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

AINA (2)   f   Catalan
Balearic form of ANNA

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

ANDREU   m   Catalan
Catalan form of ANDREW

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

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

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

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Medieval name derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright, famous".

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

EDUARD   m   German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Catalan
Cognate of EDWARD

ENRIC   m   Catalan
Catalan form of HENRY

ESTEVE   m   Catalan
Catalan form of STEPHEN

EULÀLIA   f   Catalan
Catalan form of EULALIA

FELIU   m   Catalan
Catalan form of FELIX

FERRAN   m   Catalan
Catalan form of FERDINAND

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
Pet form of JAUME

JOAN (2)   m   Catalan
Catalan form of JOHN

JOANA   f   Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN).

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 pet form 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

LLUIS   m   Catalan
Catalan form of LOUIS

MANEL   m   Catalan
Catalan form of MANUEL

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 Mireio (see MIREILLE).

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]

NEUS   f   Catalan
Means "snow" in Catalan.

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.

ROC   m   Catalan
Catalan form of ROCCO

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

XAVIER   m   English, French, Portuguese, Catalan
Derived from the Basque place name Etxabier meaning "the new house"... [more]

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