Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ABEL
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of A...
ABÍLIO
Portuguese form of AVILIUS.
ADALBERTO
Variant of ALBERTO.
ADÃO
Portuguese form of ADAM.
ADELMAR
From the Germanic elements adal "noble" and meri "famous".
ADRIANO
Italian and Portuguese form of ADRIAN.
ABRAÃO
Portuguese form of ABRAHAM.
ADELAIDE
From the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and heid "kind, so...
ADELINA
Latinate diminutive of ADELA.
ADEMAR
Portuguese form of Audamar (see OTMAR).
ADEMIR
Brazilian variant of ADEMAR.
ADRIANA
Feminine form of ADRIAN.
AFONSO
Portuguese and Galician form of ALFONSO.
AGOSTINHO
Portuguese form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
ALEIXO
Portuguese and Galician form of ALEXIS.
ALEXANDRE
Form of ALEXANDER. This name was borne by the 19th-century French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote 'The Thr...
ALEXANDRINA
Elaborated form of ALEXANDRA. This was the first name of Queen Victoria; her middle name was Victoria.
ALICE
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAI...
ALINE
Medieval short form of ADELINE. As an English name, in modern times it has sometimes been regarded as a variant of EILEE...
ALMIR (1)
Brazilian variant of ALMIRO.
ALMIRO
Portuguese form of ADELMAR.
ALBERTA
Feminine form of ALBERT. This is the name of a Canadian province, which was named in honour of a daughter of Queen Victo...
ALBERTINA
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT.
ALBERTO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALBERT.
ALBINA
Feminine form of ALBINUS. Saint Albina was a 3rd-century martyr from Caesarea.
ALBINO
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of ALBINUS.
ALCIDES
Latinized form of Greek Αλκειδης (Alkeides), derived from αλκη (alke) "strength" and the patronymic suffix ιδης (ides). ...
ALDA (1)
Feminine form of ALDO.
ALDINA (1)
Feminine form of ALDO.
ALEX
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
ALEXANDRA
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name o...
ALFREDO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALFRED.
ALÍCIA
Catalan form of ALICE, as well as a Portuguese variant.
ALOÍSIO
Portuguese form of ALOYSIUS.
ALTAIR
Means "the flyer" in Arabic. This is the name of a star in the constellation Aquila.
AMÁLIA
Hungarian, Portuguese and Slovak form of AMALIA.
AMANDO
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of AMANDUS.
AMBRÓSIO
Portuguese form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).
AMÉLIA
Portuguese form of AMELIA.
AMÉRICA
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of AMERIGO.
AMÉRICO
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMERIGO.
AMÍLCAR
Portuguese and Spanish form of HAMILCAR.
AMOR
Means "love" in Latin. This was another name for the Roman god Cupid. It also means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, an...
ANA
Form of ANNA.
ANABELA
Portuguese form of ANNABEL.
AMANCIO
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMANTIUS.
AMANDA
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS. However, it was not used during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century it was ...
ANACLETO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANACLETUS.
ANDRÉ
French and Portuguese form of Andreas (see ANDREW).
ANDRÉIA
Brazilian Portuguese form of ANDREIA.
ANGÉLICA
Spanish and Portuguese form of ANGELICA.
ANITA (1)
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of ANA.
ANSELMO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM.
ANTELMO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ANTHELM.
ANTÔNIA
Brazilian Portuguese feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTÓNIO
Portuguese form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANDRÉA
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW.
ANDREIA
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW.
ANÍBAL
Spanish and Portuguese form of HANNIBAL.
ANTÓNIA
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTÔNIO
Brazilian Portuguese form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
APOLÓNIA
Portuguese form of APOLLONIA.
ARSENIO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ARSENIOS.
ARTUR
Form of ARTHUR.
APOLÔNIA
Brazilian Portuguese form of APOLLONIA.
ARISTIDES
From the Greek name Αριστειδης (Aristeides), derived from αριστος (aristos) "best" and the patronymic suffix ιδης (ides)...
ARMANDO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of HERMAN.
ASSUNÇÃO
Portuguese cognate of ASUNCIÓN.
AUGUSTA
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS. It was introduced to Britain when king George III, a member of the German House of Hanover, g...
AUGUSTO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of AUGUSTUS.
AURÉLIO
Portuguese form of AURELIUS.
AURORA
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since ...
ATÍLIO
Portuguese form of Attilius (see ATTILIO).
BALBINO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of BALBINUS.
BALDUÍNO
Portuguese form of BALDWIN.
BARTOLOMEU
Portuguese and Galician form of BARTHOLOMEW.
BALBINA
Feminine form of BALBINUS. Saint Balbina was a 2nd-century Roman woman martyred with her father Quirinus.
BÁRBARA
Portuguese and Spanish form of BARBARA.
BELINHA
Portuguese diminutive of ISABEL.
BENEDITA
Portuguese feminine form of BENEDICT.
BENIGNO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus which meant "kind, friendly" in Latin. This was the...
BENTO
Portuguese short form of BENEDITO.
BERNARDINO
Diminutive of BERNARDO.
BERNARDO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of BERNARD.
BETÂNIA
Portuguese form of BETHANY.
BETHÂNIA
Portuguese variant form of BETHANY.
BEATRIZ
Spanish and Portuguese form of BEATRIX.
BENEDITO
Portuguese form of Benedictus (see BENEDICT).
BENIGNA
Feminine form of BENIGNO.
BENJAMIM
Portuguese form of BENJAMIN.
BIA
Diminutive of BEATRIZ.
BONIFACIO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).
BRANCA
Portuguese and Galician form of BLANCHE.
BRÁS
Portuguese form of BLAISE.
BRENO
Portuguese form of BRENNUS.
BRÍGIDA
Portuguese form of BRIDGET.
BRUNA
Feminine form of BRUNO.
BRUNO
Derived from the Germanic element brun "armour, protection" or brun "brown". Saint Bruno of Cologne was a German monk of...
BRUNILDA
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of BRÜNHILD.
CALISTO
Portuguese and Spanish form of CALLISTUS.
CAMILO
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLUS.
CAETANO
Portuguese form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).
CAIO
Portuguese form of GAIUS.
CALISTA
Feminine form of CALLISTUS. As an English name it might also be a variant of KALLISTO.
CALIXTA
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of CALIXTUS.
CALIXTO
Spanish and Portuguese form of CALIXTUS.
CAMILA
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLA.
CÂNDIDA
Portuguese form of CANDIDA.
CÂNDIDO
Portuguese form of CANDIDUS.
CARINA (1)
Late Latin name derived from cara meaning "dear, beloved". This was the name of a 4th-century saint and martyr. It is al...
CARLA
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL.
CARLINHOS
Portuguese diminutive of CARLOS.
CARLITOS
Diminutive of CARLOS.
CARLOS
Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of CHARLES.
CARMO
Portuguese form of CARMEL.
CATARINA
Portuguese, Occitan and Galician form of KATHERINE.
CECILIO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Caecilius (see CECILIA).
CELESTINO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of CAELESTINUS.
CÉLIO
Portuguese form of CAELIUS.
CELSO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of CELSUS.
CÉSAR
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of CAESAR. A famous bearer was the American labour organizer César Chávez (1927-1993...
CESÁRIA
Portuguese feminine form of CAESARIUS.
CÉZAR
Brazilian Portuguese variant of CÉSAR.
CEZÁRIO
Brazilian Portuguese variant of CESÁRIO.
CARLITO
Diminutive of CARLOS.
CARLOTA
Spanish and Portuguese form of CHARLOTTE.
CAROLINA
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS. This is the name of two American states: North and South Carolina. They were named fo...
CASIMIRO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR.
CASSANDRA
From the Greek name Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), derived from possibly κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to excel, to shine" and ανηρ (aner...
CÁTIA
Diminutive of CATARINA.
CECÍLIA
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of CECILIA.
CÉLIA
Portuguese form of CELIA.
CESÁRIO
Portuguese form of CAESARIUS.
CEZAR
Romanian form of CAESAR, as well as a Brazilian Portuguese variant of CÉSAR.
CILA
Portuguese diminutive of CECILIA.
CIPRIANO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).
CIRÍACO
Portuguese form and Spanish variant of CYRIACUS.
CLARA
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few earl...
CLÁUDIA
Portuguese feminine form of CLAUDIUS.
CLÁUDIO
Portuguese form of CLAUDIUS.
CLEMENTE
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).
CLEMENTINA
Feminine form of CLEMENT.
CLOÉ
Portuguese form and French variant of CHLOE.
CHICA
Diminutive of FRANCISCA.
CHICO
Diminutive of FRANCISCO.
CÍNTIA
Portuguese form of CYNTHIA.
CLARISSA
Latinate form of CLARICE. This was the name of the title character in a 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson. In the novel Cl...
CLETO
Short form of ANACLETO.
CLOTILDE
French form of the Germanic name Chlotichilda which was composed of the elements hlud "fame" and hild "battle". Saint Cl...
COSME
Portuguese and French form of COSMAS.
CRISTIANA
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTINA.
CRISTINA
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA.
CUSTÓDIA
Portuguese feminine form of CUSTODIO.
CUSTÓDIO
Portuguese form of CUSTODIO.
CONSTANÇA
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA.
CONSTÂNCIA
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA.
CORNÉLIO
Portuguese form of CORNELIUS.
CRISTIANO
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTIAN. A famous bearer is Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-).
CRISTÓVÃO
Portuguese form of CHRISTOPHER.
CRUZ
Means "cross" in Spanish or Portuguese, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.
DADO (1)
Portuguese diminutive of EDUARDO.
DAN (2)
Short form of DANIEL.
DANIELA
Feminine form of DANIEL.
DANILO
Cognate of DANIEL.
DANIEL
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge". Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in...
DAVI
Portuguese form of DAVID.
DAVID
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved". David was the s...
DÉBORA
Spanish, Portuguese and French form of DEBORAH.
DÉLIA
Portuguese, French and Hungarian form of DELIA (1).
DEODATO
Portuguese form of DEODATUS.
DESIDÉRIA
Portuguese feminine form of DESIDERIO.
DESIDÉRIO
Portuguese form of DESIDERIO.
DIANA
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS). Diana was a Rom...
DIMAS
Spanish and Portuguese form of DISMAS.
DINIS
Portuguese form of DENIS.
DIONÍSIO
Portuguese form of DIONYSIUS.
DEMÉTRIO
Portuguese form of DEMETRIUS.
DINA (2)
Short form of names ending in dina.
DINIZ
Portuguese form of DENIS.
DIOGO
Portuguese form of DIEGO. This name was borne by the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão.
DIONÍSIA
Portuguese feminine form of DIONYSIUS.
DONATO
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given". Several early saints had this name. The name was also borne by two Ren...
DOROTÉIA
Brazilian Portuguese form of DOROTHEA.
DU
Portuguese diminutive of EDUARDO.
DUARTE
Portuguese form of EDWARD. This name was borne by a 15th-century king of Portugal, who was named after his maternal ance...
DUDA
Portuguese diminutive of EDUARDO or EDUARDA.
DUDU
Portuguese diminutive of EDUARDO.
DULCE
Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.
DOMINGOS
Portuguese form of DOMINIC.
DOMITILA
Spanish and Portuguese form of DOMITILLA.
DORES
Portuguese and Galician form of DOLORES.
DOROTEIA
Portuguese form of DOROTHEA.
EDITE
Portuguese form of EDITH.
EDMUNDO
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDMUND.
EDU
Portuguese short form of EDUARDO.
EDUARDO
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDWARD.
EFIGÊNIA
Brazilian Portuguese form of IPHIGENEIA.
EDUARDA
Portuguese feminine form of EDWARD.
EFIGÉNIA
Portuguese form of IPHIGENEIA.
EGÍDIO
Portuguese form of Aegidius (see GILES).