Santiago?

zettas1 · December 2010

What are your thoughts on the name Santiago for a boy (means St. James in Spanish and latin)? Do you think it sounds too much like a surname? My DH is Hispanic so we are trying to chose names that honor his heritage.

Manderlin923 · December 2010

I love it for a middle name. I don't care for it as a first name so much...

anna7602 · December 2010

LOVE. This was and still is our choice for a boy. I'm Hispanic and DH did the Camino de Santiago in 2000, so we decided on it back then.

I think the pro is that it's a very Hispanic name that is easily recognizable and pronounceable in the English-speaking world because of all the cities with the name attached (3 major ones I can think of, plus other small towns and villages all over Latin America).

I can't think of any cons except the "saint" part (which I do still think is a little weird despite being absolutely sure we'll use this name if we ever have a boy). Without the "Sant," you're just left with an evil Shakespearean character.

FemmeNat01 · December 2010

I quite like it!

luckyluvr · December 2010

I think of the really old, unlucky fisherman in Hemingways Old Man and the Sea.

ABColeslaw · December 2010

I've never considered it as a first name, but I like it

Mrs.Saxy · December 2010

oh, you're not talking about Chile?

starlight8323 · December 2010

I love it as a first name, and had not made the connection to the word "saint" before, although it seems so obvious now that I know it. I had no idea it was a surname.

As far as spanish names go, this is probably one of my favorites.

queenbone · December 2010

Like it a lot. My friend dated a boy named Santiago and his nn was pronounced like Eggo (waffles). It doesn't sound like a surname to me.

magsugar13 · December 2010

Definitely a last name, but so are A LOT of first names these days.

forensicmama · December 2010

anna7602:
LOVE. This was and still is our choice for a boy. I'm Hispanic and DH did the Camino de Santiago in 2000, so we decided on it back then.

I think the pro is that it's a very Hispanic name that is easily recognizable and pronounceable in the English-speaking world because of all the cities with the name attached (3 major ones I can think of, plus other small towns and villages all over Latin America).

I can't think of any cons except the "saint" part (which I do still think is a little weird despite being absolutely sure we'll use this name if we ever have a boy). Without the "Sant," you're just left with an evil Shakespearean character.

hehehhehehe

Santiago is a great name! I really love it!

ohfour · December 2010

When I read this I thought of "Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina."

rsquaredr · December 2010

ohfour:
When I read this I thought of "Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina."

Bahahaha. this is exactly what I thought of too!

waterfly · December 2010

anna7602:
Without the "Sant," you're just left with an evil Shakespearean character.

Or, for those who are either younger or otherwise unfamiliar with Shakespeare's tragedies, you have a snarky Gilbert-Gottfried-voiced Disney parrot. Wink

braveangel2 · December 2010

waterfly:
anna7602:
Without the "Sant," you're just left with an evil Shakespearean character.
Or, for those who are either younger or otherwise unfamiliar with Shakespeare's tragedies, you have a snarky Gilbert-Gottfried-voiced Disney parrot.

Hahahahahaha