[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! My sister is due in [name_u]March[/name_u] with her first child (it is going to be a girl) and is having trouble finding the right name. My brother in law is Brazilian (they actually just moved here from [name_u]Brazil[/name_u]!) so the name must work in Portugese. Some names that she likes so far are: [name_f]Aria[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_u]Sydney[/name_u] & [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]. Potential middle names are [name_f]Helena[/name_f] (family name) and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (family name). She is pretty open to ideas other then that, so suggestions are definitely welcome!
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonor[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Luisa[/name_f]
So do [name_m]Brasil[/name_m] tambem! I also have a problem with that as I live in the US but my family lives in [name_u]Brazil[/name_u].
Some good ones I can think of are
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f] or [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] or [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] or [name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aloisa[/name_f] or [name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] and [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
@isabellemarie - thank you! She likes [name_f]Celia[/name_f] and [name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
@as - it does seem to be a bit of a problem for her. She likes [name_f]Elena[/name_f], but wants to use [name_f]Helena[/name_f] so that wouldn’t really work! And again, she likes [name_f]Celia[/name_f].
More suggestions would be appreciated
[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! I’m also from [name_u]Brazil[/name_u]. Some names I find pretty usable in both languages are:
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] or [name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilian[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Camila[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Maria[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Giovanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
If it helps, this is [name_u]Brazil[/name_u]'s most popular names in 2012: Nomes de bebê 2012: Miguel e a novidade Sophia - BabyCenter
In [name_u]Brazil[/name_u], we usually don’t have middle names. Or, when we do, we are called by both of them. I am [name_f]Ana[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], and both are used together. Names starting with [name_f]Ana[/name_f] and [name_f]Maria[/name_f] are used together almost always.
Those are all names from people I know, so they are used just fine in [name_u]Brazil[/name_u].
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] it was any help!