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[Facts] What is the meaning of a portuguese first name
Dear Sir,I would like to know about the origin of a portuguese name "Deolinda" in which are considered to be an old fashioned name today. Thanks for your assistant and look forward to your reply.Regards,
Ian
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Something similar . . .. . . is the German name Dietlinde (follow hyperlink for meaning). It's quite possible that they are related.Deolinda is also: A place name in Paraguay.A name that was popular in France during the 1980s
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Probably confirmed 'Dietlinde'I found that the Spanish page
http://www.partosindolor.com/nombresnenas.htm
and other pages list Deolinda as a shorter form of Teodolinda, and that in turn is explained on this Italian page
http://digilander.libero.it/gioer/lf.html
as deriving from the two Germanic words that make up Dietlinde.I think together with the overall similarity of Deolinda and Dietlinde this makes the derivation quite probable.
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