List of Portuguese Baby Names Meanings Starting with C

Cintia

(SEEN-tchya)

Origin of the name Cynthia: Popular name derived from the Latin and Greek Kynthia, a name for Artemus, the mythological goddess of the moon and hunting and twin sister of Apollo. The name has its root in Kynthios (from Kynthos, a mountain on the island of Delos).

Meaning: Born on Cynthus Origin: Greek, Portuguese

Clarissa

(klə-RIS-ə)

Clarissa is a name derived from the Germanic name Clarice, which is derived from the Latin word clarus, which means "bright, clear or famous". Clarissa is an English, Italian, and Portuguese name; Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.

Claudio

(KLAU-dzyo)

Claudio Name Meaning. Portuguese (Cláudio) and Spanish: from the personal name, Portuguese Cláudio, Spanish Claudio, vernacular forms of Latin Claudius, a Roman family name derived from claudus 'lame'.

Meaning: Freeble man Origin: Latin, Portuguese

Cloe

(klo-AY)

Origin of the name Chloe: Derived from the Greek Khloē (blooming, verdant). The name was used as a summer epithet of Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture and fertility. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.

Meaning: Little green sprout Origin: French, Greek, Portuguese

Cristiano

(kree-STYAH-no)

Cristiano is the Italian and Portuguese form of Christian, from the Latin “Christianus” meaning “follower of Christ”. The Latin language borrowed the word from the Greek “Khristos” (meaning “anointed”).

Cristovao

(KRIS-taw-vaw)

The different meanings of the name Cristovao are: Greek meaning: Bearer of Christ. Portuguese meaning: Bearer of Christ.

Meaning: Bearing Christ Origin: Greek, Portuguese