Bilingual Spanish/English boy name

[Laruca]

Hi! I am expecting my third baby. Both my husband and me are Spanish but we live in the UK. We are struggling with names for the baby. Ideally, we would like a name that is written the same in both English and Spanish and with similar pronunciations in both languages. We have these names in the list: Alex, Lucas and Oliver. What do you think about these names? Any other suggestions?
Thanks!

Spanish/English families I know have a Samuel and a Lucas. Pablo would be really lovely too.

I know a Spanish-British Otto, Simon and Oscar.

I'm originally from Portugal and my partner is British and our boy is Ruben, easy for both families to pronounce.

I have a family member who is Spanish/British and he is Oliver. Matteo could work as he could be Matt for short in UK. Or Bruno?

It depends a lot on how much you care about pronunciation. British people will use a different pronunciation for any name beginning with H or J, and any name ending with R. They will also put the stress on different syllables with names like Daniel or Martín.

Not saying that's a bad thing, just something to keep in mind - some people are bothered by this, others not so much.

Lorenzo

Hugo
Daniel
Sebastian
Hector

Simon

My British/ Spanish boy is Daniel. He's really cross he hasn't got a more Spanish name.

He'd like to be called Santiago (nn Santi),

I know a half Spanish family with a Nico, Matteo and Tomas

Nicolas

I’m obviously too used to living in London because nobody at my kids’ schools has ever mispronounced names like Javier etc and something like Pablo would be just whatever, it’s pronounced as it’s written.

FWIW I love love love Rafael, Felipe, Nico and Santiago. No way would I call a kid Philip, but somehow Felipe is beautiful and strong.

Alex, Lucas and Oliver are all nice.

what about Diego?

I find that a lot of English speakers mispronounce Javier. It's common enough that they tend to know how to pronounce the J (which often trips them up in other names like Jorge or Jaime), but any Spanish name ending in R causes problems for people with non-rhotic accents.

Surely Oliver is problematic because it's pronounced"Oliber" in Spanish? There is quite a big difference between a "b" and a soft "v".

Just be glad you're not Portuguese.

My poor Brazilian colleague Julio is always having to smile nicely when British people think they are being all clever by calling him "Hoolio".

(Portuguese is a soft "J" , think Jose Mourinho)

@ChocChipHandbag , many people say Joe-say Mooreeneeo.

We’re a bilingual Spanish-English family and have a Camilo and a Mateo. Both work well in terms of pronunciation. We also considered Álvaro, Santiago and Valentín.

Nicolas?

Not sure what you mean? I wasn't saying anything about the pronounciation of his surname, just the start of the first name. I meant that people do commonly hear it as an example of the correct sound in Portuguese that I was trying to describe, because the BBC get it right.

There isn’t much point getting hung up on the fact that Spaniards and Brits will pronounce the name in their native accent, just as Alexander would be pronounced differently within the UK on either side of the trap-bath split. Probably best to avoid the letters which correspond to very different phonemes in the two languages, eg j, ll, rr.

I like Leo and Rafael