Meaning of Last Name

Pimentel is a Portuguese, Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) surname. It is derived from the Portuguese word 'Pimenta' which means pepper. This surname could have either denoted a grower/seller of peppers, a small pepper, or a field of peppers. Notable people with this surname include: 3 * Abraham Cohen Pimentel * Alejandro Sanchez Pimentel * Antonio Pimentel Tlahuitoltzin * António de Serpa Pimentel * Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. ** Aquilino Pimentel III, his son * Daniel Kenedy Pimentel Mateus dos Santos * Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel * Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel * Eloá Pimentel * Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel * Fernando da Mata Pimentel * Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel * Genaro Gongora Pimentel * George C. Pimentel * Gerardo García Pimentel * Jesús Pimentel * Jose Pimentel Ejercito * Julio Cesar Pimentel * Luisa Pimentel-Ejercito * María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente * Mickey Pimentel * Olavo Pimentel de Carvalho * Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel, real name of Lenine (musician) * Paulo Alberto Pimentel * Rodrigo Pimentel * Ronald Pimentel * Sávio Bortolini Pimentel * Stephen Pimentel * Thiago Pimentel Gosling * Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann div col end DEFAULTSORT:Pimentel