South American names include those from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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ABELIAfSpanish (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).
ADAMASTORmPortuguese Adamastor is a mythological character created by the Portuguese poet Luís de Camões in his epic poem Os Lusíadas as a personification of the Cape of Good Hope.Also mentioned in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables and some works of Alexander Dumas,including Le Comte de Monte Cristo.The name Adamastor is an adaptation for the Portuguese language from the Greek word for "Untamed" or "Untameable" ADAMASTOS
ADAUTOmItalian, Spanish, Portuguese Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ADAUCTUS. A bearer of this name was Adauto Puñales (1935-2009), a former Uruguayan politician.
ADELMOmItalian, Spanish (Latin American) Derived from the Old High German name elements ath, which is of uncertain origin and meaning, and helm "helmet; protection".
ADILMAfPortuguese (Brazilian) This name is probably a short form of ADILMARA. But in other words, you could also say that this name is a (Brazilian) variant form of ADELMA.
ADROALDOmSpanish, Portuguese Derived 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]
AFRÂNIOmPortuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian) Portuguese form of AFRANIUS. Bearers of this name include Brazilian medic, writer and politician Afrânio Peixoto (1876-1947) and Brazilian literary critic Afrânio Coutinho (1911-2000).
AGATOCLIAfItalian (Rare), Spanish (Rare) The name of a saint, the patron saint of Mequinenza, derived from αγαθος (agathos) meaning "good" and κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory".
AGUINALDOmSpanish, 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).
AGUSTINEmSpanish, English Variant of Augustine. Mexican army general and politician Augustine I of Mexico (1783 - 1824) is a notable bearer.
ALAMARmAncient Germanic, Portuguese (Brazilian), American (Hispanic) The first element of this name is derived from Gothic alls "all" or from Gothic alhs (alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Old High German mâri "famous."
ALBIAfBasque, 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".
ALCEUmCatalan, Portuguese, Romanian, Sicilian Catalan, 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]
ALECRIMmPortuguese Alecrim is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region.... [more]
ALEGRÍAfSpanish, Galician (Rare) Derived from Spanish and Galician alegría "joy, happiness", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de la Alegría, meaning "Our Lady of Joy".
ALIRIOm & fSpanish (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]
ALLIYMAfQuechua Means "good person" or "good thing" in Quechua.
ALMEDAfSpanish, 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]
ALTAIRAfEnglish (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare), Popular Culture The name of a character in the classic 1956 science fiction film, Forbidden Planet. Altaira Morbius was the daughter of the scientist and space voyager Dr. Edward Morbius. The name Altaira is derived from ALTAIR, the brightest star in the constellation of the Eagle (Aquila).
ALTOmSpanish, Portuguese, English, Italian, German, Dutch Means "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.
ALVARITOmSpanish Spanish 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.