Given name & surname

Brites

“one who has power”

Brites is used as a given name and a surname. One Portuguese interpretation is “one who has power.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Portuguese interpretation is “one who has power.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Portuguese.

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Brites, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Portuguese

Caires

Caires is a surname from Portuguese.

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Portuguese

Pires

Pires is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

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Portuguese

Abrantes

Abrantes is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

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French

Naves

Naves is a surname from Portuguese, ultimately from French.

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Portuguese

Guedes

Guedes is a surname from Portuguese.

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Celtic

Braga

Braga is a surname from Portuguese, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in English, Portuguese, and Romanian.

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Portuguese

Brabo

“angry, furious”

No U.S. birth series

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Portuguese

Guterres

Guterres is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Brites’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Brites

A sister for Brites