Girls name that work in Spain and England

[karmachameleon999]

Am looking for girls names that work in Spain and England. I don't like names that can be easily shortened or likely to have a nickname. Prefer shorter names, as given name.

I like:
Sofia but it's quite popular
Lucia but worried it will be pronounced Loo-chee-ah rather than Loo-see-ah.
Athena which I know is Greek and not sure if it works in Spain.
Alba but doesn't work with surname.

Thank you.

Serenna

Maria

Lola?

My friend is bilingual English Spanish and his DD is called Julia.

here are some shorter girls Spanish baby names popular at the moment which work in English at my DC school:

Nora, Maia/Amaya/Amaia/Maya, Clara, Vera, Chloe/Cloe, Gaia, Lara, Zoe, Carla, Noa, Marta, Elia (I love that one), Ella, Lea, Sara, Mila, Mia..

How about Anya

In Spain OP Lucia would be pronounced Lu- thee-ah

in Italy it’s Lu - Chia.

Its actually very hard, there are lots of bilingual names but most have a different pronunciation in both languages!

in an Isabel Allende book there’s a family with three generations where the females have names based on purity which are:

Alba, Clara and Blanca.

Lia

@CarolynKnappShappeyShipwright Like Amaia but again doesn't go with the surname. Oooh never heard of Elia but looks lovely! I'll look that one up.
Love Alba but just doesn't work, unless I double barrelled but most people not a fan of double barrelled names.

Victoria
Anna
Catarina
Catalina
Gabriela
Maria
Isabella
Elena
Rosa
Clara

Rosa

Carmen
Valeria
Adelina
Emilia

But I see you prefer shorter names

Isabel/Isobel.

Nora/Elena

D d d d d Dora...

I have a Gabriela and Luisa

friends have
Isabela
Julia
Elsa
Ana
Sofia

Susanna

Paloma
Maria
Anna
Rosa

Elena, Eva, Clara

I know 3 anglo/Spanish families with a Maya

Isabel? Pronounced slightly differently in Spanish than english but not quite Clawdia/Cloudia level of difference.

Alba

Florence

I love Pilar!

Teresa

Luna
Valentina
Ines