149 Portuguese Baby Names for Boys and Girls

You might choose Beatriz and call her Bia at home. Consider Portuguese baby names and the everyday forms you could use with your little one.

Updated September 6, 2026

by Lauren Flake

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Gonçalo, Mateus, Beatriz, and Leonor are a few Portuguese baby names you may be considering for your little one. As you make your list, pay attention to the spelling as well as the sound. The accents in João and Inês, and the cedilla in Gonçalo, are part of their Portuguese spellings.

The list includes names used in Portugal and Brazil, as well as familiar short forms. Joãozinho is an affectionate form of João, and Bia is a short form of Beatriz.^1,2 Think about the full name and what you might call your baby at home.

84 Portuguese Boy Names

1. Abílio

2. Adão

3. Adriano

4. Afonso

5. Agostinho

6. Aleixo

7. Aloísio

8. Anacleto

9. Angelino

10. Arsénio

11. Artur

12. Atílio

13. Augusto

14. Aurélio

15. Balduíno

16. Benedito

17. Bento

18. Bernardo

19. Bonifácio

20. Caetano

21. Carlinhos

22. Célio

23. Celso

24. Cristóvão

25. Cruz

26. Dado

27. Danilo

28. Davi

29. Dimas

30. Dinis

31. Duarte

32. Estêvão

33. Felipinho

34. Fernão

35. Gaspar

36. Gonçalo

37. Gualter

38. Guilherme

39. Heitor

40. Jacó

41. João

42. Joãozinho

43. Jonatas

44. Jordão

45. Jorginho

46. Josué

47. Justino

48. Leopoldo

49. Lídio

50. Lourenço

51. Luciano

52. Lúcio

53. Luisinho

54. Manoel

55. Marcos

56. Marques

57. Martim

58. Mateus

59. Maurício

60. Miguel

61. Nélio

62. Olavo

63. Pascoal

64. Patrício

65. Paulo

66. Quim

67. Renato

68. Rodrigo

69. Rui

70. Salomão

71. Severino

72. Silvério

73. Simão

74. Teodoro

75. Teotónio

76. Thiago

77. Tiago

78. Tristão

79. Ulisses

80. Valente

81. Valentim

82. Vicente

83. Vidal

84. Zacarias

65 Portuguese Girl Names

1. Águeda

2. Aline

3. Andreia

4. Beatriz

5. Belinha

6. Belmira

7. Benedita

8. Bia

9. Bibiana

10. Branca

11. Brígida

12. Brites

13. Camila

14. Candelária

15. Caterina

16. Cátia

17. Catrina

18. Cesária

19. Cloe

20. Deolinda

21. Diana

22. Doroteia

23. Edite

24. Elisabete

25. Énia

26. Estela

27. Felisberta

28. Filomena

29. Gertrudes

30. Gilda

31. Gilma

32. Gláucia

33. Graça

34. Ilda

35. Inês

36. Iolanda

37. Íria

38. Izabel

39. Joaninha

40. Judite

41. Julinha

42. Lara

43. Leonor

44. Lia

45. Luzia

46. Madalena

47. Mafalda

48. Margarida

49. Mariana

50. Mariazinha

51. Miciela

52. Nelinha

53. Neves

54. Núria

55. Ofélia

56. Palmira

57. Rafaela

58. Renata

59. Rosana

60. Rute

61. Sofia

62. Telma

63. Teresinha

64. Tereza

65. Uiara

When you settle on a name, write down why you chose it. The details of those conversations can be easy to forget once your baby arrives. It’s a small part of your child’s story you may enjoy sharing with them later.

For more names to consider, see our Spanish baby names, Italian baby names, and Latin baby names lists, or visit the Baby Names Hub.

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Lauren Flake

Lauren Flake is a wife, mom to two girls, watercolor artist, seventh-generation Texan, and early-onset Alzheimer's daughter. She is the author and co-illustrator of two award-winning children's books for grieving preschoolers, Where Did My Sweet Grandma Go? and Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?, and the editor of Love of Dixie magazine. She loves green tea, dark chocolate, and collecting all things turquoise.

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