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Portuguese Names
The names listed here are used in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking areas. See also about Portuguese names.
ABEL - HERMÍNIO HIPOLITO - ZEFERINO
ABEL m English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Biblical
From the Hebrew name (Hevel) or (Havel) which meant "breath"... [more]
ABÍLIO m Portuguese
Derived from Latin habilis meaning "expert, able".
ADALBERTO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of ALBERTO
ADO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of ADAM
ADELINA f Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate pet form of ADELA
ADRIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN
ADRIANO m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of ADRIAN
AFONSO m Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of ALFONSO
AGOSTINHO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of AUGUSTINE
ALBERTINA f Italian, German, Portuguese, English
Feminine pet form of ALBERT
ALBERTO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALBERT
ALEXANDRA f German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]
ALEXANDRE m French, Portuguese, Galician
French, Portuguese and Galician form of ALEXANDER... [more]
ALFREDO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALFRED
ALÍCIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of ALICE
ALOISIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of ALOYSIUS
ÁLVARO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of the Gothic name Alewar, which meant "guard of all" from al "all" and war "guard"... [more]
AMANCIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Amantius which meant "loving" in Latin... [more]
AMANDA f English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable".
AMANDO m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of AMANDUS
AMBROSIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).
AMÉLIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of AMELIA
AMERICO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMERIGO
AMILCAR m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of HAMILCAR
ANA f Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Cognate of ANNA
ANABELA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of ANNABEL
ANACLETO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANACLETUS
ANDRÉ m French, Portuguese
French and Portuguese form of ANDREW
ANDRÉA f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW
ANDRÉIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW
ÂNGELA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).
ANIBAL m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese of HANNIBAL
ANSELMO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM
ANTÓNIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTÓNIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ARMANDO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of HERMAN
ARSENIO m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ARSENIOS
ARTUR m German, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Slovene, Polish
Cognate of ARTHUR
ASSUNÇO f Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of ASUNCIÓN
ATÍLIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Attilius (see ATTILIO).
AUGUSTA f English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS
AUGUSTO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of AUGUSTUS
AURELIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of AURELIUS
BALDUÍNO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of BALDWIN
BÁRBARA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of BARBARA
BARTOLOMEU m Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of BARTHOLOMEW
BEATRIZ f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of BEATRIX
BENEDITA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of BENEDICT
BENEDITO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of BENEDICT
BENIGNA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of BENIGNO
BENIGNO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus which meant "kind, friendly" in Latin... [more]
BENJAMIM m Portuguese
Portuguese form of BENJAMIN
BENTO m Portuguese
Portuguese short form of BENEDITO
BERNARDINO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of BERNARDO
BERNARDO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of BERNARD
BONIFACIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).
BRANCA f Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of BLANCHE
BRAS m Portuguese
Portuguese form of BLAISE
BRENO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of BRENNUS
BRÍGIDA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of BRIDGET
BRUNA f Italian, Portuguese
Feminine pet form of BRUNO
BRUNILDA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese of BRUNHILD
BRUNO m German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Means "brown" from Germanic... [more]
CAETANO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).
CALISTA f English, Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of CALLISTA (English) or CALIXTA (Portuguese and Spanish)
CALISTO m Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of CALIXTO
CALIXTA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of CALLISTUS
CALIXTO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CALLISTUS
CAMILA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLA
CAMILO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLUS
CARLA f Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL
CARLITO m Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of CARLOS
CARLITOS m Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of CARLOS
CARLOS m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CHARLES
CARLOTA f Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of CARLA
CARMO f Portuguese
Portuguese form of CARMEL
CAROLINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS... [more]
CASIMIRO m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR
CATARINA f Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Portuguese and Galician form of KATHERINE
CÁTIA f Portuguese
Pet form of CATARINA
CECÍLIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of CECILIA
CECILIO m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Caecilius (see CECILIA).
CELESTINO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Caelestinus (see CELESTINE).
CÉLIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of CELIA
CELIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Caelius, which meant "heaven" from Latin caelum.
CELSO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Celsus, which meant "tall" in Latin.
CÉSAR m French, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of CAESAR... [more]
CEZAR m Portuguese, Polish, Romanian
Portuguese, Polish and Romanian form of CAESAR
CHICA f Portuguese
Pet form of FRANCISCA
CHICO m Portuguese
Pet form of FRANCISCO
CÍNTIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of CYNTHIA
CLARA f Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Latinate form of CLARE
CLARISSA f English, Italian, Portuguese
Latinate form of CLARICE
CLÁUDIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of CLAUDIUS
CLÁUDIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of CLAUDIUS
CLEMENTINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of CLEMENT
CLETO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of ANACLETO
CONSTANÇA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA
CONSTÂNCIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA
CORNÉLIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of CORNELIUS
CRISTIANO m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTIAN
CRISTINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA
CRISTÓVO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of CHRISTOPHER
DANIEL m English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]
DANIELA f German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of DANIEL
DANILO m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of DANIEL
DAVI m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of DAVID
DAVID m English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]
DÉBORA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DEBORAH
DEMÉTRIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of DEMETRIUS
DESIDÉRIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of DESIDERIO
DESIDÉRIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of DESIDERIO
DIAMANTINA f Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word diamante meaning "diamond".
DIANA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]
DIMAS m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DISMAS
DINIS m Portuguese
Portuguese form of DENIS
DINIZ m Portuguese
Portuguese form of DENIS
DIOGO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of DIEGO... [more]
DIONÍSIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of DIONYSIUS
DOMINGOS m Portuguese
Portuguese form of DOMINIC
DOMITILA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DOMITILLA
DONATO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given"... [more]
DORES f Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of DOLORES
DOROTÉIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of DOROTHEA
DUARTE m Portuguese
Portuguese form of EDWARD
DULCE f Spanish, Portuguese
Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.
EDITE f Portuguese
Portuguese form of EDITH
EDMUNDO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDMUND
EDUARDA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of EDWARD
EDUARDO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDWARD
EFIGÊNIA f Portuguese
Portuguese variant of EUGENIA
ELDER m Portuguese
Variant of HELDER
ELEUTERIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEUTHERIUS
ELIAS m Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish
Cognate of ELIJAH
ELISA f English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH
ELISABETE f Portuguese
Portuguese form of ELIZABETH
ELPIDIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS
EMILIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Polish
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
EMILIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of EMILIANO
ÉRICA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of ERICA
ESTELA f Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of ESTELLE
EUFEMIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of EUPHEMIA
EUGÊNIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of EUGENE
EULÁLIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of EULALIA
FÁBIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of FABIUS
FABIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).
FABRICIA m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Fabricius (see FABRICE
FELICIDADE f Portuguese
Portuguese form of FELICITAS
FERNANDA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of FERDINAND
FILIPA f Portuguese, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, Czech
Feminine form of PHILIP
FILOMENA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of PHILOMENA
FLÁVIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of FLAVIUS
FORTUNATA f Portuguese
FRANCISCA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).
FREDERICA f English, Portuguese
Feminine form of FREDERICK
FREDERICO m Portuguese
GABRIELA f Portuguese, Polish, Romanian
Portuguese, Polish and Romanian feminine form of GABRIEL
GENOVEVA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GENEVIÈVE
GERTRUDES f Portuguese
Portuguese form of GERTRUDE
GISELA f German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of GISELLE
GLAUCIA f Portuguese
Feminine form of GLAUCIO
GLORIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "glory" in Latin... [more]
GRAÇA f Portuguese
Means "graceful" in Portuguese.
GRACIANA f Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of GRACIANO
HERMÍNIA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of HERMINIUS