I’m looking for name ideas for our baby due in [name_u]March[/name_u] who comes after the miscarriage of our baby boy last year. It’s been a very painful and difficult time but we are hopeful and believe that with this pregnancy everything will go perfectly. We don’t know the sex yet so we need names for both boy and girl. Our other criteria is that the name works in Spanish.
The obvious one is [name_f]Iris[/name_f] which simply means ‘rainbow’. Other names that come to mind are [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] and [name_m]Victor[/name_m] (‘victory’); [name_u]Vida[/name_u] and [name_f]Liv[/name_f] (‘life’); [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f] and [name_f]Nora[/name_f] (‘light’); [name_f]Celia[/name_f] (‘heavenly’); [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] (‘wished for child’). Sorry, mostly girl names because that’s what I researched for my baby.
Disclaimer: I remembered some of these from a thread where I asked for rainbow baby names, so some of the meanings may not be accurate.
My favorite names that work well in both Spanish and English are [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Catarina[/name_f], [name_f]Claudia[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Francisca[/name_f], and [name_f]Bianca[/name_f] for girls and [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m], [name_m]Francisco[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], and [name_m]Marco[/name_m]/[name_m]Marcos[/name_m] for boys. Best of luck, and congratulations on your pregnancy!
[name_f]Lena[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucero[/name_f] both mean light.
Congratulations on your special rainbow baby. 
These were my ideas…not all Spanish in origin but would “work” pronunciation-wise.
[name_f]Aliza[/name_f] - joyful
[name_f]Althea[/name_f] - healing
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] - blessed
[name_f]Carina[/name_f] - dear, beloved… or [name_f]Darina[/name_f] - gift
[name_f]Leticia[/name_f] - joy, happiness
[name_f]Mirabel[/name_f] - wondrous, amazing beauty nn “[name_f]Mira[/name_f]” - a little miracle
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f] - hope
[name_f]Nessa[/name_f] - miracle
[name_f]Nova[/name_f] - new as in [name_f]Nova[/name_f] [name_f]Esperanza[/name_f] new hope
[name_f]Rina[/name_f] - joy
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f] - living, vibrantly alive
[name_m]Rafael[/name_m] -God has healed nn “[name_m]Rafi[/name_m]” is cute!
[name_m]Ravi[/name_m] - sunshine…after the rain
[name_m]Mateo[/name_m] - gift from God
[name_m]Macario[/name_m] - blessed, happy nn “[name_m]Mac[/name_m]” or “Macs”
[name_u]Neo[/name_u] - means both new and gift
[name_m]Saul[/name_m] or Sauli - longed for
[name_m]Zorion[/name_m] - happiness(Basque name)
If any of these don’t work please excuse me
- [name_u]Emery[/name_u] - Brave
- [name_m]Evardo[/name_m] - [name_m]Hardy[/name_m] and Brave
- [name_m]Benvolio[/name_m] - Good wisher
- [name_f]Vera[/name_f]/[name_m]Vero[/name_m] - [name_f]Hope[/name_f]
- [name_f]Iman[/name_f] - [name_f]Hope[/name_f]
- [name_f]Amina[/name_f] - [name_f]Hope[/name_f]