Given name & surname
Januário
Januário is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Januário’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Januário shares an earlier linguistic root with JANEIRO.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Januário
- Januário Machaze NhangumbeMozambican Roman Catholic bishop1934–2026
- Januário Correia de Almeida, Count of São JanuárioPortuguese colonial governor (1829-1901)
- Eduardo CarranzaColombian journalist, diplomat and translator (1913-1985)
- Januário Torgal Mendes FerreiraPortuguese priestborn 1938
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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