English

Proper noun

Guadalupe

1. Any of several places in Iberia and the Americas, chiefly an island off Baja California.
2. A male given name
3. A female given name

Catalan

Proper noun

Guadalupe f

1. Guadalupe

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Guadeloupe (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish Guadalupe.

Proper noun

Guadalupe f

1. Guadeloupe (an island and overseas department of France in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• guadalupenho

Spanish

Etymology

Epithet of Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron of Mexico, from the place name, Guadalupe, where the image is kept, which from Arabic وَادِي ال ‎(wādī l-, “valley of the”) + Latin lupum ‎(“wolf”).

Proper noun

Guadalupe f

1. A female given name
2. (rare) A male given name
3. Guadeloupe (overseas department of France)
4. Guadalupe (island off Baja California)

Usage notes

• (male given name): Often when used as a family 'heirloom' name that is passed down to the first born whether they are male or female.

Diminutive

• (female given name): Lupita