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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 ...!

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Cryptoprocta · 12/11/2008 22:28

Teresita, like my mom. She's supposed to be Theresa, but we think her Dad didn't know how to spell it. It took them two years to register her and her birthday is wrong on the certificate! She lives in Spain now, and the locals assume she's Spanish rather than Irish.

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isanybodythere · 12/11/2008 22:20

Some lovely name suggestions. Any others? Would like nice long list to run by DH!

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Cies · 12/11/2008 22:12

Some more unusual names from Galicia, that I think work in English as well:

Antía
Olaya
Iria

Cies · 12/11/2008 22:10

I think it's much easier to find beautiful names for girls that work in both languages than for boys.

I love

Elena
Isabel / Isabella
Carolina
Carlota
Eluisa
Elisa
Lucia
Ana
Alicia

Cryptoprocta · 12/11/2008 22:06

Eva, like DD

KateF · 12/11/2008 22:05

Isabella, Susanna, Eliana, Maria

wrinklytum · 12/11/2008 22:05

My db has a Chilean girlfriend called Katherine [Pron "E-KAT-ER-EEN" in Spanish)

Astrophe · 12/11/2008 22:05

Have decied to stop being selfish, and share my DD's gorgeous Spanish name

Lucia

seeker · 12/11/2008 22:04

My half Spanish neice is Miranda. Works well in both languages. Her cousin is Emma - ditto.

wtfhashappened · 12/11/2008 22:03

Ella?

Merrylegs · 12/11/2008 22:02

Ines

llareggub · 12/11/2008 22:02

Ruth (judging by X Factor, that is!)

I was at school with a Spanish girl called Sandra. No idea if her name works in Spanish, though.

Plonker · 12/11/2008 22:01

Carlotta

thumbwitch · 12/11/2008 22:01

Carmen

Orangutan · 12/11/2008 21:59

Maribel
Cristina