South American Submitted Names

South American names include those from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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Kurmi Thaya f Aymara
From the Aymara kurmi meaning "rainbow" and thaya meaning "cold".
Kurmi Uma f Aymara
From the Aymara kurmi meaning "rainbow" and uma meaning "water".
Kusi f & m Aymara
Means "fortune, happiness, joy" in Aymara.
Kusi Aruma f Aymara
From the Aymara kusi meaning "fortune, happiness" and aruma meaning "night".
Kusi Chimpu f Aymara
From the Aymara kusi meaning "fortune, happiness" and chimpu meaning "sign, symbol, mark".
Kusi Chuyma f Aymara
From the Aymara kusi meaning "fortune, happiness" and chuyma meaning "lung" in Aymara, conceptually seen as the 'heart' of a person or seat of sentiment and emotion in Aymara culture.
Kusi Kurmi f Aymara
From the Aymara kusi meaning "fortune, happiness" and kurmi meaning "rainbow".
Kusiñawi f Quechua
Means "cheerful eyes" in Quechua.
Kusi Nayra f Aymara
From the Aymara kusi meaning "fortune, happiness" and nayra meaning "eyes".
Kusi-quyllur f Quechua, Theatre
Means "joyful star" in Quechua, from Quechua kusi "joyful, happy" and quyllur "star". Kusi Quyllur is the name of the princess in the Quechua-language play 'Ollantay' (the oldest known manuscript of which dates to the 18th century).
Kusirimay f Quechua
Means "of cheerful talk" in Quechua.
Kusi Wayra f Aymara
From the Aymara kusi meaning "fortune, happiness" and wayra meaning "wind".
Kusi Wiñaya f Aymara
From the Aymara kusi meaning "fortune, happiness" and wiñaya meaning "eternal".
K’uychi f Quechua
Means "rainbow" in Quechua.
Kuymi f Quechua
Means "amaranth flower" in Quechua.
Kuypa Nayra f Aymara
Means "chestnut-colour eyes" in Aymara.
Kuzco m Popular Culture, Quechua
Emperor Kuzco is the main protagonist of the Disney animated film and television series "The Emperor's New Groove". His name was inspired by the ancient Incan city of Cuzco in modern Peru. The name of the city is derived from the Quechua name for it, Qusqu, with its origin in the Aymara language... [more]
Labuino m Spanish
Spanish form of Leobwin via it's Latinized form Lebuinus.
Lactancio m Spanish, Galician
Galician and Spanish form of Lactantius.
Ladislaa f Spanish
Feminine form of Ladislao.
Ladislada f Spanish
Feminine form of Ladislao.
Laécio m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Allegedly a variant of Laércio.
Laerte m Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian and Portuguese form of Laertes.
Laguna f Spanish
Transferred from the surname "Laguna".
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.
Lala f Portuguese, Spanish, English (Rare)
Diminutive of Laura. As a Spanish name, it may also be used as a diminutive of Eulalia, Alejandra or Esmeralda.
Lalá f Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Laura.
Lalau m Portuguese
Diminutive of Nicolau.
Lalita f Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Lala, itself a diminutive of Laura. In other words, this is a double diminutive of Laura.
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.
Lancha f Spanish
Diminutive of Esperanza.
Landelino m Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Spanish and Galician form of Landelin.
Landinho m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of Rolando. A known bearer of this name is the Portuguese soccer player Rolando "Landinho" Pereira Rocha Almeida (b. 1993).
Lanscilo m Spanish
The middle name of American singer Pharrell Williams (1973-).
Lapaka m Aymara
Means "November" in Aymara.
Laqampu m Aymara
Means "sky" in Aymara.
Larama m Aymara
Means "blue" in Aymara.
Larama Uma f Aymara
Means "blue water" in Aymara.
Larita f Spanish (Rare)
Spanish diminutive of Lara 1.
Laro m Old Celtic, History, Spanish (Rare)
The name of an ancient Cantabrian warrior who fought in the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War, according to Silius Italicus. As a modern Spanish name, in some cases it may be a masculine form of Lara 1.
Lasaru m Quechua
Quechua form of Lazarus.
Lasta m & f Quechua
Means "snow" in Quechua.
Lastenia f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Ancient Greek (Hispanicized)
Spanish feminine form of Lasthenes. The 4th-century BC Greek philosopher Lastheneia of Mantinea, one of Plato's female students, is known as Lastenia in Spanish.
Lau f Spanish
Diminutive of Laura.
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.
Laureana f Spanish, Galician
Feminine form of Laureano.
Laurêncio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Laurence 1.
Lauri f Spanish
Diminutive of Laura.
Laurinha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Laura.
Laurinho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Lauro.
Laurito m Spanish
Masculine form of Laurita.
Lauti m Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Lautaro. A known bearer of this name is Lautaro "Lauti" Suárez (b. 2018), the son of the Uruguayan professional soccer player Luis Suárez (b. 1987).
Laveran m Brazilian
Transferred use of the French surname Laveran.... [more]
Lavinho m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Male version of Lavinha, which is derived from Lavinia
Lavínia f Catalan, Portuguese, Hungarian
Hungarian, Portuguese and Catalan form of Lavinia.
Lawra m Aymara
Means "flames" in Aymara.
Laya f Spanish (Modern)
Spanish borrowing of Laia.
Layqa m & f Aymara
Means "sorcerer, sorceress" in Aymara.
Layu f Aymara
Means "clover" in Aymara.
Lázara f Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Caribbean
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Lazarus.
Lê f Portuguese
Diminutive of Leticia.
Leafar m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
The name Rafael spelled backwards. This name was used by American tattoo artist and entrepreneur Kat Von D and musician Leafar Seyer (birth name Rafael Reyes) for their son born 2018.
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.
Lebuíno m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leobwin via it's Latinized form Lebuinus.
Leca f Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive for the feminine given name Leticia.
Lediça f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leticia.
Leici f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Lacy reflecting the English pronunciation.
Leicy f Spanish (Latin American, Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
Spanish form of Lacy reflecting the English pronunciation.
Leidi f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Lady reflecting the Spanish and Portuguese pronunciation.
Leidis f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Leidi with the popular suffix -is.
Leilo m Brazilian (Rare)
Masculine form of Leila.
Leira f Spanish (Rare)
Spanish variant of Leire.
Leitza f Spanish
Leitza is a town in Spain
Lelê m & f Portuguese
Short form of names containing the letter L like Wesley and Helena.
Leliano m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Laelianus.
Leme m & f Brazilian
The meaning of the name is belonging to God.
Lencha f Spanish
Diminutive of Florencia.
Lencho m Spanish
Diminutive of Florencio and Lorenzo.
Leni f Spanish
Diminutive of Magdalena.
Lenice f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Apparently a diminutive of Helenice.
Lenilson m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a combination of Leni and Nilson.
Lenín m Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish accented variant of Lenin, derived from the russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin's name. May ultimately be derived from the name of the river Lena in russia.
Lenin m Spanish (Latin American), Indian, Various
Transferred use of the surname Lenin after Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionist and founder of the Soviet Union.
Lenina f Literature, Spanish (Latin American)
This name was invented by the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), who apparently intended it to be a feminine form of the surname Lenin, Lenin being the founder of the former Soviet state... [more]
Lenine m & f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Lenin.
Leninha f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese diminutive of Lena and Helena.
Leninho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Heleno and Eleno.
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.
Leno m Portuguese
Diminutive of Heleno and Eleno.
Léo f Portuguese
Diminutive of Leonor.
Leobaldo m Spanish
Variant form of Leudbald.
Leobino m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Leobin via it's Latinized form Leobinus.
Leocelso m Brazilian
Probably a contraction of Leo and Celso.
Leodegario m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Leodegar via Latinized form Leodegarius.
Leofanto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Leophantos.
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]
Leomaris f & m Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Leomar with the -is suffix.
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.
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).
Leoncia f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Leontia.
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.
Leoniano m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Leonianus.
Leónidas m & f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Leonidas, also used as a feminine name (compare Galician Leonides).
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
Leony f & m Filipino, Brazilian
Diminutive of Leonora, Leonida, Leonila, Leonardo, and other names starting with Leon-.
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.
Leostrato m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Leostratus.
Leovanna f Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a feminine form of Leo.... [more]
Leovigildo m Spanish
Spanish form of Liubigild.
Leozinho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Leonardo.
Lepreo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Lepreus.
Leryn f Spanish (Latin American)
South American variant of Loren, Lauryn or their variants. Leryn Dahiana Franco is famous paraguayan athlete (javelin thrower).
Lesbia f Literature, Spanish (Latin American)
Means "woman from Lesbos" in Latin, Lesbos being a Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea. This name was used by the 1st-century BC Latin poet Catullus as a pseudonym for the woman he loved, who is commonly identified as Clodia Metelli.
Leslia f English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare), Bahamian Creole
Spanish (feminine) form of Leslie, as well as a strictly feminine variant in the English-speaking world. This is borne by Bahamian politician Leslia Miller-Brice, daughter of the retired Bahamian athlete, businessman and politician Leslie O. Miller (1948-).
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.
Leufredo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Liutfrid via it's Latinized form Leutfridus.
Leverton m English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Leverton.
Leví m Spanish, Biblical Spanish, Icelandic
Spanish and Icelandic form of Levi.
Leviatã m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leviathan.
Leviatán m Spanish
Spanish form of Leviathan.
Leydi f Spanish (Latin American, Anglicized, Modern)
Variant of Lady reflecting the Spanish pronunciation.
Leydis f Spanish (Latin American), Caribbean
Variant of Leydi with the popular suffix -is.
Líam m Icelandic (Modern), Spanish (Modern)
Icelandic and Spanish form of Liam.
Liandro m Aragonese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Aragonese form of Leander and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Leandro.
Libardo m South American
Possibly a variant of Librado or Leobardo, chiefly used in Colombia.
Liberal m Spanish
Spanish form of Liberalis.
Liberdade f Portuguese (Rare)
Means "freedom" in Portuguese, making it a cognate of Liberty.
Libério m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Liberius.
Liberio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish 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]
Librada f Spanish, History (Ecclesiastical, ?)
Means "liberated, free" in Spanish. The legendary saint Wilgefortis is known as Santa Librada in Spanish. See also Liberata and Livrade.
Librado m Spanish (Rare)
Means "liberated", thus a masculine form of Librada.
Lica f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lígia.
Lice f Portuguese
Diminutive of Alice.
Licha f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Alicia. A known bearer of this name was Argentine human rights activist Alicia "Licha" Zubasnabar de De la Cuadra (1915-2008).
Licinha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Alice.
Licínia f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Licinia.
Licinia f Ancient Roman, Italian, Emilian-Romagnol, Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Licinius. A known bearer of this name was Licinia Eudoxia, a Roman empress from the 5th century AD.
Licínio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Licinius.
Licinio m Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Licinius. A known bearer of this name was the Italian composer Licinio Refice (1883-1954).
Licomedes m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Lycomedes.
Lídi f Portuguese
Diminutive of Lídia.
Lidio m English (American), Spanish, Brazilian
Probably a masculine form to Lydia.
Liduina f Spanish (Rare), Italian, Corsican, Dutch (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Spanish, Italian and Corsican form and Dutch variant of Lidwina.
Liduvina f Galician, Spanish (Rare)
Galician form and Spanish variant of Lidwina.
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.
Liju Illa f Aymara
From the Aymara liju meaning "totally" and illa meaning "amulet" in Aymara, also referring to any object to attract good luck and an Aymara spirit of the products and goods, the family, cattle and money.
Lila f Spanish
Diminutive of Dalila.
Lilas f Portuguese
Diminutive of Liliana.
Líle m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish equivalent of Lyle.
Lili f Portuguese
Diminutive of Alice, Lígia and Liliana.
Lília f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Lilia.
Liliah f Spanish
Variant of "Lilia".
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