A name for Diego’s sister

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DS is called Diego. DH is from a Spanish speaking country and as we live in the UK it was important for us to have a name that was obviously Spanish but still worked well in the UK. We’re expecting a little girl now and are really stumped on names. We’d like something that meets the same criteria we had for DS’s name. Ideally names that are pronounced the same in English and Spanish. Any ideas?

I have friends who have a Diego and an Amaya (dad is Spanish)

Lidia
Cristina
Raquel

Catalina was the first name that came to my mind 🤷‍♀️

Very unusual but son's friend in nursery is called Balia - very pretty

Paloma
Daniela
Martina
Valeria

Marianna

Thank you for this, we like
Elia
Nerea
Julieta
Naia
Ariadna
Lia
Maria
Mireia
out of these!

Hmm, not pretty if you work in a medical field and know what balanitis is 😬

Paola

As an aside, Carlotta definitely sounds like a vampire.

Alba
luna
maria
eva

Louisa.

Wow so many responses, thank you!.
I like Julietta, Maria, and Louisa but prefer Luisa spelling.

Frida

They go well together :)

Alma
Rosa
Inez

Paloma

Mirabelle

Elena
Sasha
Talia
Celeste
Alessandra
Belle

Another approach- could you get up the full names of DH’s grandmothers and great-grandmothers (including middle names) and see if you get any ideas from those.

Natalia

If you pick Luisa but your DD is living in an English speaking country it will be mispelled as Louisa all the time.

Eva is a problem pronounced Ava in Spanish but Eva in English.

I think you need to try for a name which avoids these two problems - I'm on team Rosa, easy to spell in both languages and the pronunciation is similar.

Constancia, Connie for short

Maradona, especially if you're in Scotland

I agree with @Hungryheart2025 - you need to also take into account whether misspelling in English would be bothersome - best example being Luisa, I think (as most Brits would just assume Louisa) - and also whether different pronunciation in English/Spanish is an issue for you.

There are some great names suggested which would avoid both of those issues.
Personally I really like Catalina (some in UK may ask for spelling but I don't think there would be an automatic assumption it wa spelt differently as in the case of Luisa). It's a bit different but pretty, goes well with Diego and could be 'Cat' for short if your DD/you like that.
I love the name Paloma, and Elena is nice too.

Ramona
Rosa