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We are really struggling with this. We live in Spain and both my husband and I are English. I really want a boys name that works in both languages. Girls names are easy, loads work both ways, but boys I am finding really hard!

Our dd is called Isabel Naiomi to give you a clue of names we like.

Help please, I don't know why but I am getting really stressed about it!

Marcus
Carl
Frank

Daniel, Leo, Lucas, Christan

Angelo
Claudio
Dante
Dario
Diego
Eduardo
Emanuel
Fabio
Felipe
Gabriel
Hugo
Javier / Xavier
Julian/o
Leon
Nicolas
Pedro
Rafael
Roman(o)
Salvador
Sol
Stefano
Tobias

Personally I like Hugo Rafael.

Thanks so much for your quick reponses!

I love loads of the names out of looyloops list and Hugo Rafael, but do you think they sound, or we would sound a pit affected if we used them? Either of us are Spanish

Hugo would be ugo, but I think that's fine.

Alex would work, I know a Spanish Alex, his actual name is Alejandro Spanish form of Alexander but he's known as Alex.

I like Hugo, but DH and I are both teachers and have taught to many "interesting" children with the name Hugo over the years!

I have also taught hundreds of Alejandros recently, I think it is the number 1 boys name in Spain at the moment

I want something that sounds the same in English and Spanish, but I don't think it is possible really.
Due to other people close to me using them I don't want to use
Lucus
Oscar
Alex

My half spanish nephew is Oscar. Bizarrely, I like it when his Spanish family says it, but nit when his English one does. Somehow, "Osk -er" sounds downmbeat and sad to me, while "Osk-ah" sounds happy and positive.

That is so true seeker. DH and I say that all the time with loads of different Spanish names.

A Spanish-Scottish couple we know who are expecting in a few weeks <waves to J if she's reading> are planning on David for a boy. The pronunciation is slightly different across the two languages, but they aren't bothered by that.

If you're planning to stay in Spain long-term I don't think it would sound affected to use a Spanish name (actually, personally I don't think it would sound affected anyway, but I don't see how a Spanish name could sound affected for a family living in Spain, assuming the children are growing up speaking Spanish outside the home).

Yes, we are planning on being here long term, we have already lived here for years and both speak Spanish well.

I love the name David, but it is my Dad's name.

Ruben

Oliver works well. Also shortened.

I really like Ruben, great name! On the list now.

Oliver is another great name, but a childhood friend has recently used it and our mums are still very good friends, so no

My nephew who is British, but has lived in Lanza since he was 4 months old, and his name is Tomas (I think there is an accent of some description on the "a" but I'm not sure.

He is now nearly 4 yrs old, btw.

I wish I had let the doctor tell me the sex of the baby at the scan now. He was just about to say, when I suddenly remembered, I don't want to know. All my friends, who are Spanish, think I am mad! But we didn't know for DD either. The doctors at the hospital think it is some funny old English tradition not to find out.

Please keep more names coming I need more ideas. Thanks every one.

Thanks meow I love the name Tomas, but 3 of my friends have a Thomas.

DH doesn't like Ruben as our surname begins with a R. Plus we really need to use the name Robert as a middle name at least, DH, his Dad, his Grandad ..... are all called, Robert something but are called by their middle name

William. Everyone will be able to pronounce it even if it's not a Spanish name. I know a William with a Spanish mother and British father.