This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Portuguese.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Chiquinha f PortugueseDiminutive of
Francisca. This name was borne by Brazilian composer Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847-1935), whose given name was Francisca.
Cinara f Portuguese (Brazilian)Derived from
Cynara, the name of the genus of thistle-like perennial plants, native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, northwestern Africa and the Canary Islands. ... [
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Cipriana f Italian, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Romanian, Greek (Rare), Gascon, ProvençalItalian, Romanian, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Gascon and Provençal feminine form of
Cyprianus (compare
Cypriana).
Deusana f Portuguese (Brazilian)Derived from Latin
deus meaning "god, deity". Latin
deus and
dīvus "divine" are descended from Proto-Indo-European
deiwos, from the same root as
Dyēus, the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon... [
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Doralice f Literature, Theatre, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)Name used by the poets Boiardo and Ariosto in their
Orlando poems (1495 and 1532), where it belongs to a Saracen princess. Boiardo perhaps intended it to mean "gift of the dawn" from Greek δῶρον
(doron) "gift" and λύκη
(lyke) "dawn", or he may have formed it from a contraction of
Dora and
Alice.