My husbands family is Hispanic and I am white. We need to find a name that sounds good in both English and Spanish. We do not know what we are having yet so both girl and boy names are needed. Any ideas?!?
DH and I are Latin American as well, here are a few that we considered. Depending on your preference, some can be spelled in the Latin or American style:
Girl names:
Isabel/Isabella
Sofia/Sophia
Nicole
Gabriella
Boy Names:
Nicolas
Gabriel
Michael
Lucas
Daniel
You will definitely get better answers on the baby name board!
My daughter's name is Carolina, which we picked because it worked in both languages (though a lot of people pronounce it like the state...). No good ideas for boys.
TTC#3: started September 2014; BFP on 10/1/14; EDD 6/10/15 TTC#2: started June 2014; BFP on 7/22/14; EDD 3/31/5; MC 8/3/14
CRB (aka L): born 3/21/11 (35 weeks, 5 weeks in the NICU)
Mom dad is Peruvian and my mom is white. My dad's best friend growing up was MariaElena, but they called her Malena (rhymes with Elena). I like it, although I don't look like I have any Peruvian in me so people who speak English tend to say "Maleena" and people who speak Spanish don't assume the Spanish pronunciation. So maybe that doesn't work at all! Haha
Re: Spanish/English names
Priscilla, Nydia, Natalie, Vanessa, Theresa, Melissa
Eric, Joseph, Alex, Daniel
Nicolas Santiago (DH and his family pushed for him to be Santiago IV. Yeah no. Just no way)
Nathan Miguel (my dad is Michael)
Natalie Consuelo (we both have grandmas named consuelo)
Noah Alejondro (my brother is Alexander and my mom is Alejandra)
No clue for names for baby #5 that's currently baking. Lol
You can always try Victoria, Camila, Karina, and for boys I like Julian but haven't brought it up to DH.
TTC#2: started June 2014; BFP on 7/22/14; EDD 3/31/5; MC 8/3/14
CRB (aka L): born 3/21/11 (35 weeks, 5 weeks in the NICU)
Veronica