The names listed here are used in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking areas. See also about Portuguese names.

ABEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Biblical
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath"... [more]

ABÍLIO   m   Portuguese
Derived from Latin habilis meaning "expert, able".

ADALBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of ALBERTO

ADÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ADAM

ADELINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate pet form of ADELA

ADRIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, 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

ALICE   f   English, French, Portuguese
Short form of the Old French Adelais, itself a short form of Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE)... [more]

ALÍCIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese variant of ALICE

ALOISIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ALOYSIUS

ÁLVARO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of the Visigothic Germanic name Alewar, which meant "guard of all" from al "all" and war "guard"... [more]

AMÁLIA   f   Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
Hungarian, Portuguese and Slovak form of AMALIA

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

AMÉRICA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of AMERIGO

AMÉRICO   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, Georgian
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 form 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, Czech, Romanian
Cognate of ARTHUR

ASSUNÇÃO   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 form 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, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak 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
Medieval name derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright, famous".

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

CRISTÓVÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CHRISTOPHER

CRUZ   f & m   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "cross" in Spanish or Portuguese, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene
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, Scandinavian, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (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, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of EMILIANO

EMILIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ENÉAS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of AENEAS

ÉRICA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ERICA

ÉRICO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ERIC

ERNESTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ERNEST

ESTELA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of ESTELLE

ESTER   f   Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

ESTEVÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of STEPHEN

EUFEMIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of EUPHEMIA

EUGÊNIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of EUGENE

EUGÊNIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Eugenios (see EUGENE).

EULÁLIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of EULALIA

EUSEBIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of EUSEBIUS

EUSTAQUIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EUSTACE

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

EVARISTO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of EVARISTUS

EZEQUIEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EZEKIEL

FÁBIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of FABIUS

FABIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIANO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FÁBIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FABIUS

FABRICIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).

FATIMA   f   Arabic, Portuguese
Means "to abstain" in Arabic... [more]

FAUSTINO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Faustinus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FAUSTUS... [more]

FAUSTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of FAUSTUS

FELICIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Felicianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FELIX.

FELICIDADE   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FELICITAS (1)... [more]

FELIPE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of PHILIP

FERNANDA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of FERDINAND

FERNANDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of FERDINAND

FERNÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FERDINAND

FILIPA   f   Portuguese, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, Czech
Feminine form of PHILIP

FILIPE   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of PHILIP

FILOMENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of PHILOMENA

FLÁVIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of FLAVIUS

FLÁVIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FLAVIUS

FLORENCIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Florentius (see FLORENCE).

FORTUNATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FORTUNATO

FORTUNATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Fortunatus meaning "fortunate, blessed, happy"... [more]

FRANCISCA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANCISCO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS)... [more]

FREDERICA   f   English, Portuguese
Feminine form of FREDERICK

FREDERICO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FREDERICK

GABRIEL   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) which meant "strong man of God"... [more]

GABRIELA   f   Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of GABRIEL

GASPAR   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JASPER

GENOVEVA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GENEVIÈVE

GERALDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GERALD

GERMANO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Germanus (see GERMAN).

GERTRUDES   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of GERTRUDE

GERVASIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GERVASIUS

GIL (1)   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GILES

GILBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GILBERT

GISELA   f   German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of GISELLE

GLÁUCIA   f   Portuguese
Feminine form of GLÁUCIO

GLÁUCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Glaucia, which was derived from Latin glaucus "bluish grey", ultimately from Greek.

GLAUCO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GLAUCUS

GLORIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "glory" in Latin... [more]

GODOFREDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GEOFFREY

GONÇALO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of GONZALO

GRAÇA   f   Portuguese
Means "graceful" in Portuguese.

GRACIANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of GRACIANO

GRACIANO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Gratianus (see GRATIAN).

GUALBERTO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Waldebert (see GAUBERT).

GUALTER   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of WALTER

GUILHERME   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of WILLIAM

GUIOMAR   m & f   Spanish, Portuguese
Possibly derived from a Germanic name meaning "famous in battle"... [more]

GUSTAVO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GUSTAV

HEITOR   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of HECTOR

HELDER   m   Portuguese
From the name of the Dutch town of Den Helder (meaning "clear" in Dutch).

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HELIODORO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
From the Greek name ‘Ηλιοδωρος (Heliodoros) which meant "gift of the sun".

HENRIQUE   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of HENRY... [more]

HERBERTO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HERBERT

HERIBERTO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HERBERT

HERMENEGILDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of a Visigothic name which meant "complete sacrifice" from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, entire" and gild "sacrifice".

HERMÍNIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of HERMINIUS

HERMÍNIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of HERMINIUS