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What’s your name? The answer can tell you a lot about your origin. In Brazil, both first names and last names transmit information about you and your family. And Portuguese?names?also are used in Brazil because of the Portuguese colonial rule(1500~1822). Patronymic: based on a parent’s name Eg: Jo?o o filho de Mateus (John son of Mateus) Occupational: based on the person’s trade Eg: Jo?o o Ferreiro (John the blacksmith) Descriptive or nickname: based on a unique quality of the person such as Jo?o o Baixo (John the short) Geographical: based on a person’s residence Eg: Jo?o de Aveiro (John of Aveiro) Derived From Biblical names Eg: José (Joseph) Saint names Eg: Roque (Roch) Old Portuguese given names Eg: Soromenho Native Brazilian names Eg: Araci, Caub 1. 2. Compound given names (names composts) Eg: Maria das Dores Isabel da Concei??o given names coming from Native Brazilian origin 3. Eg: Rudá (love) Cau? and Cauê (sun) now very rare and their use represents the hippie culture Parents wanted to give their kids fancy foreign names, but when they got to the notary public to make the birth certificate of the kids, the notarial just spelled it wrong, so instead of Michael, we have Maikon, for William, we have Uilia. Awkward situations are just for the sake of being different or trying to go beyond our cultural traditions! 1.Brazilian don’t have many scared rules of the religious order. People there even children can behave unconstrained, think actively and communicate naturally. 2. Optimistic and humorous They prefer to use nicknames and diminutives. Brazilians love novel strange name, for example, a politician called himself Mandela of Brazil”, and used it as his official name. 3.Creative and follow their inclinations They may got their names from words of a song, other countries’ names and etc. Such as at 80’s, there’s a football player in Brazil named “Chinese”. REFERENCES: /article/names-in-brazil /learn/wiki/en/