 Other resources suggest that the local toponymy developed from the terms "Amenidello", "Amenitello", "Amenitelo" or "Menidello", from the name of a knight, during the age of Vimara Peres, who settled in the area and battled Arab forces.Ancestral records and property titles are also mentioned in successive records for 1069, 1081, 1082, 1095 and 1127.After administrative reforms in 1258, clearer records identified the places within the parish, such as Igreja, Passos, Pinheiro, Gondosendo, Outeiro, Manhalde and Paredes.