Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Romance adaptation of an Old Germanic name |
Meaning | Noble and bright |
Other names | |
See also | Albert, Albertus, Adalbert, Elbert, Adelbert |
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (Albertus) of Germanic Albert . It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are Albertito in Spain or Albertico in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as Tuco as a hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from Athala (meaning noble) and Berth (meaning bright). [1] [2]
Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name Charles, from the Germanic Carl.
Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name Hludowig or Chlodovech. Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: Luís in Portuguese and Galician, Lluís in Aragonese and Catalan, while Luiz is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese.
Varela is a Galician, Spanish and Portuguese surname originating from Galicia.
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". Notable people with the surname include:
Guerra is a Portuguese, Spanish and Italian term meaning "war". Notable people with the surname Guerra include:
Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to:
Alfredo is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name.
Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan, it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu.
Evaristo is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Tomás is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Irish given name equivalent of Thomas.
Emilio is a given name common in the Italian and Spanish languages. The Portuguese-language version of the name is spelled Emílio. Like its counterpart in other languages, Emil, the name is derived from the Latin Aemilius of the gens Aemilia. Notable people and characters with the name Emilio or Emílio include:
Ramiro is a Spanish and Portuguese name from the latinisation of the Gothic given name *𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐍂 (*Ranamir). Notable people with the name include:
Moreno is a Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, French, and occasionally, an Italian surname. It may refer to:
José Antonio is a common pairing of personal names in Spanish and Portuguese, and may refer to:
Blanco is a surname of Spanish origin, meaning "white". Notable people with the surname include:
Correa is a Spanish surname. Correa is found throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Correa means 'leather strap', 'belt', 'rein', 'shoelace', plural correas. Correa is from the Latin corrigia 'fastening', from corrigere 'to straighten', 'to correct'), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such articles. Correa is spelt Correia in Portuguese and Galician.
Herrera is a surname of Spanish origin, from the Latin word ferrāria, meaning "iron mine" or "iron works" and also the feminine of Latin ferrārius, "of or pertaining to iron"; or, alternatively, the feminine of Spanish herrero, which also gives the surname Herrero. Variants of the name include Errera, Ferrera and the less common Bherrera. Its equivalent in Portuguese and Galician is Ferreira. Also, because of Spanish naming customs, some people are listed here with their family name as their second-to-last name.
Eusébio (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer.