[name_m]Hi[/name_m],
My third daughter is to be born in [name_f]February[/name_f]. Our two other daughters have a combination of a Spanish name that honors the Virgin [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and a Cajun [name_m]French[/name_m] name ([name_f]Pilar[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] and [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] [name_f]Adele[/name_f]). We are stumped for this third one as her name would need to be something that sounds pretty in Spanish/[name_m]French[/name_m] and not be easily mangled in English.
Right now for Spanish [name_u]Marian[/name_u] names, I have:
[name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f]
My husband usually supplies the [name_m]French[/name_m] name, but we are open to suggestions.
Thanks.
I think [name_f]Maris[/name_f] and [name_f]Soledad[/name_f] work well with your sibset. Some mn possibilities:
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_u]Dominique[/name_u]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Fanchon[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_u]Pascale[/name_u]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Roxane[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Veronique[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f] [name_f]Yvette[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Angelique[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Gisella[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Leonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_u]Lyric[/name_u]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Noemie[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_u]Patrice[/name_u]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] [name_f]Veronique[/name_f]
Some other names you might like:
[name_f]Pilar[/name_f], [name_u]Carmen[/name_u], and
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_f]Estela[/name_f]
[name_f]Gratia[/name_f]
[name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f]
[name_f]Luz[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariel[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Merced[/name_f]
[name_f]Nieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Reina[/name_f]
[name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
[name_m]Just[/name_m] to add more to the wonderful suggestions you already have for Spanish names honouring the Virgin [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and contribute to your quandary:
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercedes[/name_f]
[name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
[name_f]Bel[/name_f]én
Though I must say that I really like [name_f]Maris[/name_f].
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f] is unusual but I have no idea how to pronounce it and read it as ‘sole-dad’, which makes me think of a single parent… am sorry.
I would suggest [name_f]Lourdes[/name_f] or [name_f]Mercedes[/name_f] to go with [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] and [name_f]Pilar[/name_f]. I also love [name_f]Fatima[/name_f], but the “Fat” part of the name makes it a little difficult to transition into an English speaking school.
As for Cajun names, I prefer the simpler ones, [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Rosa[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Camille[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f].
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f] [name_f]Colette[/name_f] or [name_f]Lourdes[/name_f] [name_f]Camille[/name_f] sound lovely to me.