Girl · Portuguese (Latin conceptio)
Conceição
Say it: kon-say-SOWNG
Meaning
Portuguese 'conception', from Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the Immaculate Conception, patroness of Portugal.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Very common in Portugal and Brazil in the 19th and 20th centuries, usually as Maria da Conceição, and rare for babies today.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
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The family of the name
Other spellings: São
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Where this comes from
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