Portuguese (African) Submitted Names

These names are a subset of Portuguese names used more often in Africa (in regions where Portuguese is spoken as a first or second language). See also about Portuguese names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Abrão m Biblical Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Abram 1.

Adelmiro m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian and Portuguese adoption of Adelmar.

Admeto m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare), Theatre
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Admetus.

Aghata f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Agatha.

Aires m Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)

Alcínia f Portuguese (African)
Portuguese elaboration of Alcina.

Aldemiro m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Aldemar.

Aldino m Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian

Altina f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Feminine form of Altino.

Amade m Portuguese (African)
Variant of Amadeu.

Anisia f Italian, Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare), Galician (Rare), German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Anysia.

Apolinário m Portuguese (African), Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Portuguese and Louisiana Spanish form of Apollinaris.

Aquino m American (Hispanic, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Philippines), South American (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Aquino. Likely in some cases it has been used as a given name in honour of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas.

Artenisia f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Variant of Artemisia.

Atanásio m History (Ecclesiastical), Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Athanasius.

Ayra f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Filipino

Bendita f Portuguese (African)
Feminine form of Bendito.

Bendito m Portuguese (African)
Means "blessed" in Portuguese.

Bornito m Portuguese (African)

Carmelinda f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Elaboration of Carmela.

Claudete f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese borrowing of Claudette.

Clavio m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Clavius.

Corsino m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Rare), Asturian, Filipino, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Transferred use of the surname Corsino.

Creusa f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Italian (Rare)
Latinized form of Greek Κρέουσα (Kreousa) meaning "princess", from κρέων (kreon) "king, royal" (compare Kreon). This was the name of the first wife of Aeneas, who was killed in the sack of Troy and then appeared to her husband as a ghost, encouraging him to move on without her and seek a new city.

Crimilde f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (African)
Italian and Portuguese form of Kriemhild.

Dolorinda f Portuguese (African, Rare)

Edilson m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a variant of Edison inspired by the name element adal, meaning "noble".

Edviga f Medieval Slavic, Romanian (Rare), Moldovan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Cognate of Hedwig.

Egas m Medieval Portuguese, Portuguese (African)
Medieval Portuguese name, probably of Visigothic origin. It is likely from Proto-Germanic *agjō meaning "blade" (compare Ago and Egon).

Eliadora f Portuguese (African), Spanish (Philippines)
Feminine form of Heliodoro.

Elisabette f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)

Elizandro m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Variant of Elisandro.

Elizeth f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Possibly a contraction of Elizabeth used in Latin America and Angola; also compare Lizeth. A famous bearer of this name was Elizeth Cardoso (1920-1990), a Brazilian singer and actress... [more]

Esménia f Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Archaic)
Variant of Isménia.

Eulária f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Eularia.

Eunícia f Portuguese (African)
Cognate of Eunicia.

Felisberta f Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of Felisberto.

Felisberto m Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a scribal variation of Filibert.

Felizarda f Portuguese (African), Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Feminine form of Felizardo.

Felizardo m Portuguese (African), Spanish (Philippines)

Fiambre f & m Portuguese (African)
Europe and Africa. Isnt more used.

Gedeão m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Gedeon.

Gelmira f Portuguese (African, Rare), Italian (Archaic), Russian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gelmiro.

Gerson m Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Judeo-Provençal
Catalan and Judeo-Provençal form of Gershon and African and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Gérson.

Gideão m Biblical Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Gideon.

Graciette f French (Rare), Portuguese (African)
French diminutive of Gracieuse.

Gregória f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Feminine form of Gregório.

Guiomara f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Strictly feminine variant of Guiomar.

Helvécio m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Portuguese form of Helvetius.

Horácia f Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Hungarian
Portuguese and Hungarian form of Horatia.

Inesia f English (Rare), Louisiana Creole, Portuguese (African)
Elaboration of Ines.

Inezia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)

Inocência f Portuguese (African)
Portuguese feminine form of Innocentius (see Innocent).

Inocêncio m Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Innocentius (see Innocent).

Ireneu m Catalan, Corsican, Sicilian, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Galician
Catalan, Corsican, Sicilian, Galician and Portuguese form of Ireneus.

Isélia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)

Isménia f Portuguese (African), Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style)
Portuguese form of Ismene.

Iury m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Iuri.

Jéssia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)

Jesuína f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Feminine form of Jesus.

Josélia f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Jocélia.

Josemar m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Josmar.

Josimar m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Josmar. A famous bearer of this name, who popularized the use of Josimar as an independent name, is the Brazilian soccer player Josimar Higino Pereira.

Lenira f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Likely a variant of Lenir.

Liliano m Portuguese (African)
Masculine form of Liliana.

Lindalva f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Contraction of Linda and Dalva. This name was borne by Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira.

Ludimila f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Variant of Ludmila.

Madaleno m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Masculine form of Madalena.

Marcolino m History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Italian and Portuguese form of Marcolinus.

Mirtília f Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)

Nalia f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African, Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Caribbean)

Neide f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Neida.

Nélio m Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Masculine form of Nélia.

Nelsa f Portuguese (African), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Feminine form of Nelson.

Neurite f Portuguese (African)
Of unknown origin and meaning.... [more]

Ofelio m Portuguese (African), Spanish (Mexican)
Likely a masculine form of Ofelia.

Onésimo m Spanish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Onesimus.

Osvaldina f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Feminine form of Osvaldo.

Paladia f Romanian (Rare), Polish (Rare, Archaic), Spanish (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)

Rosiliria f Portuguese (African, Rare)
Possibly from Portuguese rosa "rose" and lírio "lily" (cf. Alíria).

Senhorinha f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Diminutive of Portuguese senhora "mistress, lady".

Stelia f Greek (Cypriot), Italian, Portuguese (African)
Feminine form of Stelios.

Stélvia f Portuguese (African, Rare)
Portuguese form of Stelvia.

Stiviandra f Obscure, Portuguese (African, Rare)
Stiviandra Oliveira (born 1989) is an Angolan model and winner of Miss Angola 2006.

Suely f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Sueli.

Teotónia f Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Feminine form of Teotónio.

Tomázia f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Hungarian
Portuguese feminine form of Tomás and Hungarian feminine form of Tamás.

Valdemir m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Valdemiro.

Valdemiro m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Waldemar. Also compare Valdomiro. A known bearer of this name is the Brazilian evangelical pastor Valdemiro Santiago (b... [more]

Wilker m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Haitian Creole (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wilker.

Xadreque m Portuguese (African)
Portuguese form of Shadreck. It is mostly used in Mozambique.

Zenilda f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Combination of Zé and Nilda or else a variant of Zeneide.

Zinha f Portuguese (African)
Likely a short form of names ending in -zinha such as Mariazinha and Florazinha.

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