Adolfo
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo. From Latin Adolphus, Adolfus, from earlier Adalulfus, from Old High German Adalwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
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Alexandre
Borrowed from French Alexandre and Portuguese Alexandre. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Alexandre, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Arminda
From Portuguese.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Carlos
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Carlos. Doublet of Carl, Charles, and Karl. From Latin Carolus, of Germanic origin. Doublet of Charles. Inherited from Latin Carolus, of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
China
From Portuguese China, from possibly Venetan Cina probably under influence from Old French Chin, from Classical Persian چین (čīn) under influence from Medieval Latin Sīna…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Cristina
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Cristina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Eduardo
From Portuguese or Spanish Eduardo. Ultimately from Old English Ēadweard. Doublet of Duarte. Of Germanic origin, from Old English Eadweard, from Proto-West Germanic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Estefania
From Spanish Estefanía with a stress shift. Alternatively from Portuguese Estefânia, which is stressed as in German, but is nevertheless a less likely origin.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Felipe
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (philéō, “to like”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Francisco
From Latin Franciscus. Doublet of Francis. * (given name): From Romance Francisco (Portuguese Francisco, Spanish Francisco) * (moon of Uranus): From the naming pattern…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Iago
From Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician Iago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Joao
Borrowed from Portuguese João. Doublet of John.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Jorge
Derived from Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios). Doublet of George. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Jorge, from Latin Geōrgius, from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Manuel
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel, short for Emanuel. Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel; ultimately from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Marco
From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco). From Latin Mārcus, from an earlier adjectival form *martcus (“pertaining to Mars”), from the name of the…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Marcos
From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos). From Old Galician-Portuguese Marcos, from Latin Mārcus. Inherited from Latin Marcus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Miguel
Borrowed from Spanish Miguel and Portuguese Miguel. Doublet of Michael, Michel, and Mikhail. Portuguese Miguel Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Miguel, from Migael, from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Neymar
Borrowed from Portuguese Neymar in the 2010s after the Brazilian footballer Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Pedro
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Ricardo
From Portuguese and Spanish Ricardo. Doublet of Richard. Borrowed from Spanish, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Salvador
From Spanish and Portuguese Salvador, chiefly various placenames honoring Jesus Christ, from Spanish and Portuguese salvador (“savior”), from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Sarasa
Borrowed from Portuguese saraça. The kanji spelling appears to be an instance of ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Silvana
From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Silvana, from Latin Silvāna.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Vasco
Borrowed from Portuguese Vasco.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O