Gomes is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname. It derived from the given name Gomes, which derived from the Visigothic word guma, meaning "man".
Notable persons with that surname include:
Albert Gomes, Trinidad and Tobago politician, labour leader and authorAna Maria Gomes, Portuguese politicianAntônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composerAntónio Gomes Leal, Portuguese poetAnthony Gomes, Canadian musicianBruno Gomes, Brazilian footballerChandima Gomes, Sri Lankan Sinhala Malaysian engineer, physicist and writerDian Gomes, Sri Lankan Sinhala entrepreneur and corporate executiveDiogo Gomes, Portuguese navigator and explorerEduardo Gomes, Brazilian soldier and politicianFernão Gomes, 15th-century Portuguese explorerFrancisco Luís Gomes, Indo-Portuguese physician, politician, writer, historian, and economistGomes de Sequeira, 16th-century Portuguese explorerGomes Eanes de Zurara 15th-century Portuguese chroniclerHarold Gomes, American boxerHeurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballerJessica Gomes, Australian modelJonny Gomes, American baseball playerJosé Alencar Gomes da Silva, Brazilian politicianLarry Gomes, Trinidadian cricketerManuel Teixeira Gomes, president of PortugalManuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, president of PortugalMarcelo Gomes (dancer) (born 1979), a ballet dancer for the American Ballet Theatre and choreographerMario Gomes de Olivera, footballerMiguel Gomes (fencer), Portuguese fencerNuno Gomes, Guinness World Record Scuba Diver (Portuguese/South African Dual National)Peter J. Gomes, United States clergymanPedro Gomes (triathlete), Portuguese triathleteRalph Gomes, Guyanese track and field athleteRyan Gomes, United States basketball playerSoeiro Pereira Gomes, Portuguese writerVenceslau Brás Pereira Gomes, Brazilian politicianYan Gomes, Brazilian American baseball player