Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Girls Spanish/English names

65 replies

isanybodythere · 12/11/2008 21:44

Need name that works in both languages. Don't mind long or short names. Suggestions please ...!

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
LuLuBai · 13/11/2008 14:09

Yup - that's the one! I am surprised how difficult a lot of people find it though, so I might actually recommend a shorter name.

I think you are right to avoid Noa - too close to Noah which is v. popular in this country for boys right now.

Ines is on my list for next DC if it's a girl. Personally I prefer Alma to Alba - but that is probably because I always think of La Casa de Bernarda Alba so it makes me feel claustraphobic.

Eliana is gorgeous. I think it may have Hebrew origins (or so I was told). Isabel and Eva are really lovely and do work in both languages very well but they are enormously popular.

Natalia is very pretty too (not on my list as it is a relative's name).

So really I haven't helped at all as I love all the names you have on your list.

sunnytimer · 13/11/2008 14:07

Message withdrawn

Rhubarb · 13/11/2008 14:05

Bénita

yellowflowers · 13/11/2008 14:03

Also:

Martha/Marta
Maria
Angela
Ana/Anna

yellowflowers · 13/11/2008 14:03

Luisa?

Original poster
isanybodythere · 13/11/2008 13:59

Some lovely names here. We are living in the UK at the moment and I think some of them wouldn't work with an English accent.

Am loving:

Clara
Eva
Ines
Alba
Noa - too much like boys name Noah?

Looks like I'm going for the shorter names! Also love:

Eliana -is this italian?
Natalia
Isabel

Some good nns with the longer names.

Don't want anything too popular, or frumpy, good point TheNewsMonger.

LuLuBai - I think your DD's name begins with a P!

Will run the whole thread by DH later.

OP posts:
MKG · 13/11/2008 13:37

My nieces are

Reyna
Linda
Gloria
Angelica
Rocio
Guadalupe
Marta
Lorena
Jesica
Carolina
Elisabeth
Nancy
Evelia

LuLuBai · 13/11/2008 12:42

De tus favoritos me encantan Alma, Ines y Lola. Lucia tambien me gusta mucho, pero hay muchisimas en Espana

No quiero ponerlo aqui en MN pero mi hija tiene el nombre de un pajaro blanco...

Otros.....

Mirabel
Miranda
Matilda
Anabel
Catalina
Eulalia
Isabel
Melissa

vacaloca · 13/11/2008 12:27

Concepcion, Inmaculada, Purificacion, Cesarea...

My favourites are Alba, Alma, Ines, Natalia, Clara, Lola. I also loved Lucia but worried people would pronounce it 'Luchia' or 'Lusha'.

Sparks · 13/11/2008 12:15

Amanda

shootfromthehip · 13/11/2008 12:08

My DD is a Clara and everyone comments on it in the UK and in Spain.

TheNewsMonger · 13/11/2008 12:00

Sílvia, Lídia, Anabel, Julia, Clara, Leonora....... Those would be ones I'd use just because I really like which happen to be workable in Spain too.

Maribel is lovely btw. Gorgeous.

JMO, but I think the names in the top ten in spain at the moment are a bit frumpier. Here in GB, super feminine names are 'in' and they are choosing things like Nuria and Noa. JMO.

Bubbaluv · 13/11/2008 11:21

Rosa or Rosalita

Boyswillbeboys · 13/11/2008 11:12

When I was in Spain, I had an English friend called Linda. All the Spanish girls thought that was a fab name as it means beautiful! My name is Rebecca - not so beautiful as it means cardigan in Spanish

I love all the suggestions above, also Luisa.

VerifiedLU4097 · 13/11/2008 10:40

I lived with 2 spanish girls at Uni, one was called Esther and the other Racquel.

Orangutan · 13/11/2008 09:45

Regina

Juanita

Anita

Bonita

Tell us which you like, & what you decide ;)

mumtum1 · 13/11/2008 07:29

Nieves?

Right, really got to go to sleep now. This is addictive.

claricebean · 13/11/2008 00:43

Ok, girls in DCs' classes (in Spain) are:

Isabel, Elena, Cristina, Carmen, Maria, Marta, Rosa, Eva, Gloria, Nuria, Ines, Clara, Laura, Ana, Lola, Lydia, Noa, Andrea, Irene, Sandra, Ester, Natalia, Sonia,

uummm...can't think of any more just now. HTH

mumtum1 · 12/11/2008 23:51

Nieves?

Right, really got to go to sleep now. This is addictive.

Califrau · 12/11/2008 23:45

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

mumtum1 · 12/11/2008 23:37

Our little one is called Claudia (pronounced Cloudier)

LaDiDaDi · 12/11/2008 23:09

Carmen has always worked well ime .

Cies · 12/11/2008 22:38

Ohh, I almost forgot Catalina (Sp version of Catherine). V beautiful name.

Can you tell it's a subject that interests me a lot?

Cies · 12/11/2008 22:36

I also like:
Laura
Blanca
Alba
Alejandra

These ones also work in both languages (I'm doing a mental role call of all my students in the last few years ):
Lorena
Marta
María
Sara
Andrea
Susana
Paula
Carla
Victoria

Plonker · 12/11/2008 22:28

Sylvie
Annabel
Dora