Behind the Name: yasmimpaiva's Personal Name List

Augusto

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

Pronounced: ow-GHOOS-to(Spanish) ow-GOOS-to(Italian) ow-GOOSH-too(European Portuguese) ow-GOOS-too(Brazilian Portuguese)

Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Augustus. This name was borne by the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006).

Caetano

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Portuguese form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

Caíque

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Diminutive of Carlos Henrique.

Conrado

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: kon-RA-dho

Spanish form of Conrad.

Dante

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: DAN-teh(Italian) DAHN-tay(English) DAN-tee(English)

Medieval short form of Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.

Enrico

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: ehn-REE-ko

Italian form of Heinrich (see Henry). Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) was an Italian physicist who did work on the development of the nuclear bomb.

Esteban

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: ehs-TEH-ban

Spanish form of Stephen.

Estevão

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Portuguese form of Stephen.

Gonçalo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Pronounced: gon-SA-loo

Portuguese form of Gonzalo.

Martim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Pronounced: mar-TEEN(European Portuguese) makh-CHEEN(Brazilian Portuguese)

Portuguese form of Martinus (see Martin).

Moreno

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: mo-REH-no(Spanish)

Derived from Italian moro or Spanish moreno meaning "dark-skinned".

Romero

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Rare)

Pronounced: ro-MEH-ro(Spanish)

Possibly a transferred use of the surname Romero or a direct derivation from Spanish romero, meaning "rosemary".

Sebastian

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian, Czech

Pronounced: zeh-BAS-tee-an(German) sə-BAS-chən(American English) sə-BAS-tee-ən(British English) seh-BAS-dyan(Danish) seh-BAS-tyan(Polish) SEH-bahs-tee-ahn(Finnish) seh-bas-tee-AN(Romanian) SEH-bas-ti-yan(Czech)

From the Latin name Sebastianus, which meant "from Sebaste". Sebaste was the name a town in Asia Minor, its name deriving from Greek σεβαστός (sebastos) meaning "venerable" (a translation of Latin Augustus, the title of the Roman emperors). According to Christian tradition, Saint Sebastian was a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyred during the persecutions of the emperor Diocletian. After he was discovered to be a Christian, he was tied to a stake and shot with arrows. This however did not kill him. Saint Irene of Rome healed him and he returned to personally admonish Diocletian, whereupon the emperor had him beaten to death.

Due to the saint's popularity, the name came into general use in medieval Europe, especially in Spain and France. It was also borne by a 16th-century king of Portugal who died in a crusade against Morocco.