Behind the Name: Catalan Names

the etymology and history of first names

Catalan names are used in Catalonia in eastern Spain, as well as in other Catalan-speaking areas including Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and Andorra.

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There are 97 names matching your criteria.

ADRIÀ m Catalan
Catalan form of ADRIAN

AGNÈS f French, Catalan
French and Catalan form of AGNES

AGUSTÍ m Catalan
Catalan form of AUGUSTUS

AINA (2) f Catalan
Balearic form of ANNA

ALEIX m Catalan
Catalan form of ALEXIS

ÀLEX m Catalan
Catalan short form of ALEXANDER

ALÍCIA f Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan form of ALICE, as well as a Portuguese variant.

ANAÏS f Provençal, Catalan, French
Provençal and Catalan form of ANNA

ANDREU m Catalan
Catalan form of ANDREW

ÀNGEL m Catalan
Catalan form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANTONI m Polish, Catalan
Polish and Catalan form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARIADNA f Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Polish
Spanish, Catalan, Russian and Polish form of ARIADNE

ARNAU m Catalan
Catalan form of ARNOLD

ASSUMPCIÓ f Catalan
Catalan cognate of ASUNCIÓN

BARTOMEU m Catalan
Catalan form of BARTHOLOMEW

BEATRIU f Catalan
Catalan form of BEATRIX

BERNAT m Catalan
Catalan form of BERNARD

CARLES m Catalan
Catalan form of CHARLES

CARME (1) f Galician, Catalan
Galician and Catalan form of CARMEL

CATERINA f Italian, Catalan
Italian and Catalan form of KATHERINE

CHIMO m Catalan, Spanish
Catalan diminutive of JOAQUIM or JOAQUÍN.

CLARA f Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]

DIANA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DÍDAC m Catalan
Catalan form of DIDACUS

DOLORS f Catalan
Catalan form of DOLORES

DONAT m French, Provençal, Catalan, Polish
French, Provençal, Catalan and Polish form of DONATO

ENRIC m Catalan
Catalan form of HENRY

ESTEVE m Catalan
Catalan form of STEPHEN

EULÀLIA f Catalan
Catalan form of EULALIA

FELIP m Catalan
Catalan form of PHILIP

FELIU m Catalan
Catalan form of FELIX

FERRAN m Catalan
Catalan form of FERDINAND

FRANCESC m Catalan
Catalan form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANCESCA f Italian, Catalan
Italian and Catalan feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

GONÇAL m Catalan
Catalan form of GONZALO

GUIFRÉ m Catalan
Catalan form of WILFRED... [more]

GUILLEM m Catalan
Catalan form of WILLIAM

HÈCTOR m Catalan
Catalan form of HECTOR

HIGINI m Catalan
Catalan form of HYGINUS

IGNASI m Catalan
Catalan form of IGNATIUS

JAUME m Catalan
Catalan form of JAMES

JAUMET m Catalan
Diminutive of JAUME

JOAN (2) m Catalan
Catalan form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOANA f Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan form of Iohanna (see JOANNA).

JOAQUIM m Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan form of JOACHIM

JOAQUIMA f Catalan
Catalan feminine form of JOACHIM

JORDI m Catalan
Catalan form of GEORGE

JOSEP m Catalan
Catalan form of JOSEPH

LAIA f Catalan
Catalan diminutive of EULALIA

LLORA f Catalan
Catalan form of LAURA

LLORENÇ m Catalan
Catalan form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LLUC m Catalan
Catalan form of LUKE

LLÚCIA f Catalan
Catalan form of LUCIA

LLUÍS m Catalan
Catalan form of LOUIS

MANEL m Catalan
Catalan form of MANUEL

MARC m French, Catalan, Welsh
French, Catalan and Welsh form of MARK

MARTÍ m Catalan
Catalan form of MARTIN

MATEU m Catalan
Catalan form of MATTHEW

MERCÈ f Catalan
Catalan form of MERCEDES

MERITXELL f Catalan
From the name of a village in Andorra where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary... [more]

MIQUEL m Catalan
Catalan form of MICHAEL

MIREIA f Catalan, Spanish
Catalan form of Mirèio (see MIREILLE).

MÒNICA f Catalan
Catalan form of MONICA

MONSERRAT f Catalan
Variant of MONTSERRAT

MONTSE f Catalan
Short form of MONTSERRAT

MONTSERRAT f Catalan
From the name of a mountain near Barcelona, the site of a monastery founded in the 10th century... [more]

NARCÍS m Catalan
Catalan form of NARCISSUS

NEUS f Catalan
Catalan cognate of NIEVES

NICOLAU m Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of NICHOLAS

NÚRIA f Catalan, Portuguese
From a Catalan title of the Virgin Mary, Nostra Senyora de Núria, meaning "Our Lady of Nuria"... [more]

ÒSCAR m Catalan
Catalan form of OSCAR

PAU m Catalan
Catalan form of PAUL... [more]

PERE m Catalan
Catalan form of PETER

QUIM m Portuguese, Catalan
Short form of JOAQUIM

RAMON m Catalan
Catalan form of RAYMOND

REMEI f Catalan
Means "remedy" in Catalan, a Catalan equivalent of REMEDIOS.

RICARD m Catalan
Catalan form of RICHARD

ROC m Catalan
Catalan form of ROCCO

RODERIC m Catalan
Catalan form of RODERICK

ROSER f Catalan
Catalan (feminine) form of ROSARIO

SALUT f Catalan
Means "health" or "cheers" in Catalan.

SERGI m Catalan
Catalan form of SERGIUS

SÍLVIA f Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan form of SILVIA

VICENÇ m Catalan
Catalan form of VINCENT

VICENT m Catalan
Catalan form of VINCENT

VÍCTOR m Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan form of VICTOR

XAVI m Catalan
Catalan diminutive of XAVIER

XAVIER m English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house"... [more]

XIMO m Catalan, Spanish
Catalan diminutive of JOAQUIM or JOAQUÍN.

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