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Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of the places in Portugal and Galicia (Spain) named Teixeira (written Teijeira in Castilian), from a derivative of Portuguese and Galician teixo ‘yew tree’ (from Latin taxus).
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Andersen or Anderssen, cognates of 1 above. History: The surname Anderson (see 1) was particularly common among 18th-century Scotch-Irish settlers in PA and VA. Similar surnames: Anderson. Andrew.
Garcia Name Meaning. Spanish (García) and Portuguese: from a medieval personal name of uncertain origin. It is normally found in medieval records in the Latin form Garsea, and may well be of pre-Roman origin, perhaps akin to Basque (h)artz ‘bear’.