Spanish names

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Which do you like? Or what other ideas do you have? (Nothing that ends in ia e.g. Sofia Lucia etc)

Boys:
Mateo
Oscar

Girls:
Gabriela
Clara
Claudia (exception to ia rule, seems to work with surname better for some reason)
Mireia
Emilia

I love Paloma and Pia

Actually just realised a lot end in ia! Haha. I think it's how pronounced the ia is as part of the name. It's the ee ya bit we cant have.

Hmmm not a fan of either but thanks. Esp because paloma means pigeon

Ines, the most beautiful name 😀

I like Nico for a boy

I like Mateo and Claudia.

Quite like Alba
Mercedes is marmite but I like it
Love Alejandro

I think Paloma means dove?

I like Matteo.

Hilaria 😂😂

Paloma meets pigeon and dove. Usually Pigeon in Spain, though.

I like Clara, and Pia.

Ines reminds me of MAFS now.

Irene

Matteo is an Italian name

Miguel
Andres
Angel

Sol
Alma (means 'soul')
Maria
Clara
Mercedes

Back in the days when I had a Spanish bf, i used to think that if we ever had a girl I'd want to call her Noelia. Still love the name although Spanish bf is long gone 😂 thankfully before any kids appeared! It's another "ia" one, though.

Carmen
Rocio
Cibeles
Marta
Alejandra

Tomás

Eva

Gabriela is the only one i really like.
the female one beginning with M, reminds me of a contraceptive coil.

Haha yes hadnt thought about the coil!
Paloma does mean dove, but much more commonly known to mean pigeon in Spain! I love Noelia and also Nuria but I'm not sure how they work in English. Is Noelia too Christmasssy etc. We already have one child which rules out some of the suggestions above!

I have one of the ones I mentioned! Works very well in both Spanish and English!

If a girl () he would have been Sofia which I note you don't like!

Marta

Matteo
Tomas

Boys:

Xavier/Javier
Alvaro
Ander

Girls:
Alba
Amaia (pron Amaya so not -ia!)
Ainara
Nora
Carla / Carlota

I desperately wanted to call DD Montserrat nn. Monty or Montse but was strongly overruled!

Boy: Diego
Girl: Lorena

There are names which are spelt the same in both English and Spanish though pronounced differently. I don't know if that'd interest you, if so: Julia, Laura, Daniel & David. Though granted no one will see them as Spanish.

For more stand out names, I like:

Girls:
Rocio
Adriana
Blanca

Boys:
Rafael
Javier
Alvaro

Elena

Luna
Lía
Julieta
Renata

Ana
Beatriz
Eleanora
Elena
Isolde
Lola
Luiza
Ramona
Rosa

That said, my favourite two names of Spanish women I know are Celia and Miriam.

Arlo
Fredrico
Hugo
Ignacius
Inigo
Marco
Tomaz