Spanish girls name

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Which would you chose... And why?

Inés - Pronunciation issues?
Alba - Love but would need to double barrel as doesn't work with surname on its own.
Lola - Too show girl? Although does seem pretty popular in Spanish.
Vida - Short for Davida, the female of David, a family name. Really liking the links.
Sofia - Universally known, easy to pronounce. Probably the safe option.
Lucia - Means light, and she really is my light after years of infertility.

Thank you.

Maite

I think it's still the case that traditional Catholic names are more common in Spain. María, Belén, Dolores, Mercedes, etc. Under the dictatorship you could only give your child a saint name. No other names were permitted. Not sure if that changed in the 70s or later.
I think Spain also has stronger family name traditions than in the UK.
I think naming conventions have changed a lot in Spain but I still think you'll find there's less variation in names compared to the UK where anything goes and I suspect the most popular names are still quite traditional.

https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20231128/nombres-mas-comunes-ninos-ninas-espana/2349419.shtml

The top link is very helpful thank you as can search by area. Interestingly some of these names not overly popular!

I lived in Spain and know:

Ana
Maria
Sonia
Sofia
Cruz
Nina
Carla
Blanca
Ines
Lourdes
Amparo
Amelia
Maria Jose
Elisa
Guacimara

Also Manuela and Inmaculada

Lucia is very pretty and Sofia is just of my absolute favourite girls names - I know it's popular but there's a reason for that.

Ines I only really know through MN but I really like it

I loved the name Ines when choosing my second daughter’s name but my husband did not agree. We settled on Sofia.
My mum is Manuela so I wanted to keep with Spanish names

I like Alba but love Alma which means 'soul' in Spanish. Would have used it for my 3 year old but as he's a DS he probably wouldn't have appreciated it much 🥴

I also like Elena, Marisol, Marina, Lina, Rocio, Carolina, Valeria and Julia/Juliana but that has the Hoo-Lia/Liana difference to the English pronunciation.

Lucia Alba

I love all your names except Ines.