Portuguese Given Names - Portuguese Feminine Given Names, Portuguese Masculine Given Names, Alfonso, Fatima, Queen Isabella, Maria, Anita (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Portuguese feminine given names, Portuguese masculine given names, Alfonso, Fatima, Queen Isabella, Maria, Anita, Carlos, Fernando, Julio Cesar, Jose, Gustavo, Mario, Pedro, Eliana, Rose, Ricardo, Jorge, Fabio, Miguel, Marcos, Henrique, Joaquim, Jaime, Manuel, Claudio, Danilo, Gilberto, Pascoal, Joao, Adriana, Felipe, Marisa, Raul, Marcelo, Andre, Marcela, Carlos Alberto, Carlos Eduardo, Conceicao, Jose Carlos, Rosa, Viridiana, Diogo, Sandro, Guilherme, Justina, Paulo, Brandao, Paulo Sergio, Damiao, Serginho, Silvestre, Joao Paulo, Jorge Luis, Luis Filipe, Toma, Mateus, Margarida, Ademar, Simao, Jacinto, Paulao, Cassio, Ilidio, Bento, Agostinho, Marcelino, Dinis, Marcos Paulo, Luis Fernando, Assuncao, Carlao, Nicolau, Marco Paulo, Carlota, Fernando Jose, Adelino Batista. Excerpt: Maria is a female (but occasionally male) given name in many diverse cultures, including African, Arab, Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, English, German, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Pakistani, Serbian, Swedish, Spanish. In Roman Empire the name was used as a feminine form of the Roman name Marius (see Maria (gens)). It became popular with the spread of Christianity as a Latinized form of the Hebrew name of Jesus' mother Mary (Miriam in Hebrew). The meaning of the name is uncertain, but it may originally be an Egyptian name, probably derived from mry "beloved" or mr "love" ("eminent lady" or "beloved lady"), although it was used in Europe even before the establishment of Christianity as a female form of the Roman name Marius. Historically the name was also sometimes used as a male (middle) name. This was the case in many Central European countries where it signified patronage of the Virgin Mary. As a first name, Maria ranked seventh out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Be...