the etymology and history of first names
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Spanish Names
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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.
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
From 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, Jewish, Biblical
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]
ESTRELLA f Spanish
Spanish form of STELLA
ETELVINA f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of the Old English name Æðelwine, derived from the elements æðel "noble" and wine "friend"... [more]
EUFEMIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of EUPHEMIA
EUGENIA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE)... [more]
EUGENIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Eugenios (see EUGENE).
EULALIA f Spanish, Italian, English
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
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA... [more]
EVANGELINA f Spanish, Bulgarian, 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
Feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).
FABIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of FABIUS
FABIOLA f Italian, Spanish, French, German
Elaborated form of FABIA... [more]
FABRICIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).
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 Ancient Roman, English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish
Feminine form of the Roman name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]
FELICIANA f Spanish, Italian, Ancient 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
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, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Florentinus, itself derived from the Roman name Florentius (see FLORENCE).
FLORINDA f Spanish
Elaborated form of FLORA
FORTUNATA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient 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
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, Biblical
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
Spanish and Portuguese form of JASPER
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 (see GERMAIN).
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 GEOFFREY
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
Spanish 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
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, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]
IRMA f German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English
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, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Rare)
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
ITZIAR f Basque, Spanish
From the name of a Basque village, which contains an important shrine to the Virgin Mary, possibly meaning "old stone".
IVÁN m Spanish
Spanish form of IVAN
IVETTE f Spanish
Spanish form of YVETTE
JACINTA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of HYACINTHUS
JACINTO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HYACINTHUS
JACOBO m Spanish
Spanish form of JACOB (or JAMES).
JAFET m Spanish
Spanish form of JAPHETH
JAIME (1) m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JAMES
JAVIER m Spanish
Spanish form of XAVIER
JENARO m Spanish
Spanish form of Ianuarius (see GENNARO).
JERÓNIMO m Spanish
Spanish form of JEROME
JESENIA f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of YESENIA
JESSENIA f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of YESENIA
JESÚS m Spanish
Spanish form of JESUS, used as a personal name.
JESUSA f Spanish
Feminine form of JESÚS.
JIMENA f Spanish
Variant of XIMENA
JOAQUÍN m Spanish
Spanish form of JOACHIM
JOAQUINA f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of JOACHIM
JORGE m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GEORGE
JOSÉ m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JOSEPH
JOSEFA f Spanish, Portuguese, Czech
Spanish, Portuguese and Czech feminine form of JOSEPH
JOSEFINA f Spanish, Swedish
Spanish and Swedish feminine form of JOSEPH
JOSUE m Spanish, French
Spanish and French form of JOSHUA
JOVITA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of the Roman name Iovita (masculine), which was derived from the name of the god JOVE... [more]
JUAN m Spanish, Manx
Spanish and Manx form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]
JUANA f Spanish
Feminine form of JUAN... [more]
JUANITA f Spanish
Feminine diminutive of JUAN
JUANITO m Spanish
Diminutive of JUAN
JUDIT f Hungarian, Spanish, Scandinavian
Hungarian, Spanish and Scandinavian form of JUDITH
JUDITH f English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel... [more]
JULIA f English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS... [more]
JULIÁN m Spanish
Spanish form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).
JULIANA f Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]
JULIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JULIUS
LALO m Spanish
Diminutive of EDUARDO
LAURA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]
LAURITA f Spanish
Diminutive of LAURA
LEANDRO m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LEANDER
LEOCADIA f Spanish
Derived from Greek λευκος (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white"... [more]
LEOCADIO m Spanish
Masculine form of LEOCADIA
LEONARDO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD... [more]
LEONCIO m Spanish
Spanish form of LEONTIUS
LEONOR f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEANOR... [more]
LEOPOLDO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEOPOLD
LETICIA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of LETITIA
LIDIA f Polish, Italian, Spanish
Polish, Italian and Spanish form of LYDIA
LILIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English
Latinate form of LILLIAN
LINO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of LINUS
LOIDA f Spanish
Spanish form of LOIS (1)
LOLA f Spanish, English
Diminutive of DOLORES
LOLITA f Spanish
Diminutive of LOLA
LOPE m Spanish
Spanish form of Lupus (see LOUP).
LORENA (1) f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LORRAINE
LORENZA f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).
LORENZO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1))... [more]
LOURDES f Spanish
From the name of a French town... [more]
LUCAS m English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Latin form of Loukas (see LUKE).
LUCÍA f Spanish
Spanish form of LUCIA
LUCIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIAN
LUCIANO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucianus (see LUCIAN).
LUCILA f Spanish
Spanish form of LUCILLA
LUCIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of LUCIUS
LUIS m Spanish
Spanish form of LOUIS
LUISA f Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of LUIS
LUISINA f Spanish
Diminutive of LUISA
LUPE f Spanish
Short form of GUADALUPE
LUPITA f Spanish
Diminutive of GUADALUPE
LURDES f Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of LOURDES
LUZ f Spanish
Means "light" in Spanish... [more]
MACARENA f Spanish
From the name of a barrio (district) in Seville, which got it's name from a temple which may have been named for a person Macarius (see MACARIO)... [more]
MACARIA f Spanish
Feminine form of MACARIO
MACARIO m Spanish
Spanish form of the Roman name Macarius, derived from the Greek name Μακαριος (Makarios), which was in turn derived from Greek μακαρ (makar) meaning "blessed, happy"... [more]
MAGDALENA f German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian
Latinate form of MAGDALENE
MAITE (1) f Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and TERESA
MALENA f Swedish, Spanish
Swedish and Spanish short form of MAGDALENA
MANOLA f Spanish
Spanish feminine diminutive of MANUEL
MANOLO m Spanish
Spanish diminutive of MANUEL
MANUEL m Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, English
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL, as well as the German, Romanian and English short form of EMANUEL... [more]
MANUELA f Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German
Feminine form of MANUEL
MANUELITA f Spanish
Diminutive of MANUELA
MARCELA f Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Feminine form of MARCELLUS
MARCELINO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).
MARCELO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARCELLUS
MARCIA f English, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman name Marcius, which was derived from MARCUS... [more]
MARCIAL m Spanish
Spanish form of Martialis (see MARTIAL).
MARCIO m Spanish
Spanish form of Marcius (see MARCIA).
MARCO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK... [more]
MARCOS m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK
MARGARITA f Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian
Latinate form of MARGARET... [more]
MARÍA f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of MARIA
MARIANA (1) f Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech
Cognate of MARIANNA
MARIANELA f Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and ESTELA
MARIANO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARIANUS... [more]
MARIBEL f Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and ISABEL
MARICELA f Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and CELIA
MARICRUZ f Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and CRUZ
MARINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS
MARIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of MARIUS
MARISA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of MARIA and LUISA.
MARISELA f Spanish
Elaborated form of MARISA
MARISOL f Spanish
Combination of MARIA and SOL (1)
MARITA (1) f German, Spanish, Dutch
Diminutive of MARIA
MARITZA f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of MARIA
MARTA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA
MARTÍN m Spanish
Spanish form of Martinus (see MARTIN).
MARTINA f German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]
MARTIRIO f Spanish
Means "martyrdom" in Spanish.
MARTITA f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of MARTA
MATEO m Spanish
Spanish form of MATTHEW
MATÍAS m Spanish
Spanish form of MATTHIAS
MATILDE f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MATILDA
MAURA (1) f Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of MAURUS
MAURICIO m Spanish
Spanish form of Mauricius (see MAURICE).
MÁXIMA f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of MAXIMUS
MAXIMIANO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Maximian, which was derived from MAXIMUS.
MAXIMILIANO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilianus (see MAXIMILIAN).
MAXIMINO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Maximinus, which was itself a derivative of MAXIMUS... [more]
MÁXIMO m Spanish
Spanish form of MAXIMUS
MAYRA f Spanish (Latin American), English (Hispanic)
Hispanic variant of MYRA
MAYTE f Spanish
Variant of MAITE (1)
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