Brazilian Boy Names

[name_f]My[/name_f] partner is Brazilian so I am looking for boy names that are easy to pronounce in both [name_f]English[/name_f] and Portuguese.

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This means we want to:
[name_f][/name_f]Avoid the letter X
[name_f][/name_f]Avoid names starting with R
[name_f][/name_f]No [name_f]English[/name_f] names starting with H where you must pronounce the H (H is silent in Portuguese)

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Names I like but can’t use for these reasons are [name_m]Reuben[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], and Felix/Félix.

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[name_f]Girl[/name_f] names I love that work in both languages (but I prefer the Portuguese pronunciations):

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[name_f]Leonor[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Penélope[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Heloísa[/name_f]

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Honourable mention to Maria-Luísa, because I adore the nickname [name_f]Malu[/name_f].

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All this to say, my boys name list is empty, please help.

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[name_m]Andre[/name_m]

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[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]

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[name_m]Marco[/name_m]

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Óscar

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[name_m]Manuel[/name_m]

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[name_m]Luis[/name_m]

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[name_m]Teo[/name_m]

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[name_m]Mauro[/name_m]

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[name_m]Antonio[/name_m]

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[name_m]Cruz[/name_m]

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[name_m]Elio[/name_m]

[name_m]Tomás[/name_m], [name_m]Luan[/name_m], [name_m]Francisco[/name_m], [name_m]Danilo[/name_m] or Nicolau maybe?

[name_m]Miguel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Paulo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Kiko[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]James[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ricardo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Angelo[/name_m] / Angelino
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Adonis[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] / [name_m]Benjamim[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Octavio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Julio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nico[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Rafael[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Dylan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Sergio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Adriano[/name_m] / [name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maximo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alexandre[/name_m] / [name_m]Alex[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Emilio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cassio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Artur[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Rio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Messias
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elias[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Augusto[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Benicio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Dario[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jorge[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cristiano[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Aurelio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Iuri
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Matias[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Sol[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Douglas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nelson[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ciro[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Francis[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ismael[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Baltazar[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Vinicius[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Apollo[/name_m]

[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Amaro[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Arthur[/name_m] / [name_m]Artur[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Breno
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Caio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Camilo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cristian[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Douglas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elias[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Eliel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Eric[/name_m] / [name_m]Erick[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Leandro[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Leonel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Lino[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Marcelo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mateus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Sancho[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Silvio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Telmo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ulisses[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Wesley[/name_m]

I love your girls’ options! [name_f][/name_f] I think [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] is a great option too that works pretty equally well in [name_f]English[/name_f] and Brazilian Portuguese. [name_f][/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f] [name_f]Vitória[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_f]Alice[/name_f] are my favorite names, Brazilian pronunciation wise, though I realize [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] is not said exactly the same for Brazilians as it is Americans!

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Are you wanting something that will be said almost identically in [name_m]Brazil[/name_m] as it is here? [name_f][/name_f] … like you said, the H’s and the R’s and even the names ending in L are said pretty differently. [name_f][/name_f] I rather like the idea of something like [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] or [name_m]Rafael[/name_m], though, which is international and works great in [name_m]Brazil[/name_m], but would be said differently (oo-goo in [name_m]Brazil[/name_m], hyoo goh in English/hah-fah-eu in [name_m]Brazil[/name_m], etc., etc.). [name_f][/name_f] Familiar enough people could say them with confidence, but it could feel like a special name in each circle?

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I’m finding it hard to think of any names that don’t start with H/R or end in -ão/el/m? [name_f][/name_f] The only ones I’ve thought of are [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Davi[/name_m], and [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], but they are all said differently than [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_f]Davy[/name_f], and [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] in the U.S. [name_f][/name_f] or [name_m]Emerson[/name_m]? [name_f][/name_f] -son names are rabidly popular in [name_m]Brazil[/name_m], and [name_m]Emerson[/name_m] especially I think works pretty well for both countries. [name_f][/name_f] Here’s a few random ideas:

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[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Davi[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Emerson[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Juliano[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Rafael[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Arthur/Artur
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Caio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Renan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Gael[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Noah[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Matheus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] (not sure how this would work in Brazil—I do know a Brazilian [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] (nah-TAHN), though)
[name_f][/name_f]Nicolas/Nico

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So jealous, btw, I’ve been to [name_m]Brazil[/name_m] a couple times and have several good Brazilian friends—wish I had an excuse to use a Brazilian name!

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Good luck!