Portuguese Names

Removing one letter from the somewhat intimidating Alexios gives you Alexio, a charming and more accessible variation.

Graca, typically written in Portuguese as Graça, is a stylish virtue name that has never made the charts in the US. The pronunciation rhymes with the Spanish word "casa."

Way before January Jones made this month a fashionable girls' name, there was Princess Januaria of Brazil, daughter of the King of Portugal and the Archduchess of Austria. One of the most pointed yet most original January baby names.

Properly spelt Lourenço, this is the Portuguese form of Laurence.