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Spanish boys names for a Spanish/British family

37 replies

escocesita · 16/07/2022 06:48

Hello!

We’re expecting our second son next year. My first child is called Camilo.We’re looking for Spanish names that work well for English speakers too.

So far we have a few on our list but I’m not sure if it is love!

Mateo
Valentín
Álvaro

Any thoughts or other suggestions are welcome!

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octoberfarm · 20/07/2022 00:39

I love Rafael, Mateo, Emilio and Santiago!

Billi77 · 20/07/2022 00:18

Iñigo ?

Hiyawotcha · 19/07/2022 21:14

Ds2 has friends with one to two Spanish parents at his school called:
Francesco (Franco)
Ivan
Hugo
diego
carlos

Seashor · 19/07/2022 21:10

My Spanish cousins are:
Jose - Pepe,
Antonio - Antonito,
Miguel,
Angel-Angelito,
Jorge and Jose Marie.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 18/07/2022 03:03

Inigo! Love that name - would use it in a heartbeat if I had obvious Spanish links. And it will be familiar to a lot of us Brits thanks to Inigo Jones and "Inigo Montoya" in TPB (although I think the Spanish vs British pronunciation of the name might be slightly different).

Having said that, Mateo is lovely too - so cross cultural and Valentin is growing on me (Alvaro is a bit more unusual here - not sure if I like it or not, but it does sound nice with Camilo imo)

LittleFilly · 17/07/2022 21:03

Pablo is lovely
Rodrigo (Rodri)
Rafael (Rafi / Rafa)
Luciano (Luca)
Jose (Pepe)
Carlos

neerg · 17/07/2022 06:50

How about Jordi. I love that name.

Penfelyn · 17/07/2022 06:31

Matias works great in both languages. The pronounciation will be different (but that will be the case with pretty much any name you choose).

Mario
Santino
Hugo
Leonardo
Mariano
Jaime will be pronounced very differently but no one will struggle with it (Jaime Lannister made this name known to most)
Felipe
Felix
Carlos
Pedro
Manuel
Luis
Sebastian
Lucas
Nicolas
Pablo
Simon
Gabriel

I'd avoid most names with a jota otherwise so Juan, Joaquin, Alejandro... And sadly Javier, which I really like.

Caminante · 16/07/2022 16:47

Onlyrainbows · 16/07/2022 07:11

Our little boy is Diego Antonio

I love Diego.

David also works well in both languages.

FlissyPaps · 16/07/2022 16:10

Emilio
Cristobal
Hugo
Xavier/Javier
Marcos/Marco
Dario
Felipe

Dic · 16/07/2022 13:02

Alberto

midsomermurderess · 16/07/2022 12:58

Mateo is lovely. I can’t see how even your most monoglot Brit would struggle with that.

chiffchaffchiff · 16/07/2022 12:08

I love Alvaro, it's uncommon but lovely. Love Matteo too.

StarlingsInTheRoof · 16/07/2022 11:48

I love Mateo, Hector, Diego, Valentino. I would shy away from Bruno thanks to Encanto. As soon as pp suggested it I was singing we don't talk about Bruno no no no no. It's a film loved by lots of kids currently so would be really irritating.

bailarbailar · 16/07/2022 11:45

I like David, both the Spanish and English pronunciation

NeverHadANickname · 16/07/2022 11:43

Antonio is nice but I really like Mateo reading the other replies.

SunnieShine · 16/07/2022 11:29

I love Mateo.

SummaLuvin · 16/07/2022 11:22

Names with Os in them can be produced quite differently in a more Northern accent, just be aware of if that would be an issue.

user1492757084 · 16/07/2022 11:02

Camilo and his handsome brother ..

Felipe
Gaudi - I know it's a surname but it is cute
Ricardo
Rafael
Enrique

Chickenkorma64 · 16/07/2022 09:55

We couldn’t agree on any names that were similar in both languages, so went with Javi for DS. You usually only need to tell people how to pronounce it once.

we also liked Marcos, Alejandro, Daniel.
One of my favs was Angel, but no one would ever get that right!

SirChenjins · 16/07/2022 09:45

Ignore that, my fault for not reading your OP correctly!

SirChenjins · 16/07/2022 09:42

Do you mean Spanish names that British people can pronounce, or British names that Spanish people can pronounce?

AuditAngel · 16/07/2022 09:40

My son is Valentino, which is more common in Italy the Spain, but works. Also like Rafael

CoalTit · 16/07/2022 09:33

A lot of Spanish people pronounce Alex so that it sounds like Alice to native English speakers. That could drive you nuts.

KatRee · 16/07/2022 09:11

We've ruled out Sergio, as British people (including myself!) can't pronounce it correctly. Same goes for anything with a J and anything beginning with a R that doesn't exist in English already ( so Rafael would be ok as it's so close to Raphael, I feel it would be fine to pronounce with an English, rather than Spanish R.)