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Spanish/English boys names

68 replies

chica666 · 28/01/2008 11:33

Dh is Spanish, I'm English, and we live in Spain. We've got loads of girl's names that we love, and that would be easy to pronounce in both languages. But, we're having more trouble with boy's names. Either an English name that will not be totally mispronounced here, and that we won't have to spell out all the time, or a Spanish name that the English family can wrap their tongues around without too much trouble. Any suggestions?

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onebatmother · 28/01/2008 21:04

(not common like that, common like both on same thread)

snotbuster · 28/01/2008 20:58

We're both english (in England) but our son is a Manu - unusual but most people can manage it! A friend from Madrid said it's quite old fashioned in Spain now though, where he'd be a Manolo.

mrsruffallo · 28/01/2008 20:57

Yes, Omar, very popular in Latin America!!
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onebatmother · 28/01/2008 20:52

OMAR??

mrsruffallo · 28/01/2008 20:43

Omar?

mrsruffallo · 28/01/2008 20:43

Elias? Emiliano? Gabriel? Rafael?

Tickle · 28/01/2008 19:42

Chica we have a lovely Hector

seeker · 28/01/2008 19:36

My half Spanish, half English nephew is Oscar. They also considered Bruno.

PillockOfTheCommunity · 28/01/2008 19:32

Maveta is a brit living in Mallorca witrh a Spanish dh, they chose Noah as it worked well in both languages

tribpot · 28/01/2008 19:30

LOL I used to work at a firm where we had a male employee join called Angel, he had to put up with being called "Ankle".

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chica666 · 28/01/2008 18:54

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions. The ones I like best (Alberto, Javier, Fernando, Antonio) aren't possible because of close family being called that, and I'm not too keen on the Spanish fashion of too many of the same name in one family. Saying X padre (senior)and X hijo (junior) is just too much work for me!

So, we'll be thinking.

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littleboo · 28/01/2008 18:18

xavier

onebatmother · 28/01/2008 18:12

Alberto?
Diego?
Would it be okay to have something that each country can pronounce, but differently?

onebatmother · 28/01/2008 14:57

(apols to chica for brief continuation of hijack)
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witchandchips · 28/01/2008 14:10

onebat am okay and have now rediscovered the joys of historical romantic fiction thanks to a few of your posts

lokka · 28/01/2008 13:13

Oh yes. I love Oscar and Gabriel (Gabi) DS could have been Gabi if it wasn´t for my ex having this name!
DP is Ruben which works both ways, only the stress is in a different place. I also love this name but don´t like that thing which is common here of naming son after the father.
Lots of nice names to choose from here!

onebatmother · 28/01/2008 13:10

my first crush age four was Ramon.

(hello witchandchips are you well? I think of you frequently at storytime..)

witchandchips · 28/01/2008 13:07

surely Pablo and Ramon can't present that many problems ?

LoveAngel · 28/01/2008 13:03

Emilio is lovely. I have a Spanish friend who's brother is called Esteban (Spanish version of Steven), which I also think is lovely.

MorocconOil · 28/01/2008 13:00

Benjamin(Benji)

Gabriel

Luca

Fabio

onebatmother · 28/01/2008 12:57

yes Oscar! Mine is Oscalito to his Tata..

Spockster · 28/01/2008 12:55

Alejandro (Alex)
Oscar (!)

PrettyCandles · 28/01/2008 12:49

I know a Spanish/English family, with a boy called Bryce, only I think it's spelled differently - Brais, possibly?

onebatmother · 28/01/2008 12:43

jaime? (himeh?)