Last name origins & meanings:
- Galician: habitational name from any of the places in Galicia
named Varela, from a diminutive of vara ‘rod’, ‘stick’.
- Greek (Varelas): from Greek varela ‘barrel’, from
Italian barella ‘barrel’. Accented on the final syllable,
varelás is a metonymic occupational name for a cooper; with
the accent on the middle syllable, varélas is a nickname for
a large fat man.
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