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Portuguese Masculine Names

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

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 Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

ALBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALBERT

ALDO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Originally an Italian short form of Germanic names beginning with the elements ald "old" or adal "noble".

ALEXANDRE   m   French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Cognate of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALFREDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALFRED

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]

AMANCIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Amantius which meant "loving" in Latin... [more]

AMANDO   m   Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of AMANDUS

AMBROSIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMÉRICO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMERIGO

AMILCAR   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of HAMILCAR

ANACLETO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANACLETUS

ANDRÉ   m   French, Portuguese
French and Portuguese form of ANDREW

ANIBAL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HANNIBAL

ANSELMO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM

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

ATÍLIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Attilius (see ATTILIO).

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

BARTOLOMEU   m   Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of BARTHOLOMEW

BENEDITO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BENEDICT

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
Diminutive 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).

BRAS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BLAISE

BRENO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BRENNUS

BRUNO   m   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Means "brown" from Germanic... [more]

CAETANO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).

CALISTO   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of CALIXTO

CALIXTO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CALLISTUS

CAMILO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLUS

CARLITO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLOS

CARLITOS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLOS

CARLOS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CHARLES

CASIMIRO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR

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

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

CHICO   m   Portuguese
Diminutive of FRANCISCO

CIPRIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).

CLÁUDIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CLAUDIUS

CLETO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of ANACLETO

CORNÉLIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CORNELIUS

COSME   m   Portuguese, French
Portuguese and French form of COSMAS

CRISTIANO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTIAN

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]

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, Dutch, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DEMÉTRIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of DEMETRIUS

DESIDÉRIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of DESIDERIO

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

DONATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given"... [more]

DUARTE   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of EDWARD

EDMUNDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDMUND

EDUARDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDWARD

ELDER   m   Portuguese
Variant of HELDER

ELEUTERIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEUTHERIUS

ELIAS   m   Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
Cognate of ELIJAH

ELPIDIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS

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

ENÉAS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of AENEAS

ÉRICO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ERIC

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

ESTEVÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of STEPHEN

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

EUSÉBIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of EUSEBIUS

EUSTAQUIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Eustachius (see EUSTACE).

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

EZEQUIEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EZEKIEL

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).

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.

FELIPE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of PHILIP

FERNANDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of FERDINAND

FERNÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FERDINAND

FILIPE   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of PHILIP

FLÁVIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FLAVIUS

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

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

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

FREDERICO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of FREDERICK

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

GASPAR   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JASPER

GERALDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GERALD

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

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

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

GODOFREDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GEOFFREY

GONÇALO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of GONZALO

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

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