Favourite Names?

Question

I was just wondering if anyone had any favourite spanish names and what they mean.

Here are some of mine:

Rico/a (boy or girl) - rich

Sol (boy or girl) - sun

Mariposa (girl) - butterfly

Destino (boy) - destiny

Blanca (girl) - white

Azul (boy) - blue

Answer 1

I want to name my daughter in the future Ira which means anger in Spanish but peace in Greek. 2 almost opposite meanings at once...

Hello Cule, the word for peace in Greek is "irini", I haven't heard of "ira" with this meaning (Greek is my mother tongue) - maria_k, Dec 17, 2010

Answer 2

Carlos Santana..Which means...I can play the guitar like no other

Hahahah great! :D - culé, Dec 17, 2010

Answer 3

My favourite name for girls is "Isabella" and for boys "Alejandro" or "Marco"

¿Isabeya? With two L it will sound like LL, not like L. You mean "Isabela". - lazarus1907, Dec 17, 2010

Answer 4

Ira is a popular Hebrew name meaning descendant.

Answer 5

Rico/a (boy or girl) - rich

I can't only think of one person with that name.

Sol (boy or girl) - sun

I've only met women with that name.

Mariposa (girl) - butterfly

Never heard a woman with that name.

Destino (boy) - destiny

I find it hard to believe that someone has such a name.

Blanca (girl) - white

I've met a few ones.

Azul (boy) - blue

Never met anyone called like that.

Isabella! smile

A nice NON-Spanish name, since LL is pronounced similar to Y, not to an L. In Spanish is normally Isabel.

También me gusta "Mariposa". Es muy bonito (ese nombre). Además, me gusta "Esperanza" que significa "Hope".

"Mariposa" must be very popular in some countries, but I've never heard it before. I know quite a few "Esparanzas", though.

I want to name my daughter in the future Ira which means anger in Spanish but peace in Greek. 2 almost opposite meanings at once... smile

I've met a MAN with that name, from the USA, but never anyone from a Spanish-speaking country.

Answer 6

Like the weirdo I am sometimes, I keep a list of my favorite names (all of them in Spanish because mi future kids will have names in Spanish ). Is a very short list because I only write down the names that I feel I would actually give my children.

Boy names:

• Samuel

Hebrew origin: "name of God" or "God has heard". Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and later anointed David.

• Rafael

German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish usage (Hebrew name ??????? (Rapha'el): "God has healed". In Hebrew tradition Raphael was the name of one of the seven archangels. He appears in the Old Testament in the Book of Tobit, where it is told how he aided Tobias.

• Santiago (this is the one I like the most)

Spanish origin: "Saint James". A blended form of Saint Diego; Diego is a Spanish form of James. James the Greater (of the two apostles by that name) is the patron saint of Spain.

• Benjamin
• Gonzalo

I also like the names Luca, Theo, and Enzo (like Zizou’s kids ) but those are not Spanish names. Other name I like is Leonardo (like my Grandpa) but there are a few Leos in my family already, and I could go for some variant like Leonel or Lionel but no way I’m naming my kid like that .

Girl names:

• Carlota

Spanish form of Charlotte. French origin: little and womanly, feminine. Diminutive of Charles.

• Olalla (not sure about this one)

Greek origin: speaking sweetly, well spoken. Variant form of Eulalia. Used in Spain.

• Natalia (this is the one I like the most)

Derived from the Latin "Dies Natalis", meaning "Natal Day" or "birthday" in reference to the birth of Christ and was traditionally given to girls born around Christmas. Russian diminutive versions of this name are Natasha and Tasha.

Other girl names I like are: Donají or Donaxí, Niza (water), Nishanda, Shunashi, Biaani (light). I think these are beautiful names but they are not Spanish names (they're in Zapoteco, if I’m not mistaken) so.

Most of them are very common names, I know, but that's because I'd never give my child some weird "original" name, my parents did that with me and my brothers so I know firsthand how bad that can turn out.

In fact, during my teenage years, there were constantly different girls asking for "Alejandro" or "Carlos" over the phone, to what my answer was: "Who? What? No, sorry, wrong number." Later on my older brother -who is almost 9 years older than me- told us that he used to lie to girls about his name because he didn't like his real one .

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Talking about "original" names (and Zizou ) reminded me of [this cute kid] (http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040967842/1330021869024/jugador/Jugador/Marvel.htm) . I can already imagine all the fun the football commentators will have if this kid turns out to be a “crack”.

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Answer 7

También me gusta "Mariposa". Es muy bonito (ese nombre). Además, me gusta "Esperanza" que significa "Hope".

Answer 8

Isabella!