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

ADELINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate diminutive of ADELA

ADRIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN

ALBERTINA   f   Italian, German, Portuguese
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT

ALDA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of ALDO

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALICE   f   English, French, Portuguese, Italian
From the Old French name Alis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE)... [more]

ALÍCIA   f   Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan form of ALICE, as well as a Portuguese variant.

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

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, worthy of love"... [more]

AMÉLIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of AMELIA

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

ANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Cognate of ANNA

ANABELA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ANNABEL

ANDRÉA   f   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW

ANDRÉIA   f   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of ANDREIA

ANDREIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW

ÂNGELA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANTÓNIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ASSUNÇÃO   f   Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of ASUNCIÓN

AUGUSTA   f   German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS... [more]

AURORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin... [more]

BÁRBARA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BARBARA

BEATRIZ   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of BEATRIX

BENEDITA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of BENEDICT

BENIGNA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of BENIGNO

BIA   f   Portuguese
Pet form of BEATRIZ

BRANCA   f   Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of BLANCHE

BRÍGIDA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BRIDGET

BRUNA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Feminine diminutive of BRUNO

BRUNILDA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of BRUNHILD

CALISTA   f   English, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of CALLISTUS

CALIXTA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of CALLISTUS

CAMILA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLA

CARLA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CARLOTA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLA

CARMO   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CARMEL

CAROLINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS... [more]

CATARINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Portuguese and Galician form of KATHERINE

CÁTIA   f   Portuguese
Diminutive of CATARINA

CECÍLIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak form of CECILIA

CÉLIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CELIA

CHICA   f   Portuguese
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

CÍNTIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CYNTHIA

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]

CLARISSA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese
Latinate form of CLARICE

CLÁUDIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLEMENTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of CLEMENT

CONSTANÇA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA

CONSTÂNCIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA

CRISTIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTINA

CRISTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA

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

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DÉBORA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, French
Spanish, Portuguese and French form of DEBORAH

DESIDÉRIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of DESIDERIO

DIAMANTINA   f   Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word diamante meaning "diamond".

DIANA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DOMITILA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DOMITILLA

DORES   f   Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of DOLORES

DOROTÉIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of DOROTHEA

DULCE   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.

EDITE   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of EDITH

EDUARDA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of EDWARD

EFIGÊNIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese variant of EUGENIA

ELISA   f   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABETE   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ELIZABETH

EMA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Cognate of EMMA

EMÍLIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak 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

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

EUFEMIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of EUPHEMIA

EUGÊNIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of EUGENE

EULÁLIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of EULALIA

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

FÁBIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of FABIUS

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

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

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

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

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

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

FLÁVIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of FLAVIUS

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

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

FREDERICA   f   Portuguese, English
Feminine form of FREDERICO or FREDERICK

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

GENOVEVA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GENEVIÈVE

GERTRUDES   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of GERTRUDE

GILDA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Originally an Italian short form of names containing the Germanic element gild meaning "sacrifice".

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

GLÁUCIA   f   Portuguese
Feminine form of GLÁUCIO

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

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

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

HERMÍNIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of HERMINIUS

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

IMACULADA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of INMACULADA

INÊS   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of AGNES

IOLANDA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of YOLANDA

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRIA   f   Portuguese, Galician
Possibly a Portuguese and Galician form of IRENE

ÍRIS   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of IRIS

ISABEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Medieval Provençal form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ISABELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL

ISAURA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Late Latin name which meant "from Isauria"... [more]

JACINTA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of HYACINTHUS

JOANA   f   Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN).

JOSEFA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Czech
Spanish, Portuguese and Czech feminine form of JOSEPH

JOVITA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of the Roman name Iovita (masculine), which was derived from the name of the god JOVE... [more]

JUDITE   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of JUDITH

JÚLIA   f   Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak
Portuguese, Hungarian and Slovak form of JULIA

JULIANA   f   Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LEOCÁDIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LEOCADIA

LEONOR   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEANOR... [more]

LETICIA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of LETITIA

LIA (1)   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of LEAH

LIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese, English
Short form of ELIANA (1), JULIANA, LILIANA, and other names that end in liana... [more]

LÍDIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LYDIA

LÍGIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LIGEIA

LÍLIAN   f   Portuguese
Portuguese variant of LILLIAN

LILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English
Latinate form of LILLIAN

LÍVIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak form of OLIVIA

LIVIA (1)   f   Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LIVIUS... [more]

LORENA (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LORRAINE

LÚCIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LUCIA

LUCIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIAN

LUCINDA   f   English, Portuguese
An elaboration of LUCIA created by Cervantes for his novel 'Don Quixote' (1605)... [more]

LUÍSA   f   Portuguese
Feminine form of LUÍS

LUIZA   f   Polish, Portuguese
Polish and Portuguese feminine form of LOUIS

LURDES   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of LOURDES

LUZIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LUCIA

LYGIA   f   Portuguese
Variant of LÍGIA

MADALENA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese variant of MAGDALENA

MAFALDA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of MATILDA

MAGDA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MANOELA   f   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of MANOEL

MANUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German
Feminine form of MANUEL

MÁRCIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MARCIA

MARGARIDA   f   Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of MARGARET... [more]

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIANA (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech
Cognate of MARIANNA

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARISA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of MARIA and LUISA.

MARTA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MATILDE   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MATILDA

MICAELA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of MICHAEL

MIGUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of MIGUEL

MÔNICA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MONICA

MONICA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin... [more]

NATÁLIA   f   Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
Hungarian, Portuguese and Slovak form of NATALIE

NATHÁLIA   f   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of NATALIE

NEVES   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of NIEVES

NILDA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of BRUNILDA

NOEMÍ   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of NAOMI (1)

NOÊMIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of NAOMI (1)

NÚRIA   f   Catalan, Portuguese
From a Catalan title of the Virgin Mary, Nostra Senyora de Núria, meaning "Our Lady of Nuria"... [more]

OFÉLIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of OPHELIA

OLGA   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

OLÍVIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of OLIVIA

PALMIRA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of PALMIRO

PATRICIA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PRIMITIVA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Primitivus, which meant "first formed" in Latin... [more]

PRISCILA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of PRISCILLA

RAFAELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, German
Spanish, Portuguese and German feminine form of RAPHAEL

RAQUEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RACHEL

REBECA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of REBECCA

RENATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of RENATUS

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

ROSALINA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate form of ROSALINE

ROSANA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ROXANA

ROSÁRIO   f   Portuguese
Portuguese (feminine) form of ROSARIO

RUTE   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of RUTH

SABINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "Sabine" in Latin... [more]

SALOMÉ   f   French, Portuguese
French and Portuguese form of SALOME

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SEVERINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Severinus (see SEVERINO).

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)... [more]

SOFIA   f   Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SOL (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "the sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.

SONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

SUSANA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of SUSANNA

SUZANA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Croatian, Serbian, Slovene and Portuguese form of SUSAN

TÂNIA   f   Portuguese
Short form of TATIANA

TATIANA   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TELMA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of TELMO

TEODORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TERESINHA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of THERESA

TEREZA   f   Bulgarian, Czech, Romanian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Bulgarian, Czech, Romanian and Portuguese form of THERESA

TEREZINHA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of TERESA

ÚRSULA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of URSULA

VALÉRIA   f   Hungarian, Portuguese
Hungarian and Portuguese feminine form of VALERIUS

VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERÔNICA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of VERONICA

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VITÓRIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of VICTORIA (1)