-language variant
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==References==
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[[Category:Portuguese-language surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames of Sephardic origin]]
[[Category:Surnames of Jewish origin]]