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Oxea f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Euxea and Uxía.

Paciano m Portuguese, Spanish (Rare), Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Pacianus. This name was borne by the Filipino general and revolutionary Paciano Rizal (1851-1930), the brother of physician and writer Dr... [more]

Pacomio m Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Pachomius.

Paderna f Galician (Archaic)
Galician feminine form of Paternus.

Páez m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Pais.

Paio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Pelagius.

Pais m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Paio.

Pancracia f Spanish, Galician (Archaic)
Spanish and Galician feminine form of Pancratius.

Pancracio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Pancratius.

Pánfila f Galician (Rare)
Galician cognate of Panfila.

Pantaleón m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Pantaleon.

Pascasio m Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Paschasius.

Pascualina f Galician (Rare)
Diminutive of Pascuala.

Pauliña f Galician
Galician diminutive of Paula.

Pauliños m Galician
Galician form of Paulinos.

Pelaxia f Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Pelagia.

Pelaxio m Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Pelagius.

Pencha f Galician
Hypocoristic of Prudencia.

Penélope f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Penelope.

Peregrina f Spanish, Galician, Slovene (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Spanish and Galician feminine form of either Peregrino and Slovene feminine form of Peregrin.

Peregrino m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Peregrinus.

Perfecta f Late Roman, Spanish (Archaic), Galician
Feminine form of Perfectus (late Roman) and Perfecto (Spanish, Galician).

Perpetuo m Medieval French, Galician (Archaic)
Derived from Latin perpetuus "perpetual, continuous, everlasting".

Petronio m Italian, Galician, Venetian
Italian, Venetian and Galician form of Petronius.

Piedade f Portuguese, Galician
Derived from Portuguese and Galician piedade "piety; pity, compassion".

Pilara f Galician
Hypocoristic of Pilar.

Pilocha f Galician
Diminutive of Pilar.

Pitusa f Galician
Diminutive of Pilar.

Platón m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Plato.

Pocho m Galician
Diminutive of Afonso.

Polibio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Polybius.

Polixena f Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Polyxena.

Pomba f Galician
Galician form of Paloma.

Ponciano m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Pontian.

Porfiria f Italian (Archaic), Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Galician, Dutch (Antillean, Archaic), Portuguese (Indian, Archaic)
Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Porphyria (see Porfirio) as well as a variant of Porfíria used in former Portuguese India.

Portal f Galician

Pracida f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Placida.

Prácido m Galician
Galician form of Placidus.

Preciosa f Medieval English, Judeo-Catalan (Archaic), Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Galician
Derived from the Old French precios (itself from the Latin pretiōsa) "precious, of great value". It was recorded three times in medieval England, in 1203 and 1279 as Preciosa, and in 1327 as Precious (which was probably the vernacular form).... [more]

Príamo m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Priam.

Priamo m Italian (Rare, Archaic), Medieval Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Priam.

Prisciano m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Priscian.

Prisciliano m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Priscillian.

Priscilio m Galician
Galician form of Priscillus.

Prisco m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Priscus.

Próspera f Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Spanish and Galician feminine form of Prosperus.

Ptolomeo m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Ptolemaios via Ptolemaeus.

Publio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Publius.

Quiatán m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Caetano.

Quica f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Diminutive of Francisca or Frederica.

Quin m Spanish, Galician
Diminutive of Joaquín, Xoaquín and Xaquín.

Quina f Spanish, Galician, Asturian
Short form of Joaquina/Xoaquina/Xuaquina.

Quintiliano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Quintilianus (see Quintilian).

Quirico m Galician, Italian
Galician and Italian form of Quiricus.

Quitán m Galician
Variant of Quiatán.

Quitera f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Quiteria.

Quitérea f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Quiteria.

Quitián m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Quiatán.

Rábano m Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Raban via it's Latinized form Rabanus.

Raimunda f Lithuanian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Medieval Catalan, Galician
Feminine form of Raymond.

Rea f Croatian, English, German (Rare), Catalan (Rare), Galician, Italian, Spanish (Rare), Filipino, Hungarian, Estonian, Romansh
Form of Rhea in several languages.

Reimunda f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Raimunda.

Remixio m Galician
Galician form of Remigius.

Renán m Galician (Rare)
Galician borrowing of Renan.

Requiario m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Rechiar.

Restituta f Late Roman, Italian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Archaic), Filipino, Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Restitutus. This was the name of a 4th-century Christian martyr from Roman Africa.

Restituto m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Rare), Galician (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Archaic), Filipino
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Restitutus. Known bearers of this name include the Argentine soccer player Restituto Brito (born c. 1929) and Restituto del Valle (1865-1930), a Spanish poet and Augustinian cleric.

Reveriano m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Reverianus. A known bearer was the Spanish componist Reveriano Soutullo Otero (1880-1932).

Rexina f Aragonese, Galician
Aragonese and Galician form of Regina.

Robustiana f Galician (Archaic)
Galician feminine form of Robustianus.

Robustiano m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Robustianus.

Roca f Galician
Galician feminine form of Rocco (compare Catalan Roc). This name coincides with Galician roca "rock".

Roibén m Galician

Rolindes f Asturian (Rare), Galician (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Mostly used in Asturias and León (also, to some extent, Galicia) in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.

Rosamunda f Italian, Galician, Spanish
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Rosamund.

Roxelia f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Rogelia, although folk etymology likes to treat this name as a variant of Roxeria.

Roxelio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Rogelio, although folk etymology likes to treat this name as a variant of Roxerio.

Roxer m Galician
Variant of Roxerio.

Roxeria f Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Roxerio.

Roxerio m Galician (Rare)
Galician cognate of Roger.

Rucha f Galician
Diminutive of Farruca.

Rudesindo m Galician, Italian
Galician and Italian form of Rudesind

Rufa f Italian, Galician
Feminine form of Rufo.

Rufo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Rufus.

Sabiniano m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Sabinian.

Sadurniño m Galician
Galician form of Saturninus.

Saladina f Galician
Feminine form of Saladino.

Saladino m Galician (Rare), Italian
Galician and Italian form of Saladin.

Saleta f Galician
Galician form of French Salette, taken from the French title of the Virgin Mary Notre-Dame de La Salette meaning "Our Lady of La Salette"... [more]

Salustiana f Galician
Feminine form of Salustiano.

Salustiano m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sallustianus.

Salvadora f Spanish, Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Salvador.

Salvia f Medieval French, English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
From the genus name of sage, an herb formerly used as medicine, which comes from Latin salvus "healthy, safe" (related to salvere "to save, to be saved"), referring to the plant's supposed healing properties... [more]

Sálvora f Galician (Modern, Rare)
After the island of Sálvora, in Galicia. It possibly comes from a Celtic word meaning "salt" or "turbulent waters".

Sansón m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Samson.

Sarela f Galician
From the Galician river Sar and the femenine suffix -ela.

Sargón m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sargon.

Saturio m Galician
Galician form of Saturius.

Saturno m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Saturn.

Saúde f Galician
Galician cognate of Salut.

Sebaschán m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Sebastián.

Secundina f Galician
Galician feminine form of Secundinus.

Secundino m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Secundinus.

Sefa f Galician
Diminutive of Xosefa.

Segunda f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Secunda.

Segundo m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Secundus.

Senén m Galician (Rare)

Senín m Galician
Variant of Senén.

Sentarius m Germanic, Gothic (Latinized), Galician
From Old Germanic senþaz "path, journey; time, instance" and harjaz "army".

Serapio m Galician

Servando m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Servandus. A known bearer of this name is the American professional soccer player Servando Carrasco (b. 1988).

Servio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Servius.

Serxia f Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Serxio.

Serxio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Sergius.

Sesa f Galician
Diminutive of Xosefa.

Severa f Ancient Roman, Late Greek, Italian, Russian (Rare), Spanish, Portuguese, Sardinian, Galician
Feminine form of Severus. This name was borne by Aquilia Severa, the second and fourth wife of the Roman emperor Elagabalus (3rd century AD).

Sexismundo m Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Sigismund.

Sía f Galician
Variant of Cecilia.

Sibilina f Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Sibyllina.

Sidre m Galician
Variant of Cidre.

Sidro m Galician
Short form of Isidro.

Silveria f Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician feminine form of Silverio.

Simeón m Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Aragonese (Rare)
Spanish, Galician and Aragonese form of Simeon.

Sinesia f Galician
Feminine form of Sinesio.

Sinesio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Synesius.

Sinforosa f Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Galician (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Symphorosa.

Sira f Catalan (Modern, Rare), German (Swiss, Rare), Russian (Archaic), Italian (Swiss), Italian (Rare), Galician
Feminine form of Italian and Galician Siro, Catalan Sir and Russian Sir.

Siro m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Syrus.

Sita f Galician
Feminine form of Sito.

Sito m Galician
Diminutive of Lois 2.

Soidade f Galician (Rare)
Galician cognate of Soledad.

Sotero m Galician
Galician form of Soter.

Suevia f Galician

Suitín m Galician
Galician form of Swithin.

Suso m Galician
Hypocoristic of Xesús.

Tais f Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish (Rare), Galician
Bulgarian, Russian and Spanish and Galician form of Thaïs.

Talía f Icelandic, Spanish, Galician
Icelandic, Spanish and Galician form of Thalia.

Talia f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Talía.

Támara f Galician

Tareixa f Galician
Galician form of Teresa.

Tarquinio m Italian, Galician, Spanish
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Tarquin.

Tarsicio m Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Tarsicius.

Tarsila f Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician
Variant of Trasilla. A known bearer is Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973).

Técola f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Tecla.

Tecra f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Tecla.

Tegra f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Tecla.

Telésforo m Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Telesphoros (see Télesphore).

Teodebaldo m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theudebald.

Teodeberto m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodebert.

Teodemundo m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodemund.

Teodolinda f Italian, Spanish (Rare), Galician, Portuguese (Rare), Hungarian
Italian, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese and Hungarian form of Theodelind.

Teodorico m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician
Italian, Portuguese, Galician and Spanish form of Theodoric.

Teodosia f Spanish, Galician (Rare), Italian, Romansh, Romanian
Spanish, Galician, Romansh, Romanian and Italian form of Theodosia.

Teofilacto m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Theophylaktos.

Teolinda f Portuguese, Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Contracted form of Teodolinda.

Teolindo m Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Masculine form of Teolinda.

Tereixa f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Tareixa.

Terela f Galician
Diminutive of Tereixa and Teresa.

Terencio m Galician (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Spanish and Galician form of Terence.

Teresiano m Galician (Archaic)

Teruca f Galician
Diminutive of Tereixa and Teresa.

Teseo m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Theseus.

Teté f Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Diminutive of Teresa.

Tetis f Catalan, Galician, Spanish
Catalan, Galician and Spanish form of Tethys.

Thomé m Galician (Archaic)
Older form of Tomé.

Tián m Galician
Short form of Sebastián and Bastián.

Tiberio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Tiberius.

Tiexa f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Trega.

Timotea f Spanish, Italian, Galician
Feminine form of Timoteo.

Timoteu m Galician
Galician form of Timotheus.

Tirsa f Dutch, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician
Cognate of Tirzah.

Tirso m Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Thyrsus. Known bearers of this name include the Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and monk Tirso de Molina (1579-1648) and the Spanish prince Tirso Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria (b... [more]

Tiso m Galician (Rare)
Contracted form of Tirso.

Tita f Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Galician
Feminine form of Titus.

Tobías m Catalan, Galician (Rare), Icelandic
Catalan, Galician and Icelandic form of Tobias.

Toia f Galician
Hypocoristic of Vitoria.

Tolomeo m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Ptolemaios via Ptolemaeus.

Tomasiana f Galician
Variant of Tomasina.

Tomasina f English (Rare), Medieval Italian, Galician, Spanish (Rare), Romansh
Cognate of Thomasina.

Tonecho m Galician
Diminutive of Anton.

Torcado m Galician
Galician form of Torquatus and variant of Trocado.

Torcuato m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Torquatus.

Totora f Galician
Diminutive of Vitoria.

Trasímaco m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Thrasymachus.

Traxano m Galician
Galician form of Trajan 1.

Trega f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Tegra.

Trifón m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Tryphon.

Trocado m Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Torquato.

Tructesindus m Germanic, Gothic (Latinized), Galician
From Old Germanic druhtiz "troop" combined with either senþaz "path, journey; time, instance" or swenþaz "strong".

Ubalda f Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ubaldo.

Ubaldina f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, and Italian diminutive of Ubalda.

Ubaldo m Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Galician, Portuguese and Italian form of Hugbald.

Ugia f Galician (Rare)
Galego reintegracionista form of Uxía.

Ulla f Galician (Rare)
Transferred use of the name of the river.

Uloxio m Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Eulogios.

Ulrico m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician
Spanish, Portuguese, Galician and Italian form of Ulrich.

Ultreia f Galician (Archaic)

Urbán m Aragonese, Galician, Hungarian
Aragonese, Hungarian and Galician form of Urban.

Ursino m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ursinus.

Valdo m Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Galician and Portuguese short form of masculine names that start with Vald- (such as Valdemaro and Valdemiro) or end in -valdo (such as Osvaldo)... [more]

Valentiniano m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Valentinian.

Valentiño m Galician
Galician form of Valentinus.

Valterio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Walter.

Vane f Galician
Diminutive of Vanessa.

Venancia f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Venantia.

Venancio m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Venantius.

Venceslau m Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician, Lengadocian, Provençal
Portuguese, Galician, Languedocian and Provençal form of Wenceslaus.

Veneranda f Italian, Spanish, Galician, Latvian
Feminine form of Venerando. It belonged to a semi-legendary saint of the early Christian era, also known as Venera... [more]

Venerando m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Venerandus.

Ventín m Galician

Verísima f Galician
Feminine form of Verísimo.

Verísimo m Galician
Galician form of Verissimus.

Vicenza f Galician (Rare), Sicilian
Galician feminine form of Vicenzo and Sicilian feminine form of Vicenzu.

Vicenzo m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Vicente.

Vigo m Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Croatian, Dutch (Modern), Galician
Croatian and Galician form and Swedish and Danish variant of Viggo as well as a Dutch borrowing of the Scandinavian name.

Vimar m Galician
Variant of Guimar.

Vintil m Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Wintilus.

Viridiana f Ancient Roman, Spanish, Galician (Archaic), Corsican (Archaic), Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Viridianus.

Virocha f Galician
Hypocoristic of Elvira.

Viruca f Galician
Hypocoristic of Elvira.

Virxilia f Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Virgilia.

Virxilio m Galician
Galician form of Virgil.

Virxinia f Galician
Galician form of Virginia.

Virxinio m Galician
Galician form of Virginius.

Vitoria f Galician (Rare), Aragonese
Galician and Aragonese form of Victoria.

Vitoriano m Galician
Galician form of Victorianus.

Vituco m Galician
Hypocoristic of Vicente and Vítor.