Brazilian female names draw primarily from Brazilian Portuguese, with additional influence from Indigenous Tupi and African languages, and long-standing Catholic usage. Feminine forms commonly end in -a and often show diacritics (á, í), while contemporary spellings may add y or h. Diminutive-based or contracted forms are frequent for girls, and compounds with Maria have produced short forms such as Malu.

Modern trends include creative suffixes like -elly/-ally and variant orthography. Examples seen in Brazil include Dandara, Deise, Greice, Lais, Malu, Mayara, Thaísa, Thalyta, Thamiris, and Andrielly. Female naming patterns are broadly similar to male patterns in structure, but feminine endings and contraction-based forms are especially visible for girls.