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Brazilian title and name

Brazilians generally call first names directly, and rarely call their surnames as in Europe and the United States, as Mr. XX.

For example, David Beckham of England, Luis Figo of Portugal, Lionel Messi of Argentina, and Mario Balotelli of Italy may call each other by their names in private, but in public They are all called by their surnames, Beckham, Figo, and Messi.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Raul are the few exceptions. Their full names are Cristiano Ronaldo and Raul Gonzalez Blanco.

But Brazilians call each other by name or nickname, whether in public or in private.

For example, the former President Dilma-Rosselff, the domestic translation is called President Rousseff, but no one in Brazil calls it that way, Brazilians will all be called Dilma. Former President Lula, the domestic name is President Da Silva, and Brazil is officially called Lula privately, and Lula is his nickname, which means squid.

Among Brazilian football players, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Hulk, etc. are all nicknames, Ronaldo and Romario are first names, and few people print their last names on their jerseys.

Whether it is official or private, it is a bit strange to call someone by their last name in Brazil. Therefore, in most cases, it is best to use the first name in the full name.

Brazilian names are also divided into first and last names, the format is as follows

1. First name A + First name B + Last name A + Last name B (Junior, filho, filha)

Second, first name A + first name B + last name

Third, first name + last name A + last name B

Fourth, first name + last name

Both name A and name B are given names. Most of them use name A as their own names, and a small number of them also use name B or A+B as their own names. Sometimes they only have one name.

Most male names end in o, and female names end in a. Most of the names will be characters in the Bible, Ana, Joao, Pedro, Jose, or historical figures, Julio, Julia, Alexandro, Cesar, etc.

Surname B is generally the father’s surname, sometimes grandfather or even older patriarchal ancestors are used;

Surname A is generally the mother’s surname, but may also be the surname of a longer matrilineal ancestor;

It is also common to swap the surnames and positions of both parents.

Sometimes the surname A and the surname B are both of the father or mother, or sometimes there is only one surname, and there is no longer the type A+B.

The last suffixes Junior (小), filho (儿), and filha (女) are often when the names of the children and the father and mother are the same, the child's name is followed by this suffix.

When a woman gets a marriage certificate, she can choose to bear her husband’s surname or not to bear her husband’s surname. When assigning a husband’s surname, he usually removes his mother’s surname, but of course there are many changes.

Give a few examples

Neymar

Neymar-da-Silva-Santos-Júnior

Neymar is the first name, da-Silva is the father's last name, Santos is the mother's last name, and Júnior is the suffix because his father is also called Neymar-da-Silva.

Ronaldo

Ronaldo-Luís-Nazáriode-Lima

Ronaldo-Luís are two first names, but they are generally called Ronaldo. Nazáriode-Lima is the father's surname, and there is no mother's surname.

Kaka

Ricardo-Izecson-dos-Santos-Leite

Ricardo-Izecson is a first name, because his brother couldn't speak clearly when he was a year or two, so he called Ricardo Kaka, and he used Kaka as his name. Dos-Santos is the mother's surname and Leite is the father's surname.

Ronaldinho

Ronaldo-de-Assis-Moreira

Ronaldo is the first name, Ronaldinho is because NHO means small in Portuguese, and literally means Ronaldo, to distinguish it from Ronaldo, de-Assis-Moreira is the father’s surname.

David Louis

David-Luiz-Moreira-Marinho

David-Luiz are two first names, Moreira is the mother's surname, and Marinho is the father's surname.

Thiago Silva

Thiago-Emiliano-da-Silva

Thiago-Emiliano is the first name, and da-Silva is the last name. It is a relatively rare person whose last name + first name is used as one's own name.

Former President Dilma-Vana-Rousseff

Dilma-Vana is the first name, generally called Dilma, and Rousseff is the father's last name.

Former President: Luiz-Inácio-Lula-da-Silva

Luiz-Inácio is his first name, Da-Silva is his father's last name, and Lula is more special and is his nickname "Squid". When he was running for the president, he changed his name and added "Squid" to his name.

Da, Do, Dos, Das means "from". There are similar words in other languages, such as Van in Dutch names, such as Van Persie, Del in Italian, and Del Piero.