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:

• António Agostinho Neto, former president of Angola
• Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Ernesto Neto, Brazilian visual artist
• Franco José Vieira Neto, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet
• João Marinho Neto, Brazilian supercentenarian, oldest living man
• José Ferreira Neto, sports commentator and former association football player
• Luís Carlos Novo Neto, Portuguese footballer
• Michel Cury Neto, Brazilian footballer
• Norberto Murara Neto, Brazilian footballer
• Olyntho Neto (born 1986), Brazilian politician
• Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer
• Otacilio Jales da Silva Neto, Brazilian footballer
• Raul Bragança Neto, former prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Raul "Raulzinho" Togni Neto, Brazilian NBA player

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