South American names include those from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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NacomSpanish (Rare) Diminutive of Ignacio. In Mexican Spanish, this coincides with an ethnic slur for a man of indigenous descent who is deemed to be low-class or uncultured, derived from a short form of totonaco "Totonac (an indigenous group)".
NaiáfTupi, Guarani Per the legend, an indigenous tribe believed that the moon was the goddess Jaci, who came at night and kissed and lit up the faces of the most beautiful virgins in the village. When the moon hid behind the mountain, she would take girls with her and turn them into stars.... [more]
NaterciafPortuguese Natercia is the anagram of the name Caterina ( old form. of modern Catarina) createart by the portuguese famoso poét. Luis de Camões in 16th century. ... [more]
NatividadefPortuguese, Galician Derived from Portuguese and Galician natividade, ultimately from Latin nativitas "birth, nativity; Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ".
NáyadefSpanish (Rare) From the Spanish word náyade meaning "Naiad", which is a river nymph in Greek and Roman mythology; it derives from Greek Ναιάς (Naias) (plural Ναϊάδες (Naiades)), itself a derivative of the verb νάω (nao) "to flow".
NayibmSpanish (Latin American) Hispanic variant of Arabic name Najib. A notable bearer is Nayib Bukele (1981-), the current president of El Salvador, who is of Palestinian heritage.
NeandromItalian, Spanish Italian and Spanish form of Neandros via Neander. A known bearer of this name was Neandro Schilling Campos (1875-1949), a prominent Chilean educator... [more]
NheengatumTupi Popular name in ancient Guarani nations, it is now the name of a dialect of Guarani, and popular name for males of Tupi descent in Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and common among males of Tupi descent in Uruguay.
NíveafSpanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Literature From Latin niveus meaning "snow-white" (itself from nix, "snow", genitive nivis). It was used by author Isabel Allende for a character in her Spanish-language novel La casa de los espíritus (1982).
NolascomSpanish (Rare) Of uncertain meaning. This is given in honour of Saint Peter Nolasco (1189-1256), known as Petrus Nolascus in Latin, the co-founder and leader of the Mercedarian Order.
Nonitom & fSpanish spanish, tahitian, noni is a green, spiny fruit grown in Tahiti and is used for medicine. the Spanish use the suffix, -ito, meaning "small" or "miniscule". Nonito means "small noni".