South American
names include those from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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ABELIA f Spanish (Rare), Catalan (Rare)Feminine form of
Abel. Abelia is also a type of flowering shrub in the honeysuckle family, named after British surgeon and naturalist Clarke Abel (1780-1826).
ACHIYAKU f QuechuaMeans "clear water, luminous water", from Quechua
yaku meaning "water".
ADROALDO m Spanish, PortugueseDerived from a Germanic name that was apparently composed of the elements
odal or
uodal "heritage, fatherland" and
wald "rule". This name was borne by several Brazilian politicians, such as Adroaldo Mesquita da Costa (1894-1985) and Adroaldo Peixoto Garani (b...
[more] AFRODITA f Basque, Albanian, Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Galician, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, UkrainianCognate of
Aphrodite.
AGATOCLIA f Spanish (Rare)The name of a saint, the patron saint of Mequinenza, derived from
αγαθος (agathos) meaning "good" and
κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory".
AGUINALDO m Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian (Archaic)From the Latin expression
hoc in anno meaning "during this year". Aguinaldo in Spain and Latin America is the thirteen salary. It is also a folk genre of Christmas music based on an archaic form of Spanish Christmas carols (also called
villancicos).
AKLLASISA f QuechuaMeans "chosen flower" in Quechua, from
akllakuy, "to choose" and
sisa, "flower".
AKLLASUMAQ f QuechuaMeans "beautiful chosen one" in Quechua, from
akllakuy, "to choose" and
sumaq, "beautiful".
ALBIA f Basque, Spanish (Latin American)Taken from the name of a grotto in the Aralar Range in the Basque Mountains where a dolmen was discovered in 1915, as well as from the name of a suburb of Bilbao where Sabino Arana Goiri was born. Goiri was a writer, creator of the Basque flag, founder of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and is generally considered "the father of Basque nationalism".
ALCEU m Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian, SicilianCatalan, Portuguese, Romanian and Sicilian form of
Alcaeus. Known bearers of this name include Brazilian writer and journalist Alceu Amoroso Lima (1893-1983) and Brazilian soccer player Alceu Rodrigues Simoni Filho (b...
[more] ALECRIM m PortugueseAlecrim is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region....
[more] ALEGRÍA f SpanishMeans "joy, happiness" in Spanish, taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary
Nuestra Señora de la Alegría, meaning "Our Lady of Joy".
ALIRIO m & f Spanish (Rare)Origin uncertain, though it could be derived from the Roman name
Hilarius or the Greek
Hilarion, as suggested by Hanks and Hodges in 'A Dictionary of First Names' (they also go on to note a possible connection with
Allyre, the name of a Gallo-Roman saint)...
[more] ALMEDA f Spanish, English, Breton (Archaic)As a Spanish given name, Almeda is a transfer of the Spanish surname which is derived from
Almeida, a habitational name from Arabic
al-medina "the city". Its use has been influenced by
Alameda, a topographic name from Spanish
alameda "poplar grove", and ultimately by the Spanish word
álamo "poplar"....
[more] ALTAGRACIA f SpanishMeans "high grace", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary
Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia meaning "Our Lady of High Grace". She is considered the patron saint of the Dominican Republic.
ALTAMIRO m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), LiteratureThis name is either a variant form of
Aldemaro or derived from the Spanish locational surname
Altamira, which takes its name from a place called
Altamiros or
Altamira. Both mean "high view" in Spanish, as they consist of the words
alta meaning "high" and
mira meaning "view, sight"...
[more] ALTO m Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian, German, DutchMeans "loud, tall, high" in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Means "old, older" in German. From Latin
altus 'high, deep, profound'. Possibly influenced by the Portuguese surname that originated as a nickname for a 'big man', or from the English word referring to 'the musical part or section', or the German saint Alto of Altomünster, or as a diminutive or variant of
Alton.
ALVARITO m SpanishSpanish diminutive of
Álvaro. A known bearer of this name is the Spanish retired soccer player Álvaro Rodríguez Ros (b. 1936), who is commonly known as Alvarito.
AMAPOLA f SpanishAmapola is the name by which plants of the genus Papaver Hroeas are known, that is the poppies. One type of poppy to Papave Sonipherum is the plant with which makes up the opium and morphine, because its elements have hallucinogenic and anesthetic power...
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