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Girls Spanish/English names

65 replies

isanybodythere · 12/11/2008 21:44

Need name that works in both languages. Don't mind long or short names. Suggestions please ...!

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Orangutan · 12/11/2008 21:59

Maribel
Cristina

thumbwitch · 12/11/2008 22:01

Carmen

Plonker · 12/11/2008 22:01

Carlotta

llareggub · 12/11/2008 22:02

Ruth (judging by X Factor, that is!)

I was at school with a Spanish girl called Sandra. No idea if her name works in Spanish, though.

Merrylegs · 12/11/2008 22:02

Ines

wtfhashappened · 12/11/2008 22:03

Ella?

seeker · 12/11/2008 22:04

My half Spanish neice is Miranda. Works well in both languages. Her cousin is Emma - ditto.

Astrophe · 12/11/2008 22:05

Have decied to stop being selfish, and share my DD's gorgeous Spanish name

Lucia

wrinklytum · 12/11/2008 22:05

My db has a Chilean girlfriend called Katherine [Pron "E-KAT-ER-EEN" in Spanish)

KateF · 12/11/2008 22:05

Isabella, Susanna, Eliana, Maria

Cryptoprocta · 12/11/2008 22:06

Eva, like DD

Cies · 12/11/2008 22:10

I think it's much easier to find beautiful names for girls that work in both languages than for boys.

I love

Elena
Isabel / Isabella
Carolina
Carlota
Eluisa
Elisa
Lucia
Ana
Alicia

Cies · 12/11/2008 22:12

Some more unusual names from Galicia, that I think work in English as well:

Antía
Olaya
Iria

isanybodythere · 12/11/2008 22:20

Some lovely name suggestions. Any others? Would like nice long list to run by DH!

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Cryptoprocta · 12/11/2008 22:28

Teresita, like my mom. She's supposed to be Theresa, but we think her Dad didn't know how to spell it. It took them two years to register her and her birthday is wrong on the certificate! She lives in Spain now, and the locals assume she's Spanish rather than Irish.

Plonker · 12/11/2008 22:28

Sylvie
Annabel
Dora

Cies · 12/11/2008 22:36

I also like:
Laura
Blanca
Alba
Alejandra

These ones also work in both languages (I'm doing a mental role call of all my students in the last few years ):
Lorena
Marta
María
Sara
Andrea
Susana
Paula
Carla
Victoria

Cies · 12/11/2008 22:38

Ohh, I almost forgot Catalina (Sp version of Catherine). V beautiful name.

Can you tell it's a subject that interests me a lot?

LaDiDaDi · 12/11/2008 23:09

Carmen has always worked well ime .

mumtum1 · 12/11/2008 23:37

Our little one is called Claudia (pronounced Cloudier)

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mumtum1 · 12/11/2008 23:51

Nieves?

Right, really got to go to sleep now. This is addictive.

claricebean · 13/11/2008 00:43

Ok, girls in DCs' classes (in Spain) are:

Isabel, Elena, Cristina, Carmen, Maria, Marta, Rosa, Eva, Gloria, Nuria, Ines, Clara, Laura, Ana, Lola, Lydia, Noa, Andrea, Irene, Sandra, Ester, Natalia, Sonia,

uummm...can't think of any more just now. HTH

mumtum1 · 13/11/2008 07:29

Nieves?

Right, really got to go to sleep now. This is addictive.

Orangutan · 13/11/2008 09:45

Regina

Juanita

Anita

Bonita

Tell us which you like, & what you decide ;)

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