Creative Ways to Honor These Names?

Thanks girl! I really like [name_m]Marcellus[/name_m] as an option to honor [name_f]Maria[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f]! I’m also toying around with Liv/Olivia and [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f] and [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] are currently on my list as middles - [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f] will probably be my honor for [name_f]Manuella[/name_f], I love [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f]! I’m just trying to decide if [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] feels close enough to honor little [name_f]Livia[/name_f]. [name_f]Rumi[/name_f] is really lovely… but I am leaning more towards [name_m]Amory[/name_m] or [name_f]Romy[/name_f] for Arumy given that Rumi/Lumi have never really felt like “me”… but if she did, she would be a perfect honor!

Thanks for your thoughts, again!

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I’m sorry I took so long to respond.

Well, the civil registration services don’t “admite” that the list doesn’t longer exist. In 2017, they published an exemplary list that does not contain all names. The list is based only on the registered baby names and the names of citizens who acquired Portuguese nationality in the previous 3 years (2014, 2015 and 2016). The list does not include names like [name_f]Celestina[/name_f], Eneida, [name_f]Primavera[/name_f], Isaurinha, [name_m]Lucious[/name_m] or Boaventura. However, there are names like Takayoshi, Mellanye, Quintazinha (small farm :upside_down_face:), Papa-Ndiogou, Merydjene (Mary [name_f]Jane[/name_f] :sweat_smile:), Kevindeep, Ifesinachi, N’Zayla or Nimilukeyne.

Cleide is a real name. At least, I’ve seen it a few times on Brazilian telenovelas. I also know a Neide. Cleideneils0n sounds like their parents are named Cleide and [name_m]Nelson[/name_m] or [name_m]Neilson[/name_m] or something similar. That’s also a very Brazilian thing to do - mixing names. I also know a girl named Josian@, inspired by her parents names, [name_m]José[/name_m] and [name_f]Ana[/name_f].

Yes, there is a big [name_m]French[/name_m] influence, too. [name_f]Maite[/name_f], [name_f]Manon[/name_f], [name_m]Jacques[/name_m], [name_m]Cedric[/name_m], [name_f]Anais[/name_f] and [name_f]Noemi[/name_f] are some other examples. I believe you will find some [name_m]German[/name_m] and [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] influences as well.

Your experiences in [name_m]Brazil[/name_m] sounds so interesting. Volunteering there must be life changing, unforgettable and so wonderful.
Learning Portuguese is extremely difficult. [name_m]Even[/name_m] as natives, we still struggle in the Portuguese exams and sometimes we need to search or ask others how to write a certain word. All feminine, masculine and plural versions of the words make it a challenge. The endless verbal conjugations too. Plus the regionalisms and informal words. I also believe Brazilian Portuguese has a very distinct pronounciation and sound. Quite different from the other romance languages.
Take your time! If that’s something that you really want to do, I’m sure you will be fluent one day, sooner or later. I believe you can do it!

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i went very stretchy on most of these. i hope that’s okay! sorry for any repeats

isabel arumy
girls: belle, isadora, romy, rue, isla, arabelle, maribel, arielle
boys: isadore, bellamy, abram, rory, ari, amory, ruben

sabrina
girls: sabina, serena, brina, sabella, raina
boys: bran, sabian, abram, saben, sabriel

maria clara
girls: marielle, clarissa, mariana, carolina, marietta
boys: marco, claudio, marcello, lorenzo, carlos

isaac augusto
girls: augusta, auggie, isa, gusta, augustina
boys: gus, augustus, augustin, agustin, auggie

anna sophia
girls: anneliese, anais, annabelle, siana, sofie anne, ansonia, saphira, sophiana
boys: antonius, sebastian, ansel, soren, alessio, amadeus

esther
girls: esme, astrid, estelle, seraphina, thea, essie, hadassah
boys: ethan, asher, theron, sterling

livia
girls: viviana, vivienne, lavina, elivia, olivia, livvy, lilia
boys: levin, livan, livio, oliver

manuella
girls: ella, ellie, elle, nella, mel
boys:manny, manuel, elio, manu, lio, neil

there are probably some obvious ones that i missed, because i was trying to think outside the box. apologies! i hope this is helpful

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Don’t worry about it, girl, I am not the quickest to respond either lol

Wow, that’s quite a range of names!

Yes, it has been very fulfilling! I would love to go back and meet my sponsored kiddos in person - Covid unfortunately made a large impact on [name_m]Brazil[/name_m] and sponsor visits are still not permitted, but I’m looking forward to the year when I can!

Well that is reassuring, lol! I don’t find it too difficult, honestly, but the prepositions are probably my biggest downfall. I find it so hard to know when to use em, para, etc. and just when I think I’ve got it… I absolutely do not lol. I’m sure it will come with time but I’m just using Duolingo right now and I wish I could still see some of the grammar explanations before each lesson before they changed their app all around lol.

Ahh, and yes, from what I understand, Brazilian Portuguese sounds very different from European Portuguese; I used to work in a restaurant chain and met some Portuguese once… they only said a few words in Portuguese but it honestly reminded me of the inflection of Spanish. Very different from [name_m]Brazil[/name_m] haha.

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@autumn.leaves - thank you! I love [name_f]Romy[/name_f], [name_f]Arabelle[/name_f], [name_m]Bram[/name_m] (not so much [name_m]Abram[/name_m], but I do wonder if it’s too stretchy), Rory/Reuben (although I am thinking these are too stretchy too), [name_f]Serena[/name_f], [name_f]Augustina[/name_f] (like this better than [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], but not sure if I love it), [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f], [name_m]Ansel[/name_m] (love the idea of this to honor [name_f]Anna[/name_f] Sophia!), and [name_f]Esme[/name_f]!

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