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Help[Opinions] Unusual girl BAs from Portugal (long)
Not actual birth announcements, but these names were taken from a blog that collated records of registered names for newborns in 2014. Some are unusual, others interesting, and others plain weird. Each fn + mn combo was registered to a single baby, so at least in 2014, they were truly unique.
* means I like them
Isaura Luzia
Safira Diana
Bianca Ionara
Daniana
Ariele
Emma Kenza
Najah Nambai
Eloá
Yasmin Jordana
Kayla
Alvina Rithin
Shaquira Margarida (the adaptation makes no sense, because there is no 'sh-' diphtong in Portuguese; it should have been either the original Shakira, or else Chaquira/Xaquira)
Zara Malik
Eliny
Amandla Isabella (not a typo)
Shelzia Priscila
Júlia Serena *
Jasmina
Luana Abigail
Eva Michelle
Nasra
Kelsy Palmer
Yasmin Dariana
Elisabete Soraia (the style of this combo is akin to something like Theodora Mackenzie iykwim)
Oriana Ester
Benedita Hedviges
Leomara Yamila
Dejanira
Neylissa
Kyara Joelma
Taísa
Pérola Ariel
Suzana Samreen
Thalyta
Yasmine Cadija
Béyoncé Bernardete (the first accent is not a typo)
Emma Lya
Ariana Paloma *
Bianca Cinara
Zahra Lorena *
Sade Alessandra
Shannaya Rita
Karolyna
Ária
Leah Mara
Leonilde Ticiany
Marcília
Sara Damaris
Bani Daji
Doriana
Izi Izilaine
Ezly Leane
Keylla Elinaide (I assume it's pronounced like Kayla)
Jeany Nelicia
Oumou Kalsum
Aurora Abelha (lit. Dawn Bee)
Viktoria Valentina
Raissa Nadine
Fareondina
Seima Yaritza
Gilmara
Luz Mar (lit. Light [as in the noun] Sea)
Latifa
Maria Cereja (lit. Mary Cherry)
Anelia
Danya
Alana Tchissola (Tchissola was the name of a character in an Angolan soap opera)
Ilyana Nina Violaine
Cassia Ilaria
Xenia Maiara
Kellyane
Lueji
Deliandra Guadalupe
Selena Eva
Lenira Deolanda
Josiane Aline
Rabia Saima
Emma Elizabeth *
Pérola Diazola
Kimora
Sarai
Corine Alecsandra
Giela
Yasmin Kimora
Bruna Charlene
Lília Liberdade (liberdade means freedom)
Mércia Ariane
Ailine (I assume it's pronounced like Eileen)
Yara Amarilia
Fatima Zorah
Vittoria
Ashley
Anaia
Martinha
Lorraine Iriel
Ema Priscila
Kiara
Alícia Radhassa
Khyara Henda
Maria Antonieta (= Marie Antoinette)
India
Elikia Ukombozi
Sophia Amira
Vyctorya (look, the y trend caught on here too!)
Monique Isabella
Nassoma
Manon
Kayleen Kyara
Anicia Fabiane
Christianne Dejanira
Hadiyah
Quézia
Amélia Sakae
Thays Mel (mel means honey as in the food)
Joana Alicia Mathilde
Onessa
Mayara Suki
Constance Ema Cassiopée
Kaylanne
Vitália
Chelsea Layane
Mélodie
Laryssa
Maira Ninanca
Amber Grace
Jessie Ann
Jessica Teri
Rania Tiguidanquesaco
Cyara
Mélanie Alyssa
Luana Farida
Alaine Cécya
Cloé
Clara Luna (... claire de lune...?)
Liara
Ariel Sharifa
Miriam Uriel
Nanci
Victoria Chloé *
Josefa
Elayna
Vivilde
Mia Evelyn *
Bianka
Nuna
Anaís Seanna
N'deye Marie
Luyane
Oksana Janalytha
Eugénia Jasmin
Aylla
Salma
Maïa Léonor Capucine
Darlene
Nawini
Ulé Aissato
Hanna
Thamyres
Jael
Naziriti Flor
Leonor Aoife *
Kaihui
Dewi
I might post the rest in a few days.
* means I like them
Isaura Luzia
Safira Diana
Bianca Ionara
Daniana
Ariele
Emma Kenza
Najah Nambai
Eloá
Yasmin Jordana
Kayla
Alvina Rithin
Shaquira Margarida (the adaptation makes no sense, because there is no 'sh-' diphtong in Portuguese; it should have been either the original Shakira, or else Chaquira/Xaquira)
Zara Malik
Eliny
Amandla Isabella (not a typo)
Shelzia Priscila
Júlia Serena *
Jasmina
Luana Abigail
Eva Michelle
Nasra
Kelsy Palmer
Yasmin Dariana
Elisabete Soraia (the style of this combo is akin to something like Theodora Mackenzie iykwim)
Oriana Ester
Benedita Hedviges
Leomara Yamila
Dejanira
Neylissa
Kyara Joelma
Taísa
Pérola Ariel
Suzana Samreen
Thalyta
Yasmine Cadija
Béyoncé Bernardete (the first accent is not a typo)
Emma Lya
Ariana Paloma *
Bianca Cinara
Zahra Lorena *
Sade Alessandra
Shannaya Rita
Karolyna
Ária
Leah Mara
Leonilde Ticiany
Marcília
Sara Damaris
Bani Daji
Doriana
Izi Izilaine
Ezly Leane
Keylla Elinaide (I assume it's pronounced like Kayla)
Jeany Nelicia
Oumou Kalsum
Aurora Abelha (lit. Dawn Bee)
Viktoria Valentina
Raissa Nadine
Fareondina
Seima Yaritza
Gilmara
Luz Mar (lit. Light [as in the noun] Sea)
Latifa
Maria Cereja (lit. Mary Cherry)
Anelia
Danya
Alana Tchissola (Tchissola was the name of a character in an Angolan soap opera)
Ilyana Nina Violaine
Cassia Ilaria
Xenia Maiara
Kellyane
Lueji
Deliandra Guadalupe
Selena Eva
Lenira Deolanda
Josiane Aline
Rabia Saima
Emma Elizabeth *
Pérola Diazola
Kimora
Sarai
Corine Alecsandra
Giela
Yasmin Kimora
Bruna Charlene
Lília Liberdade (liberdade means freedom)
Mércia Ariane
Ailine (I assume it's pronounced like Eileen)
Yara Amarilia
Fatima Zorah
Vittoria
Ashley
Anaia
Martinha
Lorraine Iriel
Ema Priscila
Kiara
Alícia Radhassa
Khyara Henda
Maria Antonieta (= Marie Antoinette)
India
Elikia Ukombozi
Sophia Amira
Vyctorya (look, the y trend caught on here too!)
Monique Isabella
Nassoma
Manon
Kayleen Kyara
Anicia Fabiane
Christianne Dejanira
Hadiyah
Quézia
Amélia Sakae
Thays Mel (mel means honey as in the food)
Joana Alicia Mathilde
Onessa
Mayara Suki
Constance Ema Cassiopée
Kaylanne
Vitália
Chelsea Layane
Mélodie
Laryssa
Maira Ninanca
Amber Grace
Jessie Ann
Jessica Teri
Rania Tiguidanquesaco
Cyara
Mélanie Alyssa
Luana Farida
Alaine Cécya
Cloé
Clara Luna (... claire de lune...?)
Liara
Ariel Sharifa
Miriam Uriel
Nanci
Victoria Chloé *
Josefa
Elayna
Vivilde
Mia Evelyn *
Bianka
Nuna
Anaís Seanna
N'deye Marie
Luyane
Oksana Janalytha
Eugénia Jasmin
Aylla
Salma
Maïa Léonor Capucine
Darlene
Nawini
Ulé Aissato
Hanna
Thamyres
Jael
Naziriti Flor
Leonor Aoife *
Kaihui
Dewi
I might post the rest in a few days.
This message was edited 3/18/2015, 2:22 PM
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As a Brazilian, I can tell that some of these names look more like names you'd see in Brazil than Portugal.
Shaquira, Béyoncé, Shannaya and Kellyane sound lower-class.
I'm guessing Elikia, Ukombozi, N'deye, Tiguidanquesaco, and Aissato are African. I know Oumou is African.
Thays and Taísa don't surprise me. Thais is very popular in Brazil (most often in the spelling Thaís, but the more traditional Taís is common too, and other less common spellings appear too) and sometimes Brazilian trends do carry over to Portugal.
Leonilde is pretty.
Shaquira, Béyoncé, Shannaya and Kellyane sound lower-class.
I'm guessing Elikia, Ukombozi, N'deye, Tiguidanquesaco, and Aissato are African. I know Oumou is African.
Thays and Taísa don't surprise me. Thais is very popular in Brazil (most often in the spelling Thaís, but the more traditional Taís is common too, and other less common spellings appear too) and sometimes Brazilian trends do carry over to Portugal.
Leonilde is pretty.
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I like:
Isaura Luzia
Eloá
Emma Elizabeth
Lília Liberdade
Mélodie
Clara Luna
Isaura Luzia
Eloá
Emma Elizabeth
Lília Liberdade
Mélodie
Clara Luna
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I can help with ...
Amandla! More a slogan than a name, but usable and sometimes used, it's a word in the Nguni languages (including Zulu and Xhosa, from South Africa) and means Power. As in Power To The People or To Us, lovely for getting a crowd going: main speaker shouts Amandla, crowd choruses Awethu! We heard it a lot, here in South Africa, when apartheid was finally crumbling.
The -dl- is an ordinary combination of the familiar d and l sounds, run together quickly so they sound something like the Welsh ll. And the -th- in awethu isn't the English sound, just a quieter, less voiced t.
A long time ago, a white man who was a member of the African National Congress, now the governing party but then a revolutionary movement, was imprisoned on charges of treason. His wife needed travel documents for herself and their children (I think, or perhaps child) and could get them from the British consulate. Their daughter, who was sometimes mentioned in the media, was known as Amandla ... but the consular authorities checked the records and found that her birth certificate was for a boring, non-revolutionary Amanda! The name had never been officially changed, but clearly the parents liked the message that the local version conveyed.
Amandla! More a slogan than a name, but usable and sometimes used, it's a word in the Nguni languages (including Zulu and Xhosa, from South Africa) and means Power. As in Power To The People or To Us, lovely for getting a crowd going: main speaker shouts Amandla, crowd choruses Awethu! We heard it a lot, here in South Africa, when apartheid was finally crumbling.
The -dl- is an ordinary combination of the familiar d and l sounds, run together quickly so they sound something like the Welsh ll. And the -th- in awethu isn't the English sound, just a quieter, less voiced t.
A long time ago, a white man who was a member of the African National Congress, now the governing party but then a revolutionary movement, was imprisoned on charges of treason. His wife needed travel documents for herself and their children (I think, or perhaps child) and could get them from the British consulate. Their daughter, who was sometimes mentioned in the media, was known as Amandla ... but the consular authorities checked the records and found that her birth certificate was for a boring, non-revolutionary Amanda! The name had never been officially changed, but clearly the parents liked the message that the local version conveyed.
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I might post the rest in a few days.
Oh yes, please do! I might not respond very often, but I think it's always great to see BAs and "BA"s from around the world.
Izi Izilaine? Really? A bit repetitive ...
I like Thamyres (although I prefer Tomyris), Quézia, Taísa, Clara, Cloé, Miriam, Emma Elizabeth, Raissa, Leonilde, Damaris, Bruna (a recent "discovery" for me), Maïa Léonor Capucine (although at first glance, I would have thought this was a French girl ;) )
Bianca Cinara - I think I like it. What's Cinara?
Marcília - where does that one come from? What does it mean?
Gilmara - is this one related to Guiomar?
Lenira - where does this come from?
Wow, sorry for all those questions. I'm just fascinated by the new (to me) "discoveries" ;)
Oh yes, please do! I might not respond very often, but I think it's always great to see BAs and "BA"s from around the world.
Izi Izilaine? Really? A bit repetitive ...
I like Thamyres (although I prefer Tomyris), Quézia, Taísa, Clara, Cloé, Miriam, Emma Elizabeth, Raissa, Leonilde, Damaris, Bruna (a recent "discovery" for me), Maïa Léonor Capucine (although at first glance, I would have thought this was a French girl ;) )
Bianca Cinara - I think I like it. What's Cinara?
Marcília - where does that one come from? What does it mean?
Gilmara - is this one related to Guiomar?
Lenira - where does this come from?
Wow, sorry for all those questions. I'm just fascinated by the new (to me) "discoveries" ;)
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Thamyres might be a variant of Tamiris. Maïa Léonor Capucine most likely has a foreign parent or was born abroad, otherwise the name just wouldn't fly with our name registry authorities.
Bruna is quite common, though not as much as its masculine counterpart.
Cinara might be a variant of Simara, or of Ciara. No idea where it comes from.
Marcília is very old-fashioned and unusual, my guess is that it's derived from Marcus. -ília is a common suffix e.g. Emília, Cecília, Lucília.
Leonilde is very old-fashioned as well and reminds me of an old lady who used to work as a minder at my primary school - it was her name.
Gilmara and Lenira look and sound Brazilian to me, no clue on their etymology - sorry! Perhaps their parents got creative.
Bruna is quite common, though not as much as its masculine counterpart.
Cinara might be a variant of Simara, or of Ciara. No idea where it comes from.
Marcília is very old-fashioned and unusual, my guess is that it's derived from Marcus. -ília is a common suffix e.g. Emília, Cecília, Lucília.
Leonilde is very old-fashioned as well and reminds me of an old lady who used to work as a minder at my primary school - it was her name.
Gilmara and Lenira look and sound Brazilian to me, no clue on their etymology - sorry! Perhaps their parents got creative.
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There is a large Brazilian community in Portugal and a lot of them do use Brazilian names. I've been to Lisbon and I've encountered Brazilians while I was there. Portugal doesn't have as many immigrants as most other western European countries (such as France, Germany, the UK, etc.), but they're very much present in the big cities.
This message was edited 3/21/2015, 5:45 PM
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LOL, it figures! No matter what language, I seem to always be drawn to the most old-fashioned names :D
Thanks for answering my questions, I really appreciate it!
Thanks for answering my questions, I really appreciate it!
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