Your favorite Spanish name?

lili_ana

DH is American, I am Hispanic, and I would love for our child to have a first/ middle name that would remind him/her of their Spanish heritage...what is your favorite Spanish name for boy and girl? I ask because I know some are hard to pronounce and some are too common...Thanks for your feedback!

Love Sugar Sweet Minxy

I always liked Nina, Alejandra,  Estrella, and Dulce for a girl.   For a boy I like Carmelo.  GL!

lilygirl

Carolina, not sure about the boy name.

Lyssapee

lilygirl:

Carolina, not sure about the boy name.

  maybe Miguel?  Or Diego...

DMDavidson

My step-mother raised me and her family is Hispanic. Some of the names in her family are:

Boys-

Salvador

Horacio

Manuel

Miguel

Javier

Carlos

Alonzo

Eduardo

Juan

Girls-

Eva

Ophelia

Anna

Isabel

Marga (I think this name is more Spanish than Hispanic)

Belen (with an accent mark on the last 'e')

Adela (they call her Addy for a NN)

Nuria 

Malena

There are many more, but these are the ones that come to mind first. Let me know if you'd like me to come up with more!

 

 

mfransdell

Paloma!

wheelenl

mfransdell:

Paloma!

 

Paloma, Paloma, Paloma. This has always been my favorite girl's Spanish name. It also easily translates as far as how to pronounce it in English. I also like Pilar. 

 For boys, I love Joaquin and Javier.

lili_ana

Thanks ladies! 

Those are great...I know girl's names are always easier to fall in love with (in any language) but boy's names are tough! I like Mauricio, Rodrigo  and Andres a lot but I know they are all hard to pronouce!

Keep them coming!

shopgirl_07

I love Javier, Joaquin, Alejandro and Gustavo for boys.

For girls I like Carolina and Lorenza. 

ara4488

There are so many gorgeous Spanish names, apologies for any repeats...

Girl: Beatriz, Blanca, Calixta, Carmela/Carmelita, Carlota, Catalina, Elodia, Leonor, Xiomara.

Boy: Esteban, Elias, Enrique, Gustavo, Joaquin, Lorenzo, Mateo.

ETA: Marisela/Marisol & Maxima (girl) and Pascual (boy).

mrsekins

Girls:  Savannah, Gabrielle/Gabriella, Esperanza

Boys: Marcus, eh, can't think of any more that I like.

Arlene Holt

I'm also married to a non-hispanic. If this babe is a boy, he'll be a Jr. but if it's a girl, she WILL have a Spanish name. 

Fav boy names: Joaquin, Alejandro, Hiram, Josue, and my grandfather's name Fernando.

Girls: Carolina, Eva, Alejandra, Maritza and my mom's name Ileana.

If we have a girl her name will be Eva Ileana.

swanstdl

Gabriella and Isabella are two of my favorites.

newportbride715

I llove Spanish names!

Elsa is on our list  (it is Swedish also) I also love Mariana, Catalina, Marcela, Luisa, Natalia, Eliana, Mariela, Carolina (Karolina is on our list)

For boys, I love Mateo. I also like Carlos, Cruz, Marco, and Antonio.

EXL311

For a girl I really like Mercedes.  If we have a boy he will likely be Joaquin.

NikiT

Pilar and Eduardo

brightning

Xochitl, Yadira, Selena, Paloma, Pilar

Antonio, Jesus, Miguel, Estevan

SuwaneeGirl

Marisol for a girl.

Joaquin for a boy.

 

Ali-B

Salvador and Tiago

Lucia (prounounced Lou-see-ya)

Ms.MJP

Girls:  Adriana, Carmen, Felicia, Gisela, Isobel, Lidia, Lucia, Luisa, Marisol, Paulina

Boys: Agustin, Antonio, Carlos, Claudio, Diego, Esteban, Mateo, Marcos, Rafael, Raul, Ruben 

AllThatGlitters101

For a girl, Graciela.

amyfelice

I love Adriana, although everyone will mispronounce, also Andrea, pronounced An-DRAY-uh with an accent on the e.

Boys names are awesome in spanish. Love Diego. Also Javier and Mateo. 

mrsc720

I couldn't pick just one:

Arabela, Daniela, Elana, Esperanza (my niece's mn!), Gabriela, Juliana, Madelina, Jaime, Mariana, Selena, Sierra, Sofia, and Zamora

 

Alejandro, Cristofer, Dezi, Joaquin, Luis, Maximo, Francisco, Rafael, Rico, Salvador, and Zavier.

 

I like them because they have Spanish ties but are still easy to pronounce/semi-popular in America.   

Todd&Laura

Catalina