I’m a Canadian married to a Spaniard and we live in Spain. Our first boy is named “[name]Santiago[/name]” and I’m totally lost for a name for boy number two. I love “[name]Rio[/name]” but worry it is a little modern for Spain where boys are named very traditionally, especially given that that his older brother has a classic Spanish name. It has to be easily pronouncable in both languages. Any suggestions?
[name]Santiago[/name] - what a handsome name! [name]Rio[/name] is a great name, but I am not sure what things are like in Spain as far as different names…
I really really love [name]Mateo[/name]. And I’ve also been loving [name]Arnau[/name] (or actually, for me it’s the French version - [name]Arnaud[/name]) lately.
I’m Canadian too! I love your son’s name [name]Santiago[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you call him [name]Diego[/name] as a nickname? [name]Rio[/name] may be too modern sounding with your older son’s more traditional name. Here are some Spanish names that could be paired with [name]Santiago[/name].
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Joaquin[/name]
[name]Fernando[/name]
[name]Andres[/name]
[name]Amador[/name]
[name]Armando[/name]
[name]Carlos[/name]
[name]Clemente[/name]
[name]Elias[/name] / [name]Elio[/name]
[name]Enrique[/name]
[name]Esteban[/name]
[name]Francisco[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Inigo[/name]
[name]Javier[/name]
[name]Jose[/name]
[name]Pedro[/name]
[name]Rafael[/name]
[name]Luis[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Ramiro[/name]
[name]Lucio[/name]
[name]Manuel[/name]
Bernabe
[name]Jacinto[/name]
[name]Leandro[/name]
[name]Mateo[/name]
[name]Ramon[/name]
[name]Maximo[/name]
[name]Miguel[/name]
[name]Rodrigo[/name]
[name]Tadeo[/name]
[name]Tomas[/name]
[name]Vidal[/name]
[name]Carlos[/name]
[name]Orlando[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Pablo[/name]
My favorites are [name]Samuel[/name] and [name]Sabastian[/name]. They both compliment your son’s name well and translate into both languages easily.
I misspelled [name]Sebastian[/name], sorry!
[name]Geraldo[/name]
[name]Gilberto[/name]
[name]Bernardo[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Julio[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Diego[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Humberto[/name]
[name]Federico[/name]
[name]Orlando[/name]
[name]Raymundo[/name]
[name]Alonzo[/name]
[name]Mauricio[/name]
[name]Francisco[/name]
[name]Emilio[/name]
[name]Adolfo[/name]
[name]Noah[/name]
[name]Ruben[/name]
[name]Eliseo[/name]
[name]Alfonso[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Jesus[/name]
[name]Juan[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Jose[/name]
[name]Pedro[/name]
[name]Tito[/name]
[name]Mateo[/name]
[name]Rodolfo[/name]
[name]Eli[/name]
[name]Lorenzo[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Gregorio[/name]
[name]Alberto[/name]
[name]Antonio[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Teodoro[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Patricio[/name]
[name]Sergio[/name]
[name]Marcelo[/name]
[name]Ricardo[/name]
[name]Raul[/name]
[name]Alejandro[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Osvaldo[/name]
[name]Moises[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Adan[/name]
[name]Andres[/name]
[name]Pablo[/name]
[name]Rolando[/name]
[name]Roberto[/name]
What about names that end in -rio so you could use [name]Rio[/name] as a nickname?
Some suggestions:
[name]Dario[/name]
[name]Mario[/name]
[name]Valerio[/name]
I’m sure there are more, but these are all I can think of at the moment.