Names that sound great in English and Spanish?

General Name Discussion
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If anyone would love to participate.

My future child will be Afro-Mexican (American) and I would love to devour a list of names that sound great in both English in Spanish. We won’t be TTC until [name]March[/name], so I have some time to stew in names. The number one name that the father loves is [name]Juliana[/name] because it is a combination of our names ([name]Julio[/name] & [name]Alana[/name]), plus it sounds delightful in both the English and Spanish language.

Any similar names you fancy that can be pronounced nicely in both languages?

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hi–here in the southwest we have an almost bilingual world–
popular names here need to work in english and spanish–
so here are some friends’ kids’ names i love and few additions i thought may work–

abran
antonio (nn nino)
cruz
daniel
david
edgar
emmanuel
eric
esteban
francisco
frederico (nn rico)
gregorio
jonas
neron
nicolas
tristan

amanda
anna
carla
deborah
elisa
feliciana
havana
larisa
laura
marisa
monica
nuria / nurit
sara
savannah
tamara

don’t know if any of these are your style. hopefully, they’ll at least spark your thinking.

good luck.

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I was dealing with the same dilemma a few months ago. Here are some suggestions:

[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Carolina[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Eleonora[/name]
[name]Romina[/name]
[name]Laura[/name]
[name]Cristina[/name]
[name]Regina[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Mariel[/name]/[name]Mariela[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name]
[name]Amanda[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Annalisa[/name]/[name]Anna[/name] [name]Lisa[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Camila[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Gabriela[/name]
[name]Marcela[/name]
[name]Mariana[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Martina[/name]
[name]Monica[/name]
[name]Paola[/name]/[name]Paula[/name]/[name]Paulina[/name] (really popular in Mexico)
[name]Daniela[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]/[name]Vivienne[/name]/[name]Vivianne[/name]
[name]Fernanda[/name]
[name]Amaya[/name]
[name]Sofia[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]/[name]Lilia[/name]
[name]Leila[/name]
[name]Rosario[/name] (Thank you, Ms. [name]Dawson[/name])
[name]Susana[/name]
[name]Constanza[/name] (nn [name]Tanzy[/name])
[name]Annabel[/name]

As for boys:

[name]Nicolas[/name]
[name]Martin[/name] (works so well in both languages)
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]David[/name] (this one, too)
[name]Roman[/name]
[name]Roberto[/name]

I wish I could suggest more boys’ names but I only have daughters!

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Let me add: [name]Julia[/name] is brilliant in English and Spanish and [name]Juliana[/name] is simply lovely.

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All lovely suggestions. YBP: I really love the older female names! We are also considering [name]Delores[/name] for a girl, after my grandmother. I suppose the proper spelling in Spanish would be [name]Dolores[/name], but I haven’t been able to wrap my head around that D-O spelling.

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[name]Adela[/name]
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Daniel/namea
[name]Mariana[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Lorena[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name] (loo-see-ah)
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name] (A-lee-see-ah)
[name]Sara/name
An(n)a
[name]Beatriz[/name]/[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Camila[/name]
[name]Carmen[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Natalia[/name]
C(h)ristina
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Melania[/name]
[name]Estel/namea
T(h)eresa
[name]Veronica[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]

[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Martin[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]

[name]Do[/name] they have to be spelled the same? Most traditional names have a Spanish version the family could use. E.g.:
[name]Anthony[/name]-[name]Antonio[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]-[name]Miguel[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]-[name]Enrique[/name]
[name]James[/name]-[name]Jaime[/name]
[name]George[/name]-[name]Jorge[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]-[name]Pedro[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]-[name]Luis[/name]

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For boys how about [name]Adrian[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name], or [name]Sebastian[/name] (some of my favorites that work well in both languages, as well as several others). I don’t have any ideas for girls that haven’t already been mentioned, but my vote would go to [name]Laura[/name] or [name]Veronica[/name] (ditto what I said about the boys’ names).

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my girls favorite names that sounds great in spanish are

[name]Claudia[/name] sounds so beautiful in spanish
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Veronica[/name]
[name]Leticia[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name] * love it

the only boy name i can think of that sounds great in spanish beyond jose and carlos is
[name]Sebastian[/name]

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if you are having trouble, could you look at names that have a Spanish version?

Like I know a girl who is half Spanish, and her name is [name]Juliet[/name], but her entire Spanish family calls her Juiletta. It sounds a little confusing, but she doesn’t seem to mind it.

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My favorites are [name]Liliana[/name] and [name]Victoria[/name].

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Here are some of my fav Spanish names.
Boys
[name]Fernando[/name]
[name]Agustin[/name]
[name]Amadeo[/name]
[name]Calixto[/name]
[name]Clemente[/name]
[name]Francisco[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Inigo[/name]
[name]Isidro[/name]
[name]Javier[/name]
[name]Joaquin[/name]
[name]Jose[/name]
[name]Leandro[/name]
[name]Lisandro[/name]
[name]Luis[/name]
[name]Manuel[/name]
[name]Mateo[/name]
[name]Maximo[/name]
[name]Noe[/name]
[name]Orlando[/name]
[name]Pedro[/name]
[name]Rafael[/name]
[name]Ramon[/name]
[name]Rodrigo[/name]
[name]Salvador[/name]
[name]Sancho[/name]
[name]Santiago[/name]
[name]Santos[/name]
[name]Tadeo[/name]
[name]Tomas[/name]
[name]Venturo[/name]
[name]Vidal[/name]

Girls
[name]Esperanza[/name]
[name]Carmen[/name]
[name]Dolores[/name]
[name]Guadalupe[/name]
[name]Mercedes[/name]
[name]Paloma[/name]
[name]Pilar[/name]
[name]Sancha[/name]
[name]Soledad[/name]
[name]Alma[/name]
[name]Amalia[/name]
[name]Adela[/name]
[name]Beatriz[/name]
[name]Carlota[/name]
[name]Catalina[/name]
[name]Consuelo[/name]
[name]Dominga[/name]
[name]Eloisa[/name]
[name]Engracia[/name]
[name]Eulalia[/name]
[name]Eugenia[/name]
[name]Fabiola[/name]
[name]Fernanda[/name]
[name]Flor[/name]
[name]Francisca[/name]
[name]Idalia[/name]
[name]Inez[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Jacinta[/name]
[name]Juana[/name]
[name]Justina[/name]
[name]Liliosa[/name]
Casilda
[name]Lourdes[/name]
[name]Bibiana[/name]
[name]Valeria[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Luisa[/name]
[name]Magdalena[/name]
[name]Marisol[/name]
[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Nieves[/name]
[name]Noemi[/name]
[name]Palma[/name] / [name]Palmira[/name]
[name]Paz[/name]
[name]Violeta[/name]
[name]Zaida[/name]
[name]Zaira[/name]
[name]Zita[/name]

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I’m also looking for a Spanish-English compatible name because my husband is Spanish and we live in Spain. You have lots of beautiful girl suggestions, ([name]LOVE[/name] [name]Juliana[/name]) but I would add [name]Sonia[/name], [name]Sofia[/name], [name]Sara[/name], [name]Laura[/name], [name]Carolina[/name], [name]Gabriela[/name], [name]Daniela[/name], [name]Isabel[/name]… there are so many for girls.

There are less for boys, which is what I need! But here are a few more you could consider:
[name]Gabriel[/name], [name]Samuel[/name], [name]Mateo[/name], [name]Andres[/name], [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Adrian[/name], [name]Roberto[/name], [name]Maximo[/name]… they have easy American type nick-names to go with them, or:
[name]Santiago[/name], [name]Diego[/name], [name]Hugo[/name], … are more Spanish but are still easy on the English ear.

Good luck and I’ll be watching your list for ideas for my boy!

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[name]How[/name] about:

[name]Martin[/name]
[name]Carlos[/name]
[name]Antonio[/name]
[name]Alejandro[/name] and [name]Roberto[/name] (thank you Lady Gaga)
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Cristobal[/name], nn [name]Chris[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]