Ferreira
Ferreira is a Portuguese and Galician languages surname of toponymical origin, meaning Iron smith. It can also be spelled as Fereira, Ferera and Ferarya, if Sephardic Jewish in origin.
It may refer to:
People
General
- Aluízio Ferreira (1897–1980), Brazilian politician
- Anne Ferreira (born 1961), French politician
- Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (1910–1989), Brazilian dictionarist and writer
- Carlos Vaz Ferreira (1872 - 1958), Uruguayan philosopher, writer, and academic
- Benigno Ferreira (1846–1920), Paraguayan president
- Cristóvão Ferreira (1580–1650), Portuguese Jesuit missionary to Japan who apostacized
- David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996), Portuguese writer and poet
- Elisa Ferreira (born 1955), Portuguese politician
- Francisco Ferreira Drummond (1796–1858), Portuguese historiographer, paleographer, musician and politician
- José dos Santos Ferreira (1919–1993), known as "Adé", Portuguese-Macanese poet
- José Maria Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974), Portuguese writer and journalist
- María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924) Uruguayan teacher and poet
- Paul Ferreira (born 1973), Canadian politician
- Peter M. Ferreira (born 1970), Portuguese concert violinist
- Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (born 1934), Brazilian pharmacologist
- Sky Ferreira (born 1992), Singer
- Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996), Portuguese writer
Sports
David Ferreira (born 1979), Colombian footballer
- Diego Ferreira (born 1975), Paraguayan runner
- Ellis Ferreira (born 1970), South African tennis player
- Emerson Ferreira da Rosa (born 1976), known as "Emerson", Brazilian footballer
- Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (born 1942), Portuguese footballer
- Jesualdo Ferreira (born 1946), Portuguese football coach
- Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (born 1982), known as "Jorge Baltazar", Mexican squash player
- José Ferreira Neto (born 1966), known as "Neto", Brazilian footballer
- Lula Ferreira (born 1951), Brazilian basketball coach
- Monique Ferreira (born 1980), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Neil Ferreira (born 1979), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Paulo Ferreira (born 1979), Portuguese footballer
- Quentin Ferreira (born 1972), South African cricketer
- Tânia Ferreira (born 1974), Brazilian judoka
- Teófilo Ferreira (born 1973), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Tiago Ferreira (born 1975), known as "Tiago", Portuguese footballer
- Wayne Ferreira (born 1971), South African tennis player
Fictional
Places
Brazil
Portugal
Spain
- Ferreira, Granada, a municipality of Granada Province, Spain (old Galician settlement)
- Ferreira, San Martiño de Pacios, Begonte, in a parish in the municipality of Begonte, Galicia
- Ferreira, Ferreira, Coristanco, in a parish in the municipality of Coristanco, Galicia
- Ferreira, Anxeriz, Friol, in a parish in the municipality of Friol, Galicia
- Ferreira, Parga, Guitiriz, in a parish in the municipality of Guitiriz, Galicia
- Ferreira, Ferreira de Pallares, Guntín, in a parish in the municipality of Guntín, Galicia
- Ferreira, San Tomé de Lourenzá, Lourenzá, in a parish in the municipality of Lourenzá, Galicia
- Ferreira, Santa María Maior, Mondoñedo, in a parish in the municipality of Mondoñedo, Galicia
- Ferreira de Pantón, a parish and municipality seat in Lugo Province, Galicia
- Ferreira, Bravos, Ourol, in a parish in the municipality of Ourol, Galicia
- Ferreira, Miñotos, Ourol, in a parish in the municipality of Ourol, Galicia
- Ferreira, Mosteiro, Outeiro de Rei, in a parish in the municipality of Outeiro de Rei, Galicia
- Ferreira, Castro de Rei de Lemos, Paradela, in a parish in the municipality of Paradela, Galicia
- Ferreira, Montefurado, Quiroga, in a parish in the municipality of Quiroga, Galicia
- Ferreira, Ferreira, O Valadouro, in a parish in the municipality of Valadouro, Galicia
- Ferreira, San Fins de Sales, Vedra,in a parish in the municipality of Vedra, Galicia
- Ferreira, Navia, Vigo, in a parish in the municipality of Vigo, Galicia
- Ferreira, Codesido, Vilalba, in a parish in the municipality of Vilalba, Galicia
- O Pico de Ferreira, in a parish in the municipality of San Sadurniño, Galicia
Other
- Ferreira, the name from 1895–1916 of the clipper ship originally named Cutty Sark