Given name & surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Agostinho
“one who is venerable; majestic”
Agostinho is a form of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agostinho is a form of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Agostinho comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Latin.
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How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Agostỹo, from Latin Augustīnus.
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Agostinho’s family of names
Agostinho shares a linguistic root with Augustine. In Portuguese usage, Agostinho has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Agustín. Agostinho is a form of Augustine.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Agostinho has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Agostinho
- FortesBrazilian footballer and manager (1901-1966)
- MabululuAngolan association football playerborn 1989
- Agostinho CáPortuguese footballerborn 1993
- Agostinho da SilvaPortuguese philosopher (1906–1994)
- Agostinho OliveiraPortuguese football player/managerborn 1947
- Agostinho BarbosaPortuguese Roman Catholic bishop1589–1649
- Agostinho dos SantosBrazilian singer-songwriter1932–1973
- Agostinho José SartoriBrazilian Catholic bishop (1929-2012)
- Agostinho José da MotaBrazilian painter and draughtsman (1824–1878)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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