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Eeek! Little face doesn't match name we had picked out

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Barbafamiily · 25/10/2012 10:40

Uh oh! Gave birth three days ago and the name that we had thought of for our little boy, now that he is born, doesn't seem right any more, and am not convinced by any of our back ups either! We live in Spain, my husband is Spanish, I am English so we were looking for a name that sounded nice (if not the same) in both languages. We had thought of Oliver, which although is really common in the UK, is still quite different here, but is recognised and easily pronounced. But now we are just not seeing it as he looks much more of a Latin baby than English (husband has stamped out all my genes!)
The other names we had were Bruno, Dario, Hugo and Ruben which are all recognisable names here but am not 100% convinced by any of them.
He looks like a Jack or a Barnaby (he's a strapping little fellow!) but these names are too English for my DH. Neither is he keen on too Biblical sounding names. And I am not keen on the really common names here like Pablo or Javier because they don't feel special enough (am crazy in love!)
Any ideas / suggestions REALLY welcomed
Thanks!

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Diamond7 · 26/10/2012 17:14

Arturo? (Spanish version of Arthur)

vamosbebe · 26/10/2012 17:30

Simon - much nicer in Spanish as the accent is on the 'mon' part. We considered it for our half Spanish-half British DS, also Tomas (accent on 'mas') they sound nicer in Spanish. We finally went for Oscar, I couldn't give two bloody hoots how popular it is in UK. Loved Felix (Feh-lix in Spanish pronunciation) and Barnaby (Bernabe in Spanish), but we kind of chickened-out of it for being maybe a little 'out there' which in hindsight was effing ridiculous as our DS is SUCH a total Barnaby!!!

I also love:
Leon ('lay-on')
Ruben
Bruno

and Catalan names (depending on your DH's love-hate relationship with Catalunya):
Roc
Pau (Paul/peace)

I'd veto Isaac as I don't like the pronunciation here: i-zak

HolyAutumnGoldBatman · 26/10/2012 17:37

Love Matteo and Arturo

pipoca · 26/10/2012 19:40

DS is Nicolás (we live in Spain). Nico for short.

baskingseals · 26/10/2012 20:27

love Rafael.

also love love Tiago. one of the best names ever imho

congratulations on your lovely boy

KenDoddsDadsDog · 26/10/2012 20:28

Matteo or Rafael

KenDoddsDadsDog · 26/10/2012 20:29

Oh and Gabriel! Love that in Spanish.

emblosion · 30/10/2012 20:51

Ramon?

MoelFammau · 31/10/2012 01:26

My DD was born with very dark hair. She's now a curly strawberry blonde. Just sayin'!

BittenInfectedCorpseDodger · 31/10/2012 01:35

No suggestions, just sympathy. Grin

My DS (now 7) was going to be an Oliver - right up until the moment he was born where he became a Jack.

We had originally discounted the name because although we both loved it, it was 'too popular'

7 years on, I hate the fact he is one of 3 in his class, but there are also 3 Bradleys, which I wouldn't have guessed.

Love most of the names on this thread Smile

sashh · 31/10/2012 05:45

I've worked alongside a Matias and a Federico, both great guys.

I've also met an Argentinian called Daniel, would that work?

Emilio, Ernesto?

Lovelylace · 31/10/2012 10:01

Love Raphael, Bruno, just makes me think of the film Bruno, with Sacha Baron Cohen Wink

EdsRedeemingQualities · 31/10/2012 10:11

I knew a man from the Basque once whose name was Jose Luis - everyone called him Pepe.

It's the only Spanish name I can think of, sorry! It's sweet though...he sounds like a proper lovely baby x

lollystix · 31/10/2012 10:19

Roman?

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