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The names listed here are used in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries (such as those in South America). See also about Spanish names.

DALIA (1)   f   Spanish (Latin American), English (Hispanic)
Spanish form of DAHLIA... [more]

DANIA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of DANIELA

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANILO   m   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of DANIEL

DARÍO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of DARIUS

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DÉBORA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, French
Spanish, Portuguese and French form of DEBORAH

DELFINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DELPHINA

DELIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Greek Mythology
Means "of Delos" in Greek... [more]

DEMETRIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DEMETRIUS

DESI   m   Spanish
Diminutive of DESIDERIO

DESIDERIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of DESIDERIO... [more]

DESIDERIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DESIDERIUS

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]

DIEGO   m   Spanish
Possibly a shortened form of SANTIAGO... [more]

DIMAS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DISMAS

DIONISIO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of DIONYSIUS

DOLORES   f   Spanish, English
Means "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary María de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of Sorrows"... [more]

DOMINGA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of DOMINIC

DOMINGO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of DOMINIC

DOMITILA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DOMITILLA

DONATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given"... [more]

DORA   f   English, Spanish
Short form of DOROTHY, ISIDORA or THEODORA

DORITA   f   English (Rare), Spanish
Diminutive of DORA

DOROTEA   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Cognate of DOROTHEA

DULCE   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.

EBERARDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of EVERARD

EDELMIRA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ADELMAR

EDELMIRO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ADELMAR

EDGARDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of EDGAR

EDMUNDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDMUND

EDUARDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDWARD

EFRAÍN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of EPHRAIM

ELADIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HELLADIUS

ELENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian, Old Slavic
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

ELEUTERIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEUTHERIUS

ELIANA (1)   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ÉLIANE

ELÍAS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ELIJAH

ELIGIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELIGIUS

ELISA   f   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISEO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELISHA

ELODIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ALODIA

ELOÍSA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ELOISE

ELOY   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ELIGIUS

ELPIDIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS

ELVIRA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of a Visigothic name, possibly composed of the Germanic elements al "all" and wer "true".

EMA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Cognate of EMMA

EMELINA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of Amelina (see EMMELINE).

EMIGDIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Emygdius (see EMIDIO).

EMIGDIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Emygdius (see EMIDIO).

EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of EMILIANO

EMILIANO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of the Roman cognomen Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMPERATRIZ   f   Spanish
Means "empress" in Spanish.

ENCARNA   f   Spanish
Short form of ENCARNACIÓN

ENCARNACIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "incarnation" in Spanish... [more]

ENCARNITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of ENCARNACIÓN

ENRIQUE   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HENRY

EPIFANIO   m   Spanish
From the Late Latin word epiphania which was derived from Greek επιφανεια (epiphaneia) meaning "appearance, manifestation"... [more]

ERCILIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of HERSILIA

ERNESTA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTINA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ERNEST

ESMERALDA   f   English, Spanish
Means "emerald" in Spanish... [more]

ESPERANZA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia which was derived from sperare "to hope".

ESPIRIDIÓN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SPYRIDON

ESTAVAN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of STEPHEN

ESTEBAN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of STEPHEN

ESTEFANÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of STEPHEN

ESTELA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of ESTELLE

ESTER   f   Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

ESTRELLA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of STELLA

ETELVINA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ADALWIN

EUFEMIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of EUPHEMIA

EUGENIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE)... [more]

EUGENIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Eugenius (see EUGENE).

EULALIA   f   Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
From a Greek name meaning "to talk well" from ευ "good" and λαλεω (laleo) "to talk"... [more]

EUSEBIO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of EUSEBIUS

EUSTAQUIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Eustachius (see EUSTACE).

EUTIMIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of EUTHYMIUS

EUTROPIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of EUTROPIUS

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

EVANGELINA   f   Spanish, English
Latinate form of EVANGELINE

EVARISTO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of EVARISTUS

EVELIA   f   Spanish
Elaborated form of EVA

EVITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of EVA

EZEQUIEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EZEKIEL

FABIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of FABIUS

FABIOLA   f   Italian, Spanish, French, German, Ancient Roman
Diminutive of FABIA... [more]

FABRICIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).

FÁTIMA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
From the name of a town in Portugal, which is derived from the Arabic feminine name FATIMAH, apparently after a Moorish princess who converted to Christianity during the Reconquista... [more]

FAUSTINO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Faustinus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FAUSTUS... [more]

FAUSTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of FAUSTUS

FEDERICO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of FREDERICK... [more]

FELICIA   f   English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]

FELICIANA   f   Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FELICIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Felicianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FELIX.

FELICIDAD   f   Spanish
Spanish form of FELICITAS (1)... [more]

FELIPA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PHILIP

FELIPE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of PHILIP

FÉLIX   m   French, Spanish
French and Spanish form of FELIX

FERMIN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of FIRMIN

FERNANDA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of FERDINAND

FERNANDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of FERDINAND

FIDEL   m   Spanish
From the Late Latin name Fidelis which meant "faithful"... [more]

FIDELA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of FIDEL

FIDELIA   f   Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of FIDEL

FILOMENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch form of PHILOMENA

FLAVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FLAVIUS

FLAVIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of FLAVIUS

FLORENCIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Florentius (see FLORENCE).

FLORENTINA   f   Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form FLORENTINUS

FLORINDA   f   Spanish
Elaborated form of Spanish flor meaning "flower".

FORTUNATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of FORTUNATO

FORTUNATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Fortunatus meaning "fortunate, blessed, happy"... [more]

FRANCISCA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANCISCO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS)... [more]

FULGENCIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Fulgentius, which meant "shining" from Latin fulgens... [more]

GABINO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Gabinus (see GAVINO).

GABRIEL   m   French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "strong man of God"... [more]

GABRIELA   f   Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of GABRIEL

GASPAR   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Judeo-Christian Legend
Spanish and Portuguese form of JASPER, as well as the Latin form.

GENOVEVA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GENEVIÈVE

GEORGINA   f   English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Feminine form of GEORGE

GERALDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GERALD

GERARDO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of GERARD

GERMÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of GERMANUS

GERTRUDIS   f   Spanish
Spanish form of GERTRUDE

GERVASIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GERVASIUS

GIL (1)   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GILES

GILBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GILBERT

GISELA   f   German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of GISELLE

GLAUCO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GLAUCUS

GLORIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "glory" in Latin... [more]

GODOFREDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GODFREY

GONZALO   m   Spanish
From the medieval name Gundisalvus, which was the Latin form of a Germanic name composed of the elements gund "war" and salv which is of unknown meaning.

GOYO   m   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of GREGORIO

GRACIA   f   Spanish
Means "grace" in Spanish.

GRACIANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of GRACIANO

GRACIANO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Gratianus (see GRATIAN).

GRACIELA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of GRACIA

GREGORIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of GREGORY

GRISELDA   f   English, Spanish
Derived from the Germanic elements gris "grey" and hild "battle"... [more]

GUADALUPE   f & m   Spanish
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe"... [more]

GUALTERIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of WALTER

GUILLERMO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of WILLIAM

GUIOMAR   m & f   Spanish, Portuguese
Possibly derived from a Germanic name meaning "famous in battle"... [more]

GUSTAVO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GUSTAV

HÉCTOR   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HECTOR

HELIODORO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
From the Greek name ‘Ηλιοδωρος (Heliodoros) which meant "gift of the sun".

HERACLIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HERACLIUS

HERBERTO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HERBERT

HERIBERTO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HERBERT

HERMENEGILDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of a Visigothic name which meant "complete sacrifice" from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, entire" and gild "sacrifice"... [more]

HERMINIA   f   Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of HERMINIUS

HERMINIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HERMINIUS

HERNÁN   m   Spanish
Short form of HERNANDO

HERNANDO   m   Spanish
Medieval Spanish form of FERDINAND... [more]

HILARIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of HILARIUS

HIPÓLITO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HIPPOLYTOS

HORACIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HORATIUS

HORTENSIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman family name Hortensius, possibly derived from Latin hortus "garden".

HUGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of HUGH... [more]

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

IDOYA   f   Spanish
From the Spanish place name Idoia, possibly meaning "pond" in Basque, an important place of worship of the Virgin Mary.

IGNACIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of IGNATIUS

ILDEFONSO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Visigothic name Hildefons, which meant "battle ready", derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and funs "ready"... [more]

ILEANA   f   Romanian, Spanish
Traditional Romanian form of HELEN

ILIANA   f   Spanish
Variant of ILEANA

IMELDA   f   Italian, Spanish
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "entire" and hild "battle"... [more]

INÉS   f   Spanish
Spanish form of AGNES

INEZ   f   Spanish
Older Spanish form of AGNES

IÑIGO   m   Spanish
Medieval Spanish form of ENEKO... [more]

INMACULADA   f   Spanish
Means "immaculate" in Spanish... [more]

INOCENCIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Innocentius (see INNOCENT).

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal"... [more]

ISABEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Medieval Provençal form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ISABELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL

ISABELLA   f   Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

ISANDRO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of LYSANDER

ISAURA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Late Latin name which meant "from Isauria"... [more]

ISIDORA   f   Serbian, Spanish, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ISIDORE... [more]

ISIDORO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of ISIDORE

ISIDRO   m   Spanish
Spanish variant of ISIDORE

ISMAEL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ISHMAEL

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