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Italian, Spanish or French girls names...

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HeadFairy · 11/09/2009 18:38

I realise that's quite a wide brief...

Dh's family is Italian, my dad's family is Italian, my mum's family is Argentine with some French. I have a French first name, dh has an Italian first name, ds has an Italian first name (Luca) so I'm a bit stumped for girls names.... never thought I'd be having a girl, so I never gave it a thought!

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Cies · 11/09/2009 18:41

DH is Spanish and we live in Spain.

Girls names we are considering are;

Elena
Clara
Lucia
Alicia
Carlota
Carolina
Sofia
Isabel

Any you like there?

nancy75 · 11/09/2009 18:46

valentina
paloma
carlotta
carmela
consuela
maricella
natalia
esperanza

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HeadFairy · 11/09/2009 18:47

So far I only like Carlotta....

I've also been considering Giovanna, but I need more inspiration. I really didn't think I'd ever have a dd, so I haven't a clue about girls names!

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nancy75 · 11/09/2009 19:10

lots on here
www.babynology.com/spanish-girlnames-l25.html

jellybeans · 11/09/2009 21:56

Teija (tay-a)
Leonie (lay-oh-ni) or Lee-oh-nee without accent.
Elodie

LionstarBigPants · 11/09/2009 22:00

I love Genevieve, but DP says no

Rindercella · 11/09/2009 22:06

Ilaria
Cinzia
Lavinia
Cara
Careena
Luisa

dizzydixies · 11/09/2009 22:12

Carmelita - love it
Lola
Marina
Dolores
Marta
Mar
Inez
Mattia

Luca
Tomas
Danta
Matteo
Raphael

dizzydixies · 11/09/2009 22:14

oh sod - ignore me sorry you have a Luca and you don't need boys names - sorry!!

Carmen
Ramona
Romilly

dizzydixies · 11/09/2009 22:15

Catalina

jkklpu · 11/09/2009 22:18

Chiara
Francesca
Caterina
Ines
Coralie
Laura
Marianne
Juliette
Magdalena
Margaux

zebramummy · 11/09/2009 22:20

i lived in france for a while - french girls' names i quite like include:

elise
laetitia
sidonie
anais
celine
astrid
amelie

cupofteaplease · 11/09/2009 22:27

Italian names I like are

Ilaria (Hilary)
Viviana, Vivi (vee vee) for short
Chiara
Francesca

lumnag · 11/09/2009 23:06

You are so lucky to have the choice of Italian and Spanish names for your DD.
There are so many gorgeous ones to choose from.

Leonora
Gaia
Allegra
Magdalena
Antonia
Carlotta
Viviana

Good Luck

dizietsma · 12/09/2009 16:17

I have a French cousin called Salome, always thought that was a fine name. Colette is lovely too.

GrapefruitMoon · 12/09/2009 16:21

I came across the name Catheline recently and wished I'd used it for dd's middle name...

CristinaTheAstonishing · 12/09/2009 16:24

Silvia(e)
Julia(e)

BonsoirAnna · 12/09/2009 16:32

My DD is Flora - that works in all those languages. My name is Anna, and that works in English, Italian and French.

zebramummy · 12/09/2009 20:54

oh, i forgot my beautiful spanish friend's name Marisol

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HeadFairy · 12/09/2009 22:21

Chiara is nice... so is Cara.... I keep being drawn to the Cs! Elodie is rather pretty too... these are great, keep 'em coming. DH is really picky, so I'm going to have a loooong short list (if that's not a contradiction!)

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Pinner35 · 13/09/2009 12:04

I love the Spanish name Belen........

frogthistle · 15/09/2009 13:50

Manon
Ines
Aurealia
Auralie
Oceane
Maelys
Octavia
lots of Breton names are lovely

crumpette · 15/09/2009 13:57

Carolina Sofia and Ines are my favs

Sari · 15/09/2009 14:06

Maia

I know a few little girls with similar backgrounds who are called Maia / Maya. Dd is one of them: Argentinian father, English mother, Italian surname. Just make sure you don't spell it Maya because the Argentinians will call her Masha.

persephoneplum · 15/09/2009 14:13

My absolute favourite is Paloma.
If only my husband would agree

Ottilie is also gorgeous.

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