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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.

HEITOR   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of HECTOR

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

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"... [more]

HERMÍNIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of HERMINIUS

HIPÓLITO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HIPPOLYTOS

HORÁCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of HORATIUS

HUGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German
Latinized form of HUGH... [more]

INÁCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of IGNATIUS

JACINTO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HYACINTHUS

JAIME (1)   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JAMES

JERÔNIMO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of JEROME

JOÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOAQUIM   m   Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan form of JOACHIM

JORGE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GEORGE

JOSÉ   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JOSEPH

JOSUÉ   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of JOSHUA

JULIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JULIUS

LEANDRO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LEANDER

LEONARDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD... [more]

LEOPOLDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEOPOLD

LINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of LINUS

LOURENÇO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LUCAS   m   English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Latin form of Loukas (see LUKE).

LUCIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucianus (see LUCIAN).

LÚCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LUCIUS

LUÍS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LOUIS

LUIZ   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of LOUIS

MANOEL   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of EMMANUEL... [more]

MANUEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, English
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL, as well as the German, Romanian and English short form of EMANUEL... [more]

MARCELINHO   m   Portuguese
Diminutive of MARCELO

MARCELINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARCELLUS

MÁRCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Marcius (see MARCIA).

MARCO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK... [more]

MARCOS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK

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]

MARIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARIANUS... [more]

MÁRIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MARIUS

MARTINHO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MATEUS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MATTHEW

MATHEUS   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of MATEUS

MATIAS   m   Finnish, Portuguese
Finnish and Portuguese form of MATTHIAS

MAURÍCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Mauricius (see MAURICE).

MAURO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of MAURUS

MAXIMIANO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Maximian, which was derived from MAXIMUS.

MAXIMILIANO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilianus (see MAXIMILIAN).

MAXIMINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Maximinus, which was itself a derivative of MAXIMUS... [more]

MIGUEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MICHAEL... [more]

MODESTO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of MODESTUS

MOISÉS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MOSES

NARCISO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NARCISSUS

NATANAEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of NATHANAEL

NETUNO   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of NEPTUNE

NICODEMO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NICODEMUS

NICOLAU   m   Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of NICHOLAS

NOÉ   m   French, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of NOAH (1)

NUNO   m   Portuguese
Possibly from the Latin nonus meaning "ninth".

ODILON   m   French, Portuguese
French diminutive of ODO

OLAVO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of OLAF

OLEGÁRIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of OLEGARIO

ÓSCAR   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of OSCAR

OSCAR   m   English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer lover", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "lover"... [more]

OSVALDO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of OSWALD

OTÁVIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of OCTAVIUS

OVÍDIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ovidius (see OVID).

PATRICIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PAULINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Paulinus, which was itself derived from Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULO   m   Portuguese, Galician, Esperanto
Portuguese, Galician and Esperanto form of Paulus (see PAUL).

PEDRO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of PETER... [more]

PIO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of PIUS

PLÁCIDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).

PLÍNIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Plinius (see PLINY).

PRIMO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Primus, which meant "first"... [more]

QUIM   m   Portuguese, Catalan
Short form of JOAQUIM

RAFAEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Slovene
Spanish, Portuguese, German and Slovene form of RAPHAEL

RAIMUNDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RAYMOND

RAUL   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Radulf (see RALPH).

RAYMUNDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Portuguese form of RAYMOND

REINALDO   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of REYNOLD

REMIGIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Remigius (see RÉMY).

RENATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RENATUS

RICARDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RICHARD

ROBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ROBERT... [more]

RODOLFO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RUDOLF... [more]

RODRIGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of RODERICK... [more]

ROGÉRIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ROGER

RONALDO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of RONALD

ROQUE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ROCCO

RUFINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Rufinus, which was itself derived from the cognomen RUFUS... [more]

RUI   m   Portuguese
Medieval Portuguese short form of RODRIGO

SALOMÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of SOLOMON

SAMUEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard"... [more]

SATURNINO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of SATURNINUS

SEBASTIÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Sebastianus (see SEBASTIAN).

SERGIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of SERGIUS

SEVERINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Severinus, which was derived from Severus (see SEVERO)... [more]

SILVIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Silvius which was derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SIMÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of SIMON

TACITO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of TACITUS

TADEU   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of THADDEUS

TELMO   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from a misdivision of Spanish Santelmo meaning "saint Elmo"... [more]

TÉO   m   Portuguese
Short form of TEODORO and other names that begin with Teo.

TEOBALDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of THEOBALD

TEODORO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TEODÓSIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of THEODOSIUS

TEÓFILO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of THEOPHILUS

THIAGO   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of TIAGO

TIAGO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of SANTIAGO

TIBURCIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Tiburtius which meant "of Tibur"... [more]

TIMOTEO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of TIMOTHY

TOMÁS   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
Spanish, Portuguese and Irish form of THOMAS

TOMÉ   m   Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of TOMÁS

TRISTÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of TRISTAN

ULISSES   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ULYSSES

VALERIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of VALERIUS

VALTER   m   Scandinavian, Portuguese, Slovene
Scandinavian, Portuguese and Slovene form of WALTER

VASCO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which came from the Spanish surname Velázquez, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque... [more]

VERÍSSIMO   m   Portuguese
From the Roman name Verissimus which means "very true" in Latin... [more]

VICENTE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of VINCENT

VICTOR   m   English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin... [more]

VICTORINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Victorinus, itself derived from VICTORIUS.

VINÍCIUS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Vinicius (see VINICIO).

VIRGÍLIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of VIRGIL

VIRIATO   m   Portuguese
From the Latin name Viriathus or Viriatus, which was derived from viriae "bracelets" (of Celtic origin)... [more]

VÍTOR   m   Portuguese
Portuguese variant of VICTOR

XAVIER   m   English, French, Portuguese, Catalan
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house"... [more]

  m   Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of JOSÉ

ZEFERINO   m   Portuguese
From the Roman name Zephyrinus, which was derived from the Greek Zephyros (see ZEPHYR)... [more]

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