Neto (suffix)

Neto[a] is a Portuguese-language generational suffix. As with its English-language equivalent III,[b] the suffix is placed after a boy or man's name when he, his father, and his grandfather all have the same name.

The following people bear the suffix Neto:

Notes

  1. ^ Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɛtu], lit. 'grandson'
  2. ^ As in, for example, Benigno Aquino III

See also

  • Filho, a similar Portuguese-language generational suffix
  • Netto, a surname of which Neto is sometimes a variant
  • Portuguese name
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