South American Submitted Names
South American
names include those from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ACHIYAKUfQuechuaMeans "clear water, luminous water", from Quechua
yaku meaning "water".
ADROALDOmSpanish, 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] AFRODITAfBasque, Albanian, Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Galician, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, UkrainianCognate of
Aphrodite.
AGUINALDOmSpanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian (Rare)Meaning "A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany". It is also a folk genre of Christmas music in several Latin American countries, based on an archaic form of Spanish Christmas carols or villancicos which is traditionally sung on Christmas itself or during the surrounding holiday season.
AITANAfSpanishFrom
Aitana, the name of a mountain range in the province of Alicante, Spain. It was first (?) used as a feminine name by the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti who named his daughter it in 1941. In was then popularised by Spanish-Italian actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born in 1968).
AJINOÁNfSpanish (Rare)Spanish form of
Ahinoam, occurring in several Spanish translations of the Bible. It is not commonly used as a given name.
AKLLASISAfQuechuaMeans "chosen flower" in Quechua, from
akllakuy, "to choose" and
sisa, "flower".
AKLLASUMAQfQuechuaMeans "beautiful chosen one" in Quechua, from
akllakuy, "to choose" and
sumaq, "beautiful".
ALADIMmPortuguesePortuguese version of
Aladdin. A famous bearer of this name is Aladim Luciano, a Brazilian footballer.
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, 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] ALECRIMmPortugueseAlecrim is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region....
[more] ALEGRÍAfSpanishMeans "joy, happiness" in Spanish, 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] 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] ALTAGRACIAfSpanishMeans "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.
ALTAMIROmSpanish (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] ALTOmSpanish, 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.
ALVARITOmSpanishSpanish 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.
AMAPOLAfSpanishAmapola 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...
[more] AMAROmSpanishEither a Spanish form of the Germanic name
Audamar or from Latin
amarus meaning "bitter". This was the name of a legendary saint whose cult is especially popular in Galicia and Asturias. It is said that he travelled on his boat to heaven.
ANAHÍfGuarani, Tupi, Spanish (Latin American)Meaning uncertain. In Tupi-Guarani legend this is the name of a princess killed by Spanish conquistadors, who was turned into a flower--usually identified with the flower of the Ceibo tree (Erythrina crista-galli)...
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