Portuguese Dog Names

"A collection of excellent names."

Whether you want to celebrate your own Portugues heritage, or you want to name your dog for its breed origin, this page lists some famous Portuguese names.

From explorers to soccer stars, you'll find names here that will work suit your Portuguese Water Dog, your Podengo or Estrela to a tee.

Here's a couple of names to get you on your way:

BENFICA Portguese soccer team

PICO Mount Pico, highest point in Portugal

VASCO Vasco de Gama, explorer

Pick your favorite from the list below.

NAME DESCRIPTION

ADRIANO Adriano Correia de Oliveira, musician

AFONSO Afonso da Paiva, explorer of Ethiopia

ALFREDO Alfredo Keil, (composed Portuguese anthem)

AMALIA Amalia Rodrigues, fado singer

BEATRIZ Beatriz Costa, actress

BENFICA Portugese soccer club

CARLOS Carlos Paredes, virtuoso guitarist

CARMEN Carmen Miranda, actress and singer

CATARINA Catarina Furtado, model

CRISTANO Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer player

DAVI Male name meaning "beloved"

DECO Soccer player

EMILIO Male name meaning "rival"

EUNICE Eunice Munoz, actress

EUSEBIO Soccer player

FERNANDO Fernando Rocha, comedian

FERREIRA Paulo Ferreira, soccer player

FIGO Luis Figo, soccer player

GARCIA Garcia de Orta, naturalist (pioneer of tropical medicine)

GIL Gil Vicente, playwright

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GREGO	Joao Grego, explorer
HILARIO	Male name meaning "cheerful"
JOSE	Jose Mourinho, soccer coach
JULIO	Julio Pomar, painter
LETICIA	Female name meaning "joy"
LILIANA	Liliana Campos, TV presenter
LISBON	Capital of Portugal
LUIZ	Luiz Pacheco, writer and literary critic
MANUEL	Name of two Portugese kings
MANUELA	Manuela Machado, world champion runner
MARCO	Marco Martins, movie director
NUNO	Nuno Bettencourt, musician
ORLANDO	Orlando da Costa, poet
PEDRO	Pedro Alvares Cabral, explorer (discovered Brazil)
PEPE	Soccer player
PICO	Mount Pico, highest point in Portugal
PINTO	Ricardo Sa Pinto, soccer player
RICARDO	Ricardo Carvalho, soccer player
RICO	Male name meaning "strong / power"
RITA	Rita Guerra, singer

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ROBERTO	Male name meaning "bright fame"
ROSA	Rosa Mota, Olympic marthon champion
SANTANA	Vasco Santana, actor
SERGIO	Sergio Paulinho, cyclist
SILVA	Antonio Silva, actor
SILVA	Rui Silva, distance runner
SOFIA	Sofia Aparicio, model
TICHA	Ticha Penicheiro, basketball player
TIAGO	Tiago Monterio, racing driver
VASCO	Vasco de Gama, explorer