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What is the meaning of a portuguese first name

by Ian (guest)

12/19/2004, 8:52 AM

Dear Sir,

I would like to know about the origin of a portuguese name "Deolinda" in which are considered to be an old fashioned name today.

Thanks for your assistant and look forward to your reply.

Regards,
Ian

- Chrisell +1

12/21/2004, 2:30 AM

Something similar . . .

. . . is the German name Dietlinde (follow hyperlink for meaning). It's quite possible that they are related.

Deolinda is also:

A place name in Paraguay.

A name that was popular in France during the 1980s

- Rene

12/25/2004, 12:29 PM

Probably confirmed 'Dietlinde'

I found that the Spanish page
http://www.partosindolor.com/nombresnenas.htm
and other pages list Deolinda as a shorter form of Teodolinda, and that in turn is explained on this Italian page
http://digilander.libero.it/gioer/lf.html
as deriving from the two Germanic words that make up Dietlinde.

I think together with the overall similarity of Deolinda and Dietlinde this makes the derivation quite probable.

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