Boy · Germanic, through Portuguese
Gonçalo
Say it: gon-SAH-loo
Meaning
Portuguese form of Gonzalo, from Visigothic Gundisalvus, with Germanic gunþ 'battle' as its first element.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A traditional Portuguese name, popular again in recent decades.
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
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Gonzalo |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Gonçalo of Amarante
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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