Baby names, boy and girl? Portuguese/English roots?

Question

Hi me and my boyfriend are thinking of having a baby, we can just never agree on names!

I am British, he is from Portugal and although he doesn't really want any of his children to have Portuguese names, I feel like it would be nice to have a Portuguese influenced name.

The only names we have agreed on are Natasha for a girl and Nathan for a boy.

I don't want a really common name, but as our surname is Portuguese (and so confusing for people to pronounce!) I don't want to give them any more difficulty.

I like both Daniel (for a boy) and Evelyn (for a girl), but it seems that we have fairly different tastes.

I'm not sure if this will affect answers, but we will bring our children up as bilingual, speaking both Portuguese and English.

So I would just like some advice from people, so we have a starting point for a discussion, because at the minute we are both just shouting random names at each other!

Thank you for reading.

Update:

Oh sorry I forgot to say the surname

Its Sousa, pronounced properly like : SAW-zah

but in England we tell people it's pronounced SUE-zah

Update 2:

It's complicated:

his mum is called Ana, his sister is called Sophia, his brother is Paulo, his dad's Antonio, his middle name is Pedro, his cousin's names are Lewis (don't think it's spelt like that though) and Pedro, so that rules them out, love William though :)

Update 3:

Oh and my partner's name is José and mine is Rebecca

Answer 1

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Daniel is a great name, it's Portuguese too :)

Some suggestions of mine:

Boy names (Portuguese):

André (Andrew)

Diogo

Ricardo (Richard)

Bernardo (Bernard)

Cristóvão (Christopher)

Cristiano (Christian)

Eduardo (Edward)

Duarte (Edward)

Filipe (Phillip)

Gabriel (same in English)

Henrique (Henry)

Leonardo (Leonard)

Some names of Portuguese girls:

Raquel (Rachel)

Ana (Hannah)

Jennifer

Júlia

Beatriz (Bellatrix)

Carolina

Maria (Mary)

Catarina (Catherine)

Leonor

Denise

Helena (Helen)

Sara

By the way, "William" is not a Portuguese name, not at all and neither is "Sophia". (it would be Sofia)

Source(s): I'm Portuguese

Answer 2

Portuguese Names

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Answer 3

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Baby names, boy and girl? Portuguese/English roots?

Hi me and my boyfriend are thinking of having a baby, we can just never agree on names!

I am British, he is from Portugal and although he doesn't really want any of his children to have Portuguese names, I feel like it would be nice to have a Portuguese influenced name.

The only names we...

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Answer 4

You mentioned Daniel for boy,well Daniel in Portuguese it`s exactly the same.

You can try Ricardo,although It`s Portuguese It has English origins"Richard".

For girl Vanessa can be both Portuguese or English.

But theres a lot,for boy:Marcio,Ruben,Vasco,Alexandre,Ivo,etc.

For girl:Andreia,Vera,Matilda,Rosa,Sandra,Suzete.

Hope it help`s. (William translates to Guilherme in men and Guilhermina in women)

Source(s): I`m Portuguese

Answer 5

Girls = Gabrielle, Kerrigan, Stockard, Dorian, Dabney, Holland Boys = Joel, Ryder, York, Graham, Bronson, Burke, Seth, Harrison

Answer 6

Hello, bex! I'm Brazilian! I know a lot of Portuguese names that are also beautiful for the Brits! William is a common name here in Brazil! As incredible as it sounds, I am telling the truth! Glenda is also a name that is not difficult to pronounce for English or Portuguese! Sophia too! is beautiful and sounds beautiful to Portuguese and English!

I have helped! Sincerely,

Pedro!

Answer 7

First of there is PLENTY of names I found so I am going to list them :) :

Ana

Sofia

Alexandra

Andre

Laura

Joel

Sergio

Kiki

Bella

Rachael

Maria

Carlos

Alex

Anna

Ect...

Sorry if that didnt help and I listed more girl than boy names

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Answer 8

So, you have Daniel & Nathan for a boy and Natasha & Evelyn for a girl. Daniel & Nathan both have two syllables, so I wouldn’t put them together. Natasha & Evelyn both have three syllables, so I wouldn’t put them together, either. I love the Portuguese boy’s name Tiago, but if he doesn’t want a Portuguese name, so be it.

Possibilities ~

Nathan Alexander Sousa

Nathan Tiago Sousa (couldn’t resist)

Nathan Demetrio Sousa (Demetrio is used by the Portuguese.)

Nathan Ferdinand Sousa (Ferdinand is used by the Portuguese.)

Nathan Leonardo Sousa (Leonardo used by the Portuguese.)

Daniel Alexander Sousa

Daniel Ferdinand Sousa

Natasha Raquel Sousa (Raquel is used by the Portuguese.)

Natasha Eveleen Sousa (Eveleen has two syllables whereas Evelyn has two.)

Natasha Yvette Sousa

Natasha Joelle Sousa

Natasha Martine Sousa

Natasha Anya Sousa

Evelyn Brielle Sousa

Evelyn Lenore Sousa

Evelyn Joelle Sousa

Evelyn Xanthe Sousa

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