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

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

JIMENO   m   Spanish (Rare)
Variant of XIMENO

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, Hebrew (Anglicized), 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
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, Late Roman
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

LEÓN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of LEON... [more]

LEONARDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, History
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD... [more]

LEONCIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of LEONTIOS

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, Various
From the name of a French town... [more]

LUCAS   m   English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Biblical Latin
Latin form of Loukas (see LUKE).

LUCÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of LUCIA

LUCIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIANUS

LUCIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LUCIANUS

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 Latin 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, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
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, Late Greek (Latinized)
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL... [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

MARCELO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARCELLUS

MARCIA   f   English, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARCIUS... [more]

MARCIAL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Martialis (see MARTIAL).

MARCIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of MARCIUS

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, Late Roman
Latinate form of MARGARET... [more]

MARÍA   f   Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of MARIA

MARIANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Ancient Roman
Roman feminine form of MARIANUS... [more]

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, Scandinavian, 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, Finnish
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, Late Roman
Feminine form of MAURUS

MAURICIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Mauritius (see MAURICE).

MÁXIMA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of MAXIMUS

MAXIMIANO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MAXIMIANUS

MAXIMILIANO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilianus (see MAXIMILIAN).

MAXIMINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MAXIMINUS

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)

MELANIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman
Italian, Spanish an Polish form of MELANIE

MELCHOR   m   Spanish
Spanish form of MELCHIOR

MELISA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of MELISSA

MERCEDES   f   Spanish
Means "mercy" in Spanish... [more]

MERCHE   f   Spanish
Diminutive of MERCEDES

MICAELA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of MICHAEL

MIGUEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MICHAEL (*)... [more]

MIGUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of MIGUEL

MILAGROS   f   Spanish
Means "miracles" in Spanish... [more]

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

MODESTA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of MODESTUS

MODESTO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of MODESTUS

MOISÉS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MOSES

MÓNICA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of MONICA

NACHO   m   Spanish
Diminutive of IGNACIO

NACIO   m   Spanish
Short form of IGNACIO

NANDO   m   Spanish
Short form of FERNANDO

NARCISO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NARCISSUS

NATALIA   f   Polish, Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Polish, Italian and Spanish form of NATALIE

NATALIO   m   Spanish
Masculine form of NATALIA

NATANAEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of NATHANAEL

NAZARIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Late Latin name Nazarius, which meant "from Nazareth"... [more]

NEREIDA   f   Spanish
Derived from Greek Νηρεις (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god NEREUS, who supposedly fathered them.

NICODEMO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NICODEMUS

NICOLAO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of NICHOLAS

NICOLÁS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of NICHOLAS

NICOLASA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of NICHOLAS

NIDIA   f   English (Rare), Spanish
Variant of NYDIA

NIEVE   f   Spanish
Variant of NIEVES

NIEVES   f   Spanish
Means "snows" in Spanish, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".

NILDA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of BRUNILDA

NOÉ   m   French, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of NOAH (1)

NOELIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of NOËL

NOEMÍ   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of NAOMI (1)

NOHEMI   f   Spanish
Spanish form of NAOMI (1)

NURIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of NÚRIA

NYDIA   f   English (Rare), Spanish
Used by British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his novel 'The Last Days of Pompeii' (1834)... [more]

OBDULIA   f   Spanish
Meaning unknown... [more]

OCTAVIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of OCTAVIUS

ODALIS   f & m   Spanish
Spanish form of ODILIA

ODALYS   f   Spanish
Variant of ODALIS

OFELIA   f   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of OPHELIA

OLALLA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of EULALIA... [more]

OLEGARIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of a Germanic name, possibly Heilgar, derived from the elements heil "happy, hearty, healthy" and gar "spear"... [more]

OLGA   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

OLIMPIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Form of OLYMPIAS

OLIVIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]

ORFEO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ORPHEUS

ÓSCAR   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of OSCAR

OSVALDO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of OSWALD

OVIDIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Ovidius (see OVID).

PABLO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PACA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

PACÍFICA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of the Late Latin name Pacificus meaning "peacemaker".

PACO   m   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCO

PALMIRA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of PALMIRO

PALOMA   f   Spanish
Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.

PANCHO   m   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of FRANCISCO... [more]

PÁNFILO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of PAMPHILOS

PAOLA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of PAUL

PAQUITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

PAQUITO   m   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCO

PASCUAL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of PASCAL

PASCUALA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PASCAL

PASTOR   m   Spanish, Late Roman
From a Late Latin name meaning "shepherd"... [more]

PASTORA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of PASTOR

PATRICIA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Late Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]

PATRICIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULINA   f   Spanish, Polish, Swedish, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Paulinus, which was itself derived from Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAZ   f   Spanish
Means "peace" in Spanish.