My Spanish name list

So I’ve been doing research on these names for a while. I’m Puerto Rican and I wanted to find names of my Puerto Rican and Caribbean culture, it took forever and it isn’t complete, but here’s my list so far, it’s mostly Spanish and Caribbean names but there’s some Basque and Catalan thrown in there too, plus a few names that are used widely by Latin communities~

niña’s

Acindina
Adairis
Adalita
Adaluna
Amada
America
Amparo
Arantza
Aranzazu
Azahar
Azahara
Beatriz
Bélen
Betsabe
Cedella
Elodia
Elvira
Esmeralda
Esperanza
Estrella
Felicitas
Feliz
Fortuna
Inés
Itziel
Itziar
Izara
Jacinta
Joaquina
Loida
Lourdes
Luz
Maite
Maricruz
Mariluna
Mariposa
Maritza
Maristela
Manuela
Nashaly
Nevis
Paloma
Pilar
Quintanilla
Rio
Rocio
Rosario
Urselia
Ursulina
Saturnina
Selena
Sisca
Socorro
Solana
Sorangel
Suelita
Trinidad
Vero
Vida
Xantina
Xiomara
Xiomaris
Yashira
Yesenia
Zurina

niño’s

Altamiro
Alto
Amaro
Amed
Anaxandro
Angel
Arismendi
Casimiro
Cisco
Dionela
Dionisio
Dióscoro
Esmerelin
Estebi
Etán
Eulalio
Evangelisto
Flor
Florentín
Florenzo
Galéno
Gomez
Isaí
Izan
Junípero
Leonardo
Maximo
Maximiliano
Mijaín
Neftali
Renzo
Rivera
Rosamel
Salvador
Santiago
Santurno
Saturnino
Seba
Ventura
Zulyanis
Zurisadai

So here’s my list! Hope you guys enjoy seeing them :relaxed: :black_heart:

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These were lovely to look through!

My favorites for girls are Amada, Amparo, Bélen, Cedella, Esperanza (!), Estrella, Fortuna, Lourdes, Maite, Mariluna, Maristela, Pilar, Rosario, Ursulina (!), Vida, Xiomara, & Zurina.

And for boys— Altamiro, Amaro, Arismendi, Casimiro, Esmerelin, Flor, Galéno, Junípero, Maximo, Maximiliano, Neftali, Rivera, Ventura, & Zurisadai :slight_smile:

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I love so many of these but couldn’t pronounce any as beautifully as you did! [name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_f]Amada[/name_f], [name_f]Amparo[/name_f], Azahar, Bélen, [name_f]Elodia[/name_f], [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f], [name_f]Esperanza[/name_f], Itziar, [name_f]Luz[/name_f], [name_f]Maite[/name_f], Mariluna, [name_f]Pilar[/name_f], [name_f]Socorro[/name_f], and [name_f]Yesenia[/name_f] for girls, and [name_m]Casimiro[/name_m], Esmerelin, Isaí, Mijaín, [name_m]Renzo[/name_m], and [name_m]Saturnino[/name_m] for boys!

I recognized a few of these from the Argentine classes I sat in earlier this year (different part of Latin [name_u]America[/name_u], I know). I had students named [name_f]Luz[/name_f], [name_f]Joaquina[/name_f], [name_f]Pilar[/name_f] (went by Pili), [name_m]Maximo[/name_m], [name_m]Maximiliano[/name_m] (both went by Maxi), and [name_m]Santiago[/name_m] (went by Santi).

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This is wonderful! So many beautiful names and your voice just makes them sing :notes: Thank you so much for including the pronunciation audio too.

I started listing all my favourites but there were too many (!) so here are the ones that most intrigue me or I’m most excited to see…

[name_f]Amparo[/name_f]
Aranzazu
Azahar
[name_f]Betsabe[/name_f]
[name_u]Feliz[/name_u]
Itziar
[name_u]Rocio[/name_u]
[name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
Saturnina
Sisca
[name_f]Socorro[/name_f]
[name_m]Vero[/name_m]

Altamiro
[name_m]Casimiro[/name_m]
Esmerelin
Estebi
[name_f]Flor[/name_f]
Florentín (love floral boy names!)
Isaí
[name_m]Junípero[/name_m]
Rivera
[name_u]Rosamel[/name_u]
[name_m]Saturnino[/name_m]
Seba
[name_u]Ventura[/name_u]
Zurisadai

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@halinka I’m glad you like them!! Ursalina does feel up your alley :sparkles:

@SparkleNinja18 awe thank you so much :pleading_face: I’m glad you liked them! Pílar nn [name_u]Pili[/name_u] is so cute omg, also so jealous you knew a Joaquina!!

@katinka Thank you!! I almost wrote pronunciations out but decided voice recordings would be better for all of us :skull: I’m happy you liked so many of them :black_heart:

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I loooooove this.

[name_f]My[/name_f] faves
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] - my favourite version of the name too.
Bélen
[name_f]Elodia[/name_f]
Inés
[name_f]Luz[/name_f]
[name_f]Maite[/name_f]
Mariluna
[name_f]Maristela[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
Sisca
[name_f]Xiomara[/name_f]
and [name_f]Yesenia[/name_f]

We had a Spanish vet once for our dog and her name was [name_f]Yaiza[/name_f], which I loved too.

For boys
[name_u]Angel[/name_u]
[name_m]Cisco[/name_m]
Estebi
Etán
Isaí (in love…)
[name_m]Izan[/name_m]
and [name_m]Santiago[/name_m]

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I LOVE THESE!! Thank you so much for making this list :yellow_heart: [name_m]Irl[/name_m] I’ve known [name_u]America[/name_u], Inés, [name_f]Lourdes[/name_f], [name_f]Maritza[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_u]Angel[/name_u], and [name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]. I think those are all lovely, but my longtime loves on this list are [name_f]Manuela[/name_f], Pílar, Bélen, and Santiago!! I would name a kid any of those in a heartbeat if I had a partner from this heritage.

I also love:
[name_f]Amada[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsabe[/name_f]
[name_f]Esperanza[/name_f]
Felícitas
[name_f]Luz[/name_f]
Mariluna
[name_m]Vero[/name_m]
Estebi
Etán
Isaí
[name_m]Neftali[/name_m]

These are just so fun and so gorgeous!!

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[name_f]Beautiful[/name_f] list! I adore [name_f]Amada[/name_f], [name_f]Amparo[/name_f] (the name of one of my favorite teachers), [name_f]Belén[/name_f] (one of my best friends as a child, this was her little sister’s name and I have loved it since), [name_f]Elodia[/name_f], Inés, [name_f]Maite[/name_f], [name_f]Maricruz[/name_f] (I used to babysit for the sweetest girl with this name), [name_f]Manuela[/name_f], Nashaly, [name_f]Pilar[/name_f], and [name_f]Selena[/name_f] for girls, and Etán, Florentín, [name_m]Salvador[/name_m], and [name_m]Santiago[/name_m] for boys!

Also, I love the idea of [name_f]Flor[/name_f] for a boy! I’ve only heard it as a girls’ nickname before (short for [name_f]Florencia[/name_f] :heart_eyes:) but it’s so cool for a boy!

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@honnepon Ooooh I’ve never seen Yaiza!!

@ellerbea I’m so happy you like them :sob: I would love to meet a [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] :dove:

@EagleEyes you met an [name_f]Amparo[/name_f] omg lucky :star_struck: I’m so happy you like [name_f]Flor[/name_f] for a boy! It’s a word name, it literally means flower in Spanish, I love it :black_heart:

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Wow, these are beautiful! So nice to hear them too! Thanks for sharing - I particularly like [name_f]Amparo[/name_f], [name_f]Belen[/name_f], [name_f]Elodia[/name_f], [name_f]Adaluna[/name_f], [name_f]Estrella[/name_f], Mariluna, Nashaly, [name_f]Xiomara[/name_f], Eulalio, [name_f]Flor[/name_f], [name_m]Salvador[/name_m], [name_m]Renzo[/name_m], and [name_m]Isai[/name_m]!

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