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Portuguese Names for Boys

There are 163 Portuguese names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Portuguese names 1 to 20. Andre was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #214 and a usage of 0.0826%. The name is primarily used in English and Portuguese, and it was followed in popularity by the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Alberto, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Alfredo, and the German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish name, Aldo. The unusual Portuguese names are Abrahan (Portuguese), Adalberto (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Adão (Portuguese), Adrião (Portuguese), Afonso (Galician and Portuguese), Agostinho (Portuguese), Aleixo (Galician and Portuguese), Alexandre (Catalan, French, Galician, and Portuguese), Aloisio (Portuguese), Ambrosio (Portuguese and Spanish), Américo (Portuguese and Spanish), André (French and Portuguese), Aniceto (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Anselmo (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and António (Portuguese).

Portuguese names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1985, 2.485% of baby boys were given Portuguese names. There were 7 Portuguese names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Portuguese names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 9 Portuguese names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.903%. Within all Portuguese names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.9113%.

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PORTUGUESE NAMES:

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 344 344 ... breath, vapor; son ... French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish ...

Abrahan ... father of a multitude ... is used mainly in the Portuguese language. ...

Adalberto Popularity Trend of Adalberto
from 1900 to 2007. ... nobly famous ... used in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. ...

Adão ... man ... it is used largely in Portuguese. ...

Adrião ... man from Hadria; dark ... predominantly used in Portuguese. ...

Afonso ... noble and ready ... its use, Galician and Portuguese. ...

Agostinho ... august, dignified, holy ... used predominantly in Portuguese and it is derived from ...

Alberto Popularity Trend of Alberto
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 314 314 ... nobly famous ... mostly in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages ...

Aldo Popularity Trend of Aldo
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 429 429 ... noble, honorable; old ... in the German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages ...

Aleixo ... defender ... in the Galician and Portuguese languages. ...

Alexandre Popularity Trend of Alexandre
from 1900 to 2007. ... defender of men ... French, Galician, and Portuguese ...

Alfredo Popularity Trend of Alfredo
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 352 352 ... inspired advice; old ... in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages ...

Aloisio ... is used mostly in the Portuguese language and it is of ...

Ambrosio ... immortal, divine ... is used chiefly in Portuguese and Spanish ...

Américo ... is used largely in the Portuguese and Spanish languages. ...

Andre Popularity Trend of Andre
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 214 214 ... male, manly, brave, ... in the English and Portuguese languages, and its ...

André ... male, manly, brave, ...André is a French and Portuguese name of Old Greek origin. ...

Aniceto ... unconquerable, unconquered ... chiefly in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, ...

Anselmo ... protected by God ... largely in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. ...

António ... predominantly in the Portuguese language and it is ...



Popularity Trend
for Portuguese Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Portuguese Names
in 2006