Portuguese Submitted Names

Portuguese names are used in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking areas. See also about Portuguese names.
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Nereu m Catalan, Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician, Sicilian
Catalan, Portuguese, Galician and Sicilian form of Nereus.
Nês f Portuguese
Diminutive of Inês.
Nessa f Portuguese
Diminutive of Inês.
Nestório m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Nestorios (see Nestor).
Neurite f Portuguese (African)
Of unknown origin and meaning.... [more]
Nicandro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Nicander.
Nicécio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Nicetius.
Nicéforo m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Nikephoros.
Nicoly f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese variant of Nicole, reflecting the local pronunciation of the name.
Nicteu m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Nycteus.
Nildo m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Short form of names ending in -nildo.
Nilma f Portuguese (Brazilian), Filipino
Apparently a feminine form of Newman.
Ninfídia f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Nymphidia.
Ninfidiano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Nymphidianus.
Ninfídio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Nymphidius.
Ninha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Ana.
Niquita f Portuguese
Diminutive of Nicola.
Niquito m Portuguese
Diminutive of Nicholas.
Nireu m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Nireus.
Nísia f Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Truncated form of Anísia and Dionísia. Nísia Floresta, born Dionísia Gonçalves Pinto, (1810 - 1885) was a Brazilian educator, translator, writer, poet, philosopher, and feminist.
Nita f Portuguese
Diminutive of Ana.
Nívea f Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Literature
From Latin niveus meaning "snow-white" (itself from nivis, "of snow"). It was used by Peruvian author Isabel Allende for a character in her novel 'La casa de los espíritus' (1982).
Nô f Portuguese
Diminutive of Leonor.
Nobel m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Transferred use of the surname Nobel.
Noeli f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese adoption of Noélie.
Noeme f Greek (Modern, Rare), Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese cognate and Modern Greek form of Noemin.
Nono m Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese and Spanish form of Nonnos via it's Latinized form Nonnus.
Nonô f Portuguese
Diminutive of Leonor.
Noriel m Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Either a variant of Nuriel or a combination of names like Nora 1 and Norberto with a name that ends in -iel, such as Ariel and Gabriel.
Norka f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Seemingly derived from Russian норка (norka), referring to mink (both the animal and fur).
Normando m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Norman. Masculine form of Normanda.
Numeriano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Numerian.
Nuninho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Nuno.
Obadias m Portuguese, Biblical Portuguese
Portuguese form of Obadiah and variant of Abdias
Oceano m Italian (Archaic), Portuguese (Archaic)
Italian and Portuguese form of Okeanos via its latinized form Oceanus. Also compare the Italian and Portuguese noun oceano meaning "ocean".
Odália f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Odalia. Also compare Odélia and Odília.
Odálio m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Odalio. Also compare Odélio and Odílio.
Odélia f French (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
French variant of Odélie and Portuguese form of Odelia 1. Also compare Odília.
Odélio m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Odelio. Also compare Odílio.
Odilão m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Odilo and/or Odilon.
Odília f Portuguese, Provençal, Hungarian
Portuguese, Provençal and Hungarian form of Odilia. Also compare Odélia.
Odiliano m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Probably a combination of Odilon (Portuguese) or Odilone (Italian) with a given name that ends in -iano, such as Adriano and Luciano.
Odílio m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Odilio. Also compare Odélio.... [more]
Odisseu m Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Odysseus.
Odylia f Polish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Polish variant of Otylia as well as a Dutch and Latin American variant spelling of Odilia.
Odylon m Polish (Rare), French (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Polish form of Odilon as well as a French and Brazilian Portuguese variant spelling of Odilon.
Ofelio m Portuguese (African), Spanish (Mexican)
Likely a masculine form of Ofelia.
Ofíon m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ophion.
Ofiúco m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ophiouchos via its latinized form Ophiuchus.
Oldorelino m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Most likely an invented name, which was possibly created by combining a name that ends in -oldo (such as Haroldo or Leopoldo) with Aurelino.... [more]
Olímpia f Gascon, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Gascon and Portuguese form of Olympias.
Olimpo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Olympos.
Olivério m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Oliver.
Olivio m Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Masculine form of Olivia and thus a masculine form of the saint's name Oliva.
Oneide f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Oneida.
Opélio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Opellius.
Optaciano m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Optatian.
Optato m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Optatus.
Ordália f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Portuguese ordália "ordeal".
Orfeu m Catalan, Corsican, Portuguese, Romanian
Catalan, Corsican, Portuguese and Romanian form of Orpheus.
Orival m Portuguese (Brazilian)
There are several possibilities for the meaning and origin of this name. One is that it is derived from Ariovaldo via its variant form Orivaldo... [more]
Orivaldo m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant form of Ariovaldo via Oriovaldo.
Orneu m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Orneus.
Osana f Medieval Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Medieval Italian variant of Osanna and Portuguese variant of Hosana.
Osmar m Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Combination of Os-, from names beginning in this pattern like Oscar and Osvaldo, and -mar, from names beginning in that pattern, e.g. María (Spanish)/Maria (Portuguese).
Osvalda f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of Oswalda.
Ósvi m Portuguese
Diminutive of Osvaldo.
Otacília f Portuguese (Brazilian), Literature
Portuguese form of Otacilia. Otacília is the love interest of the main character in João Guimarães Rosa's 1956 novel Grande Sertão: Veredas (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands in English), an adaptation of the faustian motif to the sertão.
Otelo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Othello.
Óxilo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Oxylos via its latinized form Oxylus.
Paciano m Portuguese, Spanish (Rare), Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Pacianus. This name was borne by the Filipino general and revolutionary Paciano Rizal (1851-1930), the brother of physician and writer Dr... [more]
Pacífico m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Masculine version of Pacífica meaning "peaceful", from the Latin name Pacificus.
Pamáquio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Pammachius.
Pânfilo m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Pamphilus.
Panopeu m Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Panopeus.
Papoila f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Poppy.
Partênio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Parthenios via Parthenius.
Partenopeu m Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Parthenopaeus.
Pascário m Portuguese (Archaic)
Portuguese form of Pascarius, which is a variant of Pascharius.
Pascásia f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Pascasia, which is a variant of Paschasia.
Pascásio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Pascasius, which is a variant of Paschasius.
Páscoa f Portuguese (African, Rare)
Derived from Portuguese Páscoa "Easter", ultimately derived from Vulgar Latin pascua via Old Galician-Portuguese Pascoa (compare Italian Pasqua).
Pasitea f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Pasithea.
Paterno m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Paternus.
Páti f Portuguese
Diminutive of Patricia.
Patie f Portuguese
Diminutive of Patricia.
Patrique m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Patrick.
Pátroclo m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Patroklos (see Patroclus).
Paty f Portuguese
Diminutive of Patricia.
Paulete f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Paulette.
Pedrito m Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Pedro.
Pégaso m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Pegasus.
Pelé m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Famous bearer of this name is Pelé (Born as Edson Arantes do Nascimento) and is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. ... [more]
Peleu m Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Peleus.
Penha f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Portuguese penha "cliff, rock", usually used in reference to the title of the Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora da Penha.
Penteu m Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Pentheus.
Pepê m Portuguese
Diminutive of Pedro.
Pepino m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Peppino.
Percília f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Percilia, the name of a genus of perch-like fish native to Chile. It is a diminutive of Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (perke) "perch", cognate with περκνός (perknos) "dark-spotted".
Peregrino m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Peregrinus.
Peri m Portuguese (Brazilian), Tupi (?)
Possibly derived from Tupi piripiri, which refers to a type of reed. This is the name of the hero of José de Alencar's novel The Guarani (1857), a fictional member of the Goitacá people of Brazil... [more]
Periandro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Periander.
Pêro m Medieval Portuguese, Portuguese (Archaic)
Medieval Portuguese form of Peter and variant of Pero.
Pérola f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Portuguese pérola "pearl".
Perséfone f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Persephone.
Perseu m Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian
Catalan, Portuguese and Romanian form of Perseus.
Petrónio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Petronius.
Peu m Portuguese
Diminutive of Pedro.
Piedade f Portuguese, Galician
Derived from Portuguese and Galician piedade "piety; pity, compassion".
Piedro m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Possibly a combination of Pietro and Pedro.
Piério m Portuguese
Portuguese form of PIERIUS.
Pipa f Portuguese
Diminutive of Filipa and Felipa.
Pipia f Portuguese
Diminutive of Sofia.
Pipo m Portuguese
Diminutive of Filipe and Felipe.
Pirro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Albanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Albanian form of Pyrrhos.
Piteu m Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Pittheus.
Platão m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Plato.
Plutão m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Pluto.
Plutarco m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Plutarch.
Poliana f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese adoption of Pollyanna. The name features prominently in the telenovela As Aventuras de Poliana (2018 - 2020), which is based on Eleanor H. Porter's classic children's novel Pollyanna (1913).
Políbio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Polybius.
Policarpo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Polycarp.
Polidoro m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Polydorus.
Polieucto m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian Portuguese and Spanish form of Polyeuctus (see Polyeuktos).
Pólux m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Pollux.
Pompéia f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Pompeius.
Ponciano m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Pontian.
Pórcio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Porcius.
Porco m Portuguese
Meaning "pig" or "filthy" in Portuguese. Attack on Titan's Porco Galliard is a bearer of this name.
Porfírio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Porphyrios (see Porfirio).
Posídon m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Poseidon.
Potenciana f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Archaic), Filipino
Spanish and Portuguese form of Potentiana. This was the name of a Spanish saint from the late 16th century.
Potenciano m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Archaic), Filipino
Spanish and Portuguese form of Potentianus. A notable bearer of this name was the Filipino musician Potenciano Gregorio (1880-1939).
Potino m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Archaic), Portuguese (Archaic)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Potheinos via its latinized form Pothinus.
Praxedes f & m History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (African, Rare)
Derived from Greek πρᾶξῐς (praxis), meaning "action, work, success". This was the name of a 2nd-century saint.
Prazeres f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Derived from Portuguese prazeres, the plural form of prazer "pleasure", this name is used in reference to the title of the Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres ("Our Lady of Pleasures")... [more]
Preciosa f Filipino, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician, Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-Anglo-Norman (?)
Means "precious" in Spanish, Portuguese and other languages of the Iberian peninsula, from Latin pretiōsa "precious, of great value".
Preta f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Means "black" in portuguese. This name is borne by the Brazilian actress and singer Preta Maria Gadelha Gil Moreira, mostly known as Preta Gil.
Príamo m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Priam.
Prisciliano m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Priscillian.
Proclo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Proklos via Proclus.
Procópio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Procopius.
Prócoro m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Prochoros via it's Latinized form Prochorus.
Prometeu m Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian
Catalan, Portuguese and Romanian form of Prometheus.
Protásia f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Protasia.
Protásio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Protasius. Known bearers of this name include the Brazilian physician and politician Protásio Antônio Alves (1859-1933) and Protásio Garcia Leal (1858-1943), who was one of the three founders of the Brazilian city of Três Lagoas.
Proteu m Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian
Catalan, Portuguese and Romanian form of Proteus.
Protógenes m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Protogenes.
Prudência f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Prudentia.
Prudêncio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Prudentius.
Prudente m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Prudens. In Italy, this name is also encountered as a variant of Prudenzio, which is the main Italian form of Prudentius.... [more]
Ptolemeu m Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian
Catalan, Portuguese and Romanian form of Ptolemaios via Ptolemaeus.
Públio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Publius.
Pudenciana f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Archaic)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Pudentiana.
Pudenciano m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Archaic)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Pudentianus.
Pudente m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Archaic)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Pudens.
Pudentila f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Pudentilla.
Pupillo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Pupillus.
Pureza f Portuguese
It means "purity". Originally used as "Maria da Pureza", in honour of Nossa Senhora da Pureza (Our Lady of Purity).
Quadrado m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Quadratus.
Quênia f Portuguese (Brazilian)
From Quênia, the Brazilian Portuguese name for the African country of Kenya.
Quévin m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Kevin.
Quiara f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form (phonetic rendering) of Chiara.
Quieto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Quietus.
Quincas m Portuguese
Diminutive of Joaquim.
Quíncio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Quintius.
Quintiano m Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Portuguese form of Quintianus and Spanish variant of Quinciano.
Quintila f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Quintilla. Also compare the masculine counterpart Quintilo.
Quintília f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Quintilia. Also compare the masculine counterpart Quintílio.
Quintiliano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Quintilianus (see Quintilian).
Quintílio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Quintilius.
Quintilo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Quintillus.
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