Freire

From Galician Freire.

Freire (plural Freires)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

• Freirean
• Freirian

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Freire is the 12514^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2477 individuals. Freire is most common among Hispanic/Latino (66.49%) and White (30.36%) individuals.

• Ferrie, refire

From freire (“friar”), from Old Occitan fraire.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾejɾe/ [ˈfɾej.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾe
• Hyphenation: Frei‧re

Freire m

1. a surname

• “Freire” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Freire” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Borrowed from Galician Freire, from freire (“friar”), from Old Occitan fraire.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾeiɾe/ [ˈfɾei̯.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eiɾe
• Syllabification: Frei‧re

Freire m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician