Rosamaria, Marta, Heitor, Silvio… What are the prettiest Brazilian names for girls and boys? Here are our selections that can inspire you for the choice of the baby’s first name.
The Amazon, Rio de Janeiro, samba, São Paulo, bossa nova, capoeira… Brazil has a fascinating heritage, and its culture is inspiring. This is the case in many areas, including for baby names ! Whether you like short or long, original or rare first names, or variants of well-known French first names, Brazilian names for girls and boys deserve to be known. Luan, Kaiki or Vitor can seduce you if you are expecting a boy. Baby is a little girl? Ana, Yara, Isadora… The choice is vast! Here is our ideas of first names from Brazil.
Brazilian names for boys
Following the colonization of Brazil by Portugal centuries ago, Brazilian culture remains very steeped in Portuguese culture, and this is particularly true of first names. For little boys, Miguel, Heitor, Vitor, Davi or Lorenzo are popular first names in Brazil. Luan, Taino, Fabio Yuri, Diego or Zelio may appeal to parents looking for a short Brazilian name for their baby boy. You prefer them compound first names of Brazilian origin? Enzo Gabriel and Joao Miguel are not lacking in charm!
Brazilian female names
Cristina, Leticia, Maria Clara, Dalia, Beatriz, Camila... THE brazilian female names are beautiful. As for boys, there are many first names for girls of Portuguese origin in Brazil. Some are variants of first names that are well known in France, such as Iasmin (Jasmine), Mariana (Marianne), Ana (Anna), Bruna (Brune), or even Susana (Suzanne). Parents who like short first names can turn to Rosa, Maite, Carla, Marcia, Eloa, Yara or even Neva. Yolanda, Heloisa, Betina… There is bound to be a brazilian girl name which will catch the eye of the parents!
What are some rare Brazilian baby names?
In France, the common first names in Brazil are unknown. Most Brazilian first names, both female and male, are (very) rare here. For the girls, Vitoria, Maria Luiza, Dalia, Antonella, Kiona, Laelia, Fabiola, Adriana, Luana, Renata or even Lorena are rare Brazilian first names.
Emanoel, Yoakim, Vitorio, Bastian, Felipe, Renato, Tiago, Javier, Salomao, Matheus, Marcelo… For little boys, pretty rare Brazilian first names are not lacking either.
List of mixed Brazilian first names
We find some mixed first names in Brazilian culture. The male first name Gael, for example, is very attributed and we cannot forget its female variant, better known in France, Gaëlle. Parents of little boys also like the first name Noah for boys, which is unisex and can be written Noa for girls. Thais, Iara and Rayane are mixed Brazilian names that have beautiful sounds.
Football is a very popular sport in Brazil, just like in France. And surely you already know names of brazilian soccer players the best known, because the majority of them use their first name (or nickname) on the back of their jersey. Impossible not to quote Ronaldo, worn both by the player who had this name inscribed on his jersey and by the one who is better known by the nickname of Ronaldinho. Other famous Brazilian soccer players wear the first names Neymar, Roberto, Romario, Rai, Thiagos, Lucas, Oscar, Marcelo, Lucio or even Rai. On the other hand, if you are given the first name Edson, chances are you don’t know who we’re talking about. And for good reason, it is the first name of Pelé, who preferred to use a nickname.
On the women’s side, the female Seleção is also very successful… And can inspire you for your daughter’s first name. We can thus offer you the first name Emily, from the name of a former coach, Emily Lima, but also Sissi, the name used on the field by the player Sisleide do Amor Lima. Barbara, Aline, Leticia, Poliana, Erika, Monica, Thaisa, Luana, Ludmila, Kathellen... All these beautiful first names are worn by Brazilian soccer players. Let’s finish by mentioning the first name Marta, as Marta Vieira da Silva. She is certainly the most famous Brazilian football player, and for good reason: she has been named best footballer of the year by FIFA six times. It is more than any man!
An original Brazilian first name? Here are our ideas
THE original brazilian names appeal to parents who like to disembark. Dalia, Isis, Zaira, Neva or even Tatiana are beautiful original female names from Brazil. For parents who prefer classic first names, but with a touch of originality, we can suggest Liz instead of Lise, Raquel instead of Rachel and Rafaela as a variant of Raphaëlle.
On the side of original brazilian names for boysCaio, Kaïka, Isaï, Caua, Simao, Yago, Taigo or even Ravi are unusual and very pretty options!
What are the old Brazilian names?
Known old Brazilian names are often old Portuguese names. For girls, we can thus offer Janaína, the equivalent of our Jeanne, Cecilia, Tatiana, Eduarda, Manuela, Helena, Laura, or even Maria.
For boys, Césario, João (Brazilian version of Jean), Luan, José, Paulo, Leandro, Jao, Olivierio or ecore Silvio are beautiful male names, quite old and of Brazilian origin.