Spanish names

[Easteregghunt1]

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

Another vote for Ines. Or Leonor, like the Infanta.

@QuentininQuarantino

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!

@QuentininQuarantino of course the basque names are in your list :) my real name is in there

It’s from 2019 but a few ideas in this link
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bebesymas.com/noticias/200-nombres-frecuentes-espana-provincias/amp

I really like Josemi for a boy.

Mariela
Mariángel
Marisol
Valentina
Gabriela
Alejandra

Tamara

Love Mateo!

Adelina

We already have one child named one of these names, and a cat named another! And some family members named other names although I do like them... things like Alma, Amaia, Ana, Rocio etc... so they are no goes. I really like Elena but husband doesnt. I like Ainara and Nora too. Might see what my husband thinks of those. Any more ideas most welcome!

Valentina
Alejandro/a

Nina

I love Nina, Ramona and Carla

I went to school with a girl called Estrella Cazador, which translates as Star Hunter (Cazador was her surname). I always thought it was poetic. She went by the nickname Star in school.

Pilar
Elisa
Paula
Ana
Beatriz

Estrella is beautiful!

Carmen
Loretta
Carlotta
Ines
Esmerelda
Miranda
Pilar
Amada
Dolores

Francisca
Candela
Daniela

@Easteregghunt1

We already have one child named one of these names, and a cat named another! And some family members named other names although I do like them... things like Alma, Amaia, Ana, Rocio etc... so they are no goes. I really like Elena but husband doesnt. I like Ainara and Nora too. Might see what my husband thinks of those. Any more ideas most welcome!

I love one of the names you like ... it’s my real name :) Ainhoa Icíar (Itziar in basque) Maite Lourdes Natalia Sandra Nuria

Gorka
Jon
Ander
Andoni
Alex
Xabi/xabier
Borja
Unai
Miguel/mikel
Imanol

Most of them are basque , so from the north area which has got its own language as well but many are nowadays used accross Spain as well (Ainara which you’ve liked is basque for example )

Ararceli Is such a lovely and underused name i think.

Big fan for Francisco and Fran.

Alba is very popular here as as well as being a Spanish name it's also the garlic word for Scotland

Alvaro
Viviana

We already have a daughter called Alba! And for that reason Alvaro is also out. I love the name and to me they are different names, but to my Spanish husband they sound way too similar! I quite like a lot of the Basque names but worry about English pronounciation. I know a 6 year old Itziar and she always corrects me on her name haha. I really like Nina, Ainhoa... really struggling this time around as whilst I like lots of names I dont think I LOVE any of them?!

@Easteregghunt1

We already have a daughter called Alba! And for that reason Alvaro is also out. I love the name and to me they are different names, but to my Spanish husband they sound way too similar! I quite like a lot of the Basque names but worry about English pronounciation. I know a 6 year old Itziar and she always corrects me on her name haha. I really like Nina, Ainhoa... really struggling this time around as whilst I like lots of names I dont think I LOVE any of them?!

If it helps my name is Basque, so is my sons (it ends with -tz which is a really common thing in the Basque language) and British people pronounce their name really well.

Aratz
Aroa
Dolores
Ines

Alba and Lola
Alba and Isabella
Alba and Valentina

Alba and Roderigo
Alba and Lucas

Nina is also lovely but I don't think glows quite as well with Alba for some reason

Mireia is just gorgeous - a lovely sound and my favourite Spanish name. The beautiful Claudia comes very close though, and I think it is much more well used internationally if that matters. Gabriela is okay, but Emilia and Clara are a bit more trendy for me, even though they are nice names. Do you like Camila or Selena, they are some of my other hispanic influenced favorites? (and Antonia, but you said no -ia!)

My fave Spanish boys name is Xavier, but your choice of cool international Mateo comes close (but there is nothing especially wrong with Oscar - it's just is quite trendy/popular in the UK). I also like Diego and Santiago, but I'm not sure what kind of image they have in Spain. Valentin is also quite international?