Respondents: 60 (This poll is closed)
I voted [name]Julien[/name], but I prefer the spelling [name]Julian[/name]. My second choice would be [name]Liam[/name]. And 3rd would be [name]Blaise[/name].
The one I think would not work at all is [name]Iker[/name] due to the pronunciation you want. Most Americans will likely say it eye-ker,
The others just aren’t my style.
I don’t speak Spanish so I have no idea what works in Spanish and what doesn’t. However, I love these as possible brothers for [name]Camille[/name] [name]Violeta[/name] or [name]Paloma[/name] [name]Echo[/name] (which are lovely, by the way):
[name]Julien[/name]
[name]Blaise[/name]
[name]Atlas[/name]
[name]Javier[/name]
[name]Will[/name] the middle name come from this list as well? If so, I really like [name]Blaise[/name] [name]Javier[/name] or [name]Julien[/name] [name]Atlas[/name].
I like [name]Javier[/name]! [name]Blas[/name] is nice because it honors his grandfather, but I’m not a huge fan of the name [name]Blaise[/name]. Maybe [name]Blas[/name] or [name]Blaise[/name] as a middle name would work?
[name]Julien[/name] is so handsome to me.
I prefer the spelling [name]Julian[/name], but that got my vote. Second would be [name]Javier[/name]
[name]Iker[/name] - this one will be a headache in the U.S., everyone will say EYE-ker
[name]Ansel[/name] - I would be looking for the photographer in your family, but I do love this name
[name]Julien[/name] - I think [name]Julian[/name] is fairly popular in the Hispanic community
[name]Remy[/name] - Isn’t this a French name? I do love it, but I’m not sure if it quite fits your family dynamic
[name]Jax[/name] - I like this a lot, very modern and American – yes, in spite of the “trendy” X spelling, I like it. I like [name]Dax[/name] even more.
[name]Blaise[/name] or [name]Blas[/name] (named after his Spaniard grandfather [name]Blas[/name] who was a hell of a man) - I’m always a fan of family names!
[name]Atlas[/name] - Part of me really wants to see this actually used…
[name]Liam[/name] - Solid, popular, kind of boring, maybe a little too Irish.
[name]Javier[/name] - also popular in the Hispanic community, again, not sure if you want that since the father is Spain-Spanish, not Mexican-Spanish
I voted for [name]Javier[/name], but [name]Blaise[/name] is the runner-up. Good Names!
I had two very clear favorites… [name]Ansel[/name] and [name]Julien[/name] (though I do prefer the spelling of [name]Julian[/name])… and voted for [name]Ansel[/name]. [name]Ansel[/name] (or perhaps [name]Anselm[/name]?) is the definition of an unused gem in my mind. Most of the other ones I’m pretty mediocre about, and my two least favorites are [name]Remy[/name] and [name]Jax[/name].
I love [name]Ansel[/name]. It seems very…Germanic, though? Not Spanish/Catalan at all, although I could be wrong on that.
[name]How[/name] can I pick just one?! I keep thinking of them in combo with your girls’ names, and here are my favorite combos:
[name]Paloma[/name] [name]Echo[/name] and [name]Julien[/name] [name]Blas[/name]
[name]Paloma[/name] [name]Echo[/name] and [name]Javier[/name] [name]Blas[/name]
[name]Camille[/name] [name]Violeta[/name] and [name]Ansel[/name] [name]Javier[/name]
[name]Camille[/name] [name]Violeta[/name] and [name]Remy[/name] [name]Julien[/name]
Overall my favorites from your boy’s list are
I am glad you liked [name]Paloma[/name] and [name]Violeta[/name]!
I know a little [name]Iker[/name] here in the States (parents are both from Spain) and I think they do have to say the name a few times to most people. I can see the attraction but it is not a name I would choose. The only other Spanish names on your list are [name]Javier[/name] and [name]Blas[/name] - I like [name]Javier[/name] a lot and I think it is a good bilingual/bicultural name. People here know how to pronounce it now, as with [name]Joaquin[/name], and I don’t think it will be pronounced incorrectly. I love [name]Blaise[/name] and I always thought [name]Blas[/name] was a cool name if you lived in a Spanish-speaking country, but I don’t think that [name]Blas[/name] would go over well in English (I think people would think “blahs” as in a negative feeling). I haven’t heard of [name]Ansel[/name] being used in a Spanish-speaking country, either, but I think it could work well in both languages. I wonder if you would like:
Agustín
[name]Felipe[/name]
[name]Tadeo[/name]
[name]Tiago[/name]
[name]Alonso[/name]
[name]Vicente[/name]
[name]Pascual[/name]
Rubén
Thanks everyone! I love the suggestion of [name]Agustin[/name]. We’re open to different cultural names, but they must be pronounceable in both Spanish and English. As much as I want to say [name]Iker[/name] is it, I think I have been convinced that it will be difficult to pronounce in English for most people.
Looks like most people here also prefer the spelling [name]Julian[/name] instead of [name]Julien[/name]. We love the name [name]Sebastian[/name], but that is already taken in our family. 