Portuguese Submitted Names

Portuguese names are used in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking areas. See also about Portuguese names.
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Leonara f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Leonora with the same ending as Yonara and Tainara.
Leonato m Spanish, Portuguese, Theatre
Spanish and Portuguese form of Leonnatus. This is the name of the father of Hero and/or Beatrice in William Shakespeare's romantic comedy 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1599).
Leôncio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leontios.
Leoni f & m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Léonie, also used as a masculine name.
Leónia f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leonia.
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
Leopardo m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Leopardus.
Leopoldina f German (Rare), English (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Galician, Romanian, Slovene, Hungarian
German, Portuguese and English variant and Galician, Romanian, Hungarian and Slovene form of Leopoldine. Leopoldina of Austria (1797 – 1826) was the first Brazilian empress.
Leozinho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Leonardo.
Leti f Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Leticia.
Lêucio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leukios via its latinized form Leucius.
Leucipo m Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Leukippos via its latinized form Leucippus.
Leviatã m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leviathan.
Liandro m Aragonese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Aragonese form of Leander and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Leandro.
Liberdade f Portuguese (Rare)
Means "freedom" in Portuguese, making it a cognate of Liberty.
Libério m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Liberius.
Liberto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Libertus, often associated to Latin libertus "freedman, freed slave". Known bearers include Uruguayan boxer Liberto Corney (1905-1955) and Portuguese footballer Liberto dos Santos (1908-?).... [more]
Lica f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lígia.
Lice f Portuguese
Diminutive of Alice.
Licinha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Alice.
Licínia f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Licinia.
Licínio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Licinius.
Licomedes m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Lycomedes.
Lídi f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lídia.
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.
Lilas f Portuguese
Diminutive of Liliana.
Lili f Portuguese
Diminutive of Alice, Lígia and Liliana.
Lília f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lilia.
Liliam f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Lillian.
Lilianni f Greek, Portuguese
Greek form of Lilian.
Linceu m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lynceus.
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.
Lininha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Carolina.
Lipa f Portuguese
Diminutive of Filipa and Felipa.
Lírio m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Portuguese lírio "lily".
Lísipo m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lysippos via its latinized form Lysippus.
Litos m Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of Carlitos; in other words, this is a diminutive of Carlos.
Lívio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Livius.
Livramento f Brazilian (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the city Santana do Livramento, which is located in Brazil.
f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lorena 1.
Lobo m Spanish (Modern, Rare), Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese for wolf, receiving rare usage as a modern update of Lope, the archaic Spanish/Portuguese word for wolf and historically a very common name, as can be evidenced by the ubiquitous presence of the patronym: Lopez/Lopes... [more]
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.
Lolito m Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Lolo.
Loló f Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese diminutive of Lorena 1 and Galician diminutive of Dolores.
Longino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Longinus.
Lora f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lorena 1.
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.
Lota f Portuguese
Diminutive of Carlota.
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.
Lua f Portuguese
Means “moon” in Portuguese.
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.
Lucano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucanus (see Lucan).
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).
Luci f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish diminutive of Lucía and Portuguese diminutive of Lúcia.
Lucibel f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Combination of Lucía (Spanish) or Lúcia (Portuguese) with Isabel.
Lucídia f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Lucidia.
Lucídio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lucidius. Known bearers of this name include the Portuguese count Lucídio Vimaranes (died in 922 AD) and the Brazilian doctor and politician Lucídio Portela Nunes (1922-2015).
Luciele f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a Portuguese form of Lucielle.
Luciene f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian variant of Luciana.
Lúcifer m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lucifer.
Lucílio m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucilio.
Lucillo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucillus.
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.
Lucinha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lucia.
Lucinio m Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucinius.
Lucíola f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Luciola.
Lucrécio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lucretius.
Ludgero m Esperanto, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Esperanto, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Ludger via Latinized form Ludgerus.
Ludi f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lurdes.
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).
Lumena f Portuguese
Diminutive of Filomena.
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]
Lupercio m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Lupercius and variant of Luperco.
Luperco m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Lupercus.
Lupicínio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lupicinio. A bearer of this name was Brazilian composer Lupicínio Rodrigues (1914-1974).
Lupicino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lupicinus.
Lurian f & m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese variant of the names Lauriano and Lauriana, from the english name Lorraine.
Lutácio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lutatius.
Lutero m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Luther.
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).
f & m Portuguese
Diminutive of Maria, Mariana, and Mario.
Macareu m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Macareus.
Macário m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Makarios via it's Latinized form Macarius.
Macia f English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Elaborated form of Macy. Probably influenced by names such as Maria, Lucia, etc.
Macrino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Macrinus.
Macróbio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Macrobius.
Madá f Portuguese
Short form of Madalena.
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]
Magdinha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Magda.
Magêncio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Maxentius.
Magnêncio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Magnentius.
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]
Magnólia f Hungarian, Portuguese
Hungarian and Portuguese forms of Magnolia.
Maguinha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Magda.
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.
Majoriano m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Majorian.
Maju f Portuguese
Diminutive of Maria Júlia.
Malco m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Galician form of Malchus.
Mália f Portuguese
Diminutive of Amália.
Malu f Portuguese, Spanish, German
Portuguese contraction of Maria Luísa, Maria de Lurdes and Maria Lúcia, Spanish contraction of María Luisa and German contraction of Marie Luise... [more]
Mamede m Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Mammes.
Manassés m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Manasses.
Mandinho m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of names ending in -mando, such as Amando and Armando.... [more]
Mané m Portuguese
Diminutive of Manuel.
Manecas m & f Portuguese
Diminutive of Manuel or Manuela.
Maneco m Portuguese
Diminutive of Manuel.
Manela f Catalan, Portuguese
Feminine form of Manel 1 or Manel 2.
Manelinho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Manuel.
Manelocas m Portuguese
Diminutive of Manuel.
Manocas f Portuguese
Diminutive of Manuela.
Maomé m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Muhammad.
Maomédico m Portuguese
Meaning of the name is the follower of Muhammad.
Mar f Portuguese
Means "sea" in Portuguese.
Mara f Tupi, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Tupi marã "war".
Maralina f Portuguese (Brazilian), South American
Variant of Mara with diminutive -lina.
Marcão m Portuguese
Diminutive of Marcos and Marco.
Marce m & f English, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Indonesian
Short form of names that derive from the name Marcellus.
Marceli f Portuguese (Rare)
Altered form of Marcela and a variant of Marcelly.
Marceliano m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellianus. Known bearers of this name were the Spanish painter Marceliano Santa María (1866-1952) and the Portuguese sculptor Marceliano de Araújo (1690-1769).
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.
Mardoqueu m Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Mordecai.