Aarão
From Latin Aarōn, from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן ('aharón). Doublet of Faro.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
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Abacar
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr, literally “father of a young camel; father of a person named Bakr”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Abdala
From Old Galician-Portuguese Abdalla, from Arabic عَبْدُ الله (ʕabdu llāh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abdula
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdullah
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abel
English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abelardo
Borrowed from French Abélard.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Abigail
From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”). a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abigail Borrowed from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abílio
Perhaps from Latin abilius (“not vindictive”). Possibly related to Abelardo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Abundio
Borrowed from Latin Abundius. Borrowed from Spanish Abundio.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Açucena
A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Lily
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Adalberto
From Latin Adalbertus, from Frankish *Aþalaberht. From Latin Adalbertus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht. Doublet of Alberto.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Adalto
From Latin adauctus (“grown up, augmented”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Adão
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Adan, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
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
Adriana
Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan], equivalent to English Adriana a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan],…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Adriano
Inherited from Latin Hadriānus, Adriānus. Learned borrowing from Latin Adriānus. Doublet of Adrião. a male given name from Latin, a less popular variant of Adrián, equivalent…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Adrião
Inherited from Latin Adriānus. Doublet of Adriano.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aécio
Borrowed from Latin Aetius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Afonso
From Old Galician-Portuguese Afonso, from Early Medieval Latin Alfonsus, Adephonsus, from Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌽𐍃 (*aþalafuns). Compare Spanish Alfonso.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Ágata
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Ágata, from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aglaia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα (Aglaḯa).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Agostinho
From Old Galician-Portuguese Agostỹo, from Latin Augustīnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Akio
Borrowed from Japanese あきお (Akio). Borrowed from Japanese あきお (Akio).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alan
From Old Breton Alan, name of early Breton saints, of disputed origin and meaning; brought to England by Normans. It may have been the name of a Celtic deity, the brother of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Alarico
From Latin Alarīcus, from Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*alareiks), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks (literally “king of all”). Learned borrowing from Latin Alarīcus, from Gothic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Albano
Learned borrowing from Latin Albānus. Doublet of Alvão and Albão.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Albino
Learned borrowing from Latin Albīnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alceu
Borrowed from Latin Alcaeus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Alcides
From Greek, meaning "descendant of Alcaeus".
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Aleixo
Inherited from Latin Alexius, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alessandra
Borrowed from Italian Alessandra. Borrowed from Italian Alessandra.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alessandro
Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. Inherited from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. Doublet of Alexandre,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alexandra
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). Feminine form of Alexander (“the man who repels…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
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
Alfonso
From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse. Borrowed from Spanish Alfonso. From Old Galician-Portuguese Alfonsso, Alfonso, from the same origin as Afonso…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alfredo
From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Ali
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ l y). From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy). From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy) as a Muslim name. From…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Alice
English Alice From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Aline
Borrowed from French Aline. Borrowed from French Aline.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Álisson
Borrowed from English Alisson.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Almir
From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “prince, commander”). Compare Slovene Almir, Serbo-Croatian Almir, Albanian Almir.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Alvino
From Latin Albīnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alzira
Latinized form of Alzire, the name of the titular character of Voltaire's 1736 play Alzire. Voltaire derived the name from the Spanish city of Alzira, ultimately from Arabic…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Amadeu
Borrowed from Latin Amadeus. Borrowed from Latin Amadeus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Amalarico
From Gothic *𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*amalareiks). Doublet of Amaury and Amalrico.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Amaury
Unadapted borrowing from French Amaury. Doublet of Amalarico and Amalrico.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Ambrósio
Borrowed from Latin Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσῐος (ambrósĭos, “immortal”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Américo
Borrowed from Latin Amerī̆cus. Borrowed from Latin Amerī̆cus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Amílcar
Learned borrowing from Latin Hamilcar. Borrowed from Latin Hamilcar.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Amílton
Variant of Hamílton, in turn from English Hamilton.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Amós
Borrowed from Latin Amos, from Hebrew עמוס.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Aná
a female given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Anah.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Á
Anacreonte
Borrowed from Latin Anācreōntem, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Anastásio
Borrowed from Latin Anastasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀναστάσιος (Anastásios), from ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Anatólio
Borrowed from Latin Anatolius, from Ancient Greek [Term?].
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Anderson
From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Ânderson
Borrowed from English Anderson.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
André
Ultimately from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). An Old Galician-Portuguese form Andreu was displaced. Doublet of Andrei. Borrowed from French André.…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends É
Andrei
Borrowed from Russian Андре́й (Andréj). Doublet of André.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Andressa
From Spanish Andreza, variant of Andreia.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A