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Help[Facts] "xandinho" is not a name
I found a page for this name and found to way to request a correction so I will repost the comment I left about it here.
"Xandinho" is not an actual name. "-inho" and "-inha" are diminutive suffixes in Portuguese that can be used for any male or female name, respectively, and such diminutive forms are seldom (if ever) used as actual names. The short form of "Alexandre" that is used as a name is "Xande" (pronounced SHAN-də).
"Xandinho" is not an actual name. "-inho" and "-inha" are diminutive suffixes in Portuguese that can be used for any male or female name, respectively, and such diminutive forms are seldom (if ever) used as actual names. The short form of "Alexandre" that is used as a name is "Xande" (pronounced SHAN-də).
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Both Xandinho and Xande are nicknames for Alexandre and therefore are "actual" names (no different from Billy or Maggie and all the diminutives listed on the BtN database) — just not "legal" names because (with a few exceptions) Portuguese costume doesn't allow for nicknames to be registered as legal names.
However, Brazil has no name laws whatsoever so it's not unlikely that there are some people who are legally named Xande and Xandinho.
However, Brazil has no name laws whatsoever so it's not unlikely that there are some people who are legally named Xande and Xandinho.
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You can post a correction here, under the correction section: http://www.behindthename.com/submit/submit.php
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