Portuguese (Brazilian) Submitted Names

These names are a subset of Portuguese names used more often in Brazil. See also about Portuguese names.
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Kiteria f Basque (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Bulgarian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Basque, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian form of Quiteria. This is also the French transcription of the Ukrainian form, although French-speaking parents probably don't normally use it as an actual personal name (cf... [more]
Kléber m French (Quebec), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Québécois form of Kleber as well as a Brazilian variant of Cléber.
Kristiano m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese Brazilian form of Cristiano.
Laécio m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Allegedly a variant of Laércio.
Laerte m Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian and Portuguese form of Laertes.
Laine f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Truncated form of Elaine.
Lairton m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a combination of Lair and the suffix -ton.
Laís f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Laïs.
Laisla f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Laila 1 influenced by Laís.
Lamartine m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means “dweller by the sea” in French. Alphonse de Lamartine was a French writer and politician in the Second Republic of France.
Lauan m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Meaning unknown, possibly a masculine form of Lauane.
Lauane f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rhyming variant of Kauane.
Laudo m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Polish (Archaic)
Portuguese and Polish form of Laud.
Lavinho m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Male version of Lavinha, which is derived from Lavinia
Lázara f Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Lazarus.
Leanderson m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a combination of Leander and Anderson.
Leania f American (South, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Either a variant of Leonia, influenced by Leah, or an elaboration of Leana.
Leici f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Lacy reflecting the English pronunciation.
Leidi f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Lady reflecting the Spanish and Portuguese pronunciation.
Lenice f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Apparently a diminutive of Helenice.
Lenilson m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a combination of Leni and Nilson.
Lenir f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly taken from Portuguese lenir, meaning "to relieve, to mitigate, to smoothen", ultimately from Latin lenire.
Lenita f Portuguese (Brazilian), Indonesian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Diminutive of Lena and various names that end in -lena.
Leomar m Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American), Filipino
Combination of Leo-, from names beginning with this pattern such as Leonardo and Leopoldo, and -mar, from names beginning in that pattern, e.g. María (Spanish)/Maria (Portuguese).... [more]
Leonam m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
The name is the inverse of Manoel.
Leonara f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Leonora with the same ending as Yonara and Tainara.
Leoni f & m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Léonie, also used as a masculine name.
Leônia f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Leonia.
Leônidas m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Leonidas.
Léoniu m & f French, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Leoní Portuguese (Brazilian), Léonide French, Leanid Belarusian, Leonidas Greek, Leonida Italian, Leonius Latin/Late Roman
Liandro m Aragonese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Aragonese form of Leander and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Leandro.
Lidvina f German (Rare), Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon, Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
German variant and Portuguese, Languedocian, Provençal and Gascon form of Lidwina. Saint Lidwina of Schiedam is considered the patron saint of the disabled.
Liliam f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Lillian.
Lincon m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian borrowing of Lincoln.
Lindalva f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Contraction of Linda and Dalva. This name was borne by Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira.
Lindolfo m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Lindolf. The Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga was born in San Lindolfo, a place named for the saint by this name.
Lindomar m & f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Portuguese lindo "pretty, beautiful; handsome" and mar "sea". This is also regarded as a combination of Linda and Ademar, Valdemar or another name ending in -mar.
Lírio m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Portuguese lírio "lily".
Livramento f Brazilian (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the city Santana do Livramento, which is located in Brazil.
Loide f Southern African, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of the Biblical name Lois 1.
Lolimar f Spanish (Caribbean), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Diminutive of Dolores María, most often used in Venezuela. In other words, this is a combination of Loli (a diminutive of Dolores) and -mar from names beginning with that syllable, such as Spanish María and Portuguese Maria.
Lorencia f Medieval Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Filipino (Rare)
Archaic Spanish feminine form of Lorencio (Also compare Laurenzia/Lorenza and Laurencia).
Lorenço m Medieval Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Medieval Spanish form of Lorenzo, as well as a Brazilian Portuguese variant.
Lorival m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly an alternate form of Lourival.
Lourival m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese word for "laurel".
Lu f & m English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Various
Short form of names beginning with Lu, such as Lucy, Luis or Luisa. Known bearers include Luciana 'Lu' Andrade (1978-), a Brazilian singer; Luzerne 'Lu' Blue (1897-1958), an American baseball player; Maria Luisa 'Lu' Colombo (1952-), an Italian singer; Lucien 'Lu' Gambino (1923-2003), an American football player; Lucy 'Lu' Rees (1901-1983), an Australian book collector and children's literature advocate; and Luis 'Lu' Senarens (1863-1939), an American science fiction writer.
Luanda f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly derived from the capital of Angola (see Luanda), or could be a combination of Luana and Amanda.
Luanderson m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Apparently a combination of Luan and Anderson.
Luany f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian feminine variant of Luan.
Lucélia f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Lucília. A known bearer of this name is the Brazilian actress Lucélia Santos (b. 1957).
Lucélio m Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Lucilio.
Lucelir f & m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Probably a combination of Lucélia with a name that ends in -ir, such as Ademir and Almir 1.
Luceni f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Combination of Lucélia and the popular suffix -eni (cf. Heleni, Marleni).
Lucibel f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Combination of Lucía (Spanish) or Lúcia (Portuguese) with Isabel.
Luciele f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a Portuguese form of Lucielle.
Luciene f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian variant of Luciana.
Lucimar f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Combination of Lúcia and Maria. A famous bearer is Brazilian athlete Lucimar Aparecida de Moura.
Lucimara f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Perhaps a combination of Lucy and Mara 1. Notable bearer is Brazilian track and field runner Lucimara da Silva
Lucinei m & f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Possibly a combination of Lucinda and Sidnei.
Lucinio m Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucinius.
Luismar m Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Combination of Luis (Spanish)/Luís (Portuguese) and -mar, from names beginning in that pattern, e.g. María (Spanish)/Maria (Portuguese).
Luminosa f Spanish (Mexican), Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Derived from the Latin adjective luminosus meaning "full of light, luminous". This was the name of a 5th-century saint from Pavia in Lombardy, Italy. This was also borne by a 6th-century Byzantine woman, the wife of the tribune Zemarchus... [more]
Lurian f & m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese variant of the names Lauriano and Lauriana, from the english name Lorraine.
Luys m Medieval Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Medieval Spanish form of Luis as well as a Portuguese variant of Luís.
Luziana f Basque (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
One of the Basque forms of Luciana. (See also Lukene).
Maeus m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a variant of Mateus.
Magdala f Haitian Creole, Portuguese (Brazilian), African American, Spanish (Caribbean)
Either a short form of Magdalena or from the biblical village that Mary Magdalene was from, which means "tower" in Hebrew.... [more]
Magneto m Popular Culture, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Magneto is the 'mutant' name of an antagonist, and sometimes protagonist, of Marvel's X-Men line of comics. His real name is Max Eisenhardt, and he's used the alias of Erik Lehnsherr many times, though he is more frequently known simply as Magneto... [more]
Maiane f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Meaning unknown, possibly an elaborated form of Maia 1.
Máicol m Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Portuguese variant of Michael reflecting the English pronunciation.
Maike m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a variant of Maico.
Mainara f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Perhaps a rhyming variant of Tainara.
Maísa f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a borrowing of Maisie, a borrowing of Arabic Maisa and a contraction of Maria and Luísa.
Mara f Tupi, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Tupi marã "war".
Maralina f Portuguese (Brazilian), South American
Variant of Mara with diminutive -lina.
Marce m & f English, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Indonesian
Short form of names that derive from the name Marcellus.
Marciel m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Maciel influenced by Marcelo.
Marciele f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Marciela. Alternatively, it may be a feminine form of Marciel.
Marcília f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly an elaboration of Márcia.
Margô f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portugue form of Margo.
Mariane f Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Marianne, mostly used in Brazil. A notable bearer is French journalist and reporter Mariane Pearl.
Marianny f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Mariany. It is most used in Venezuela.
Marieli f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Allegedly a variant of Mariela.
Mariene f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian variant of Mariana.... [more]