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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.

MELANIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Polish
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, Late Roman
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

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

NATALIA   f   Polish, Italian, Spanish
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, Italian
Spanish and Italian feminine form of NOEL

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 OLYMPIA

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, Ancient 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.

PEDRO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of PETER... [more]

PEPE   m   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of JOSEPH

PEPITA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine diminutive of JOSEPH

PEPITO   m   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of JOSEPH

PERLA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of PEARL

PERLITA   f   Italian, Spanish
Diminutive of PERLA

PERPETUA   f   Spanish
Derived from Latin perpetuus meaning "continuous".

PETRONA   f   Spanish
From the Roman family name Petronius, which possibly derives from Latin petro, petronis "yokel".

PÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PIUS

PIEDAD   f   Spanish
Means "mercy" in Spanish.

PILAR   f   Spanish
Means "pillar" in Spanish... [more]

PILI   f   Spanish
Diminutive of PILAR

PÍO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of PIUS

PLÁCIDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).

PLINIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Plinius (see PLINY).

PONCIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of PONTIUS

PORFIRIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Derived from the Greek name Πορφυριος (Porphyrios), which was derived from the word πορφυρα (porphyra) meaning "purple dye"... [more]

PRIMITIVA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Primitivus, which meant "first formed" in Latin... [more]

PRIMO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Primus, which meant "first"... [more]

PRISCILA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of PRISCILLA

PROSPERO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of PROSPER... [more]

PRUDENCIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PRUDENTIUS

PRUDENCIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of PRUDENTIUS

QUIQUE   m   Spanish
Diminutive of ENRIQUE

RAFA   m   Spanish
Spanish short form of RAFAEL

RAFAEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Slovene
Spanish, Portuguese, German and Slovene form of RAPHAEL

RAFAELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, German
Spanish, Portuguese and German feminine form of RAPHAEL

RAIMUNDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RAYMOND

RAINERIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of RAYNER

RAMIRO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Ramirus, a Latinized form of a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements ragin "advice" and mari "famous"... [more]

RAMÓN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of RAYMOND

RAMONA   f   Spanish, Romanian, English
Feminine form of RAMÓN... [more]

RAQUEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RACHEL

RAÚL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of RADULF

RAYEN   f   Native American, Spanish
Means "flower" in Mapuche.

RAYMUNDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Portuguese form of RAYMOND

REBECA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of REBECCA

RÉGULO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Roman cognomen Regulus, which meant "rule" in Latin... [more]

REINA (1)   f   Spanish
Means "queen" in Spanish.

REINALDO   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of REYNOLD

REMEDIOS   f   Spanish
Means "remedies" in Spanish... [more]

REMIGIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Remigius (see RÉMY).

RENATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of RENATUS

RENATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RENATUS

REYES   f & m   Spanish
Means "kings" in Spanish... [more]

REYNA   f   Spanish
Variant of REINA (1)

REYNALDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of REYNOLD

RICARDA   f   Spanish, German
Spanish and German feminine form of RICHARD

RICARDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RICHARD

RICO (1)   m   Spanish
Short form of RICARDO

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

ROBERTA   f   English, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ROBERT

ROBERTINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine diminutive of ROBERTO

ROBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ROBERT... [more]

ROCÍO   f   Spanish
Means "dew" in Spanish... [more]

RODOLFO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RUDOLF... [more]

RODRIGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of RODERICK... [more]

ROGELIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Rogelius, which was possibly derived the name Rogatus, which was itself derived from Latin rogatus "request".

ROLANDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ROLAND

ROLDÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ROLAND

ROMINA   f   Spanish
Possibly a Spanish form of ROMANA

ROQUE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ROCCO

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

ROSALINA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate form of ROSALINE

ROSALINDA   f   Spanish, Italian
Latinate form of ROSALIND

ROSALVA   f   Spanish
Variant of ROSALBA

ROSARIO   f & m   Spanish, Italian
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary"... [more]

ROSENDA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of ROSENDO

ROSENDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of a Visigothic name composed of the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and sinþs "path"... [more]

ROSITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROXANA   f   English, Spanish, Romanian
Latin form of Ρωξανη (Roxane), the Greek form of the Persian or Bactrian name Roshanak which possibly meant "bright" or "dawn"... [more]

RUBÉN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of REUBEN

RUBINA   f   Spanish
Elaborated form of RUBY

RUFINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Rufinus, which was itself derived from the cognomen RUFUS... [more]

RUPERTA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of RUPERT

RUT   f   Swedish, German, Italian, Spanish
Cognate of RUTH

RUY   m   Spanish
Medieval Spanish short form of RODRIGO... [more]

SABAS   m   Spanish
From a Greek name which was derived from Hebrew סַבָא (sava') meaning "old man"... [more]

SABINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "Sabine" in Latin... [more]

SALOMÓN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SOLOMON

SALUD   f   Spanish
Spanish cognate of SALUT

SALVADOR   m   Spanish
From the Late Latin name Salvator, which meant "saviour"... [more]

SAMUEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard"... [more]

SANCHA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of SANCHO

SANCHIA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of SANCHO

SANCHO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Sanctius (see SANTO).

SANDALIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Sandalius, a Latinized form of the Gothic name Sandulf which meant "true wolf" from sand "true" and ulf "wolf"... [more]

SANTIAGO   m   Spanish
Means "Saint James", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Iago, an old Spanish form of JAMES, the patron saint of Spain... [more]

SANTOS   m   Spanish
Means "saints" in Spanish.

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SARITA (1)   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of SARAH

SATURNINA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of SATURNINUS

SATURNINO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of SATURNINUS

SEBASTIÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Sebastianus (see SEBASTIAN).

SELENA   f   Spanish, Russian, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of SELENE... [more]

SEPTIMA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of SEPTIMUS

SERGIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of SERGIUS

SEVE   m   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of SEVERIANO or SEVERINO

SEVERIANO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Roman cognomen Severianus, which was derived from Severus (see SEVERO).

SEVERINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Severinus, which was derived from Severus (see SEVERO)... [more]

SEVERO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Roman family name Severus which meant "stern" in Latin... [more]

SILVESTRE   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SILVESTER

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)... [more]

SILVIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Silvius which was derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SIMÓN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SIMON... [more]

SOCORRO   f   Spanish
Means "succour, help, relief" in Spanish... [more]

SOFÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of SOPHIA

SOFRONIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SOPHRONIUS

SOL (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "the sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.

SOLEDAD   f   Spanish
Means "solitude" in Spanish... [more]

SONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

SOSIMO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ZOSIMUS

SUSANA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of SUSANNA

SUSANITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of SUSANNA

TACITO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of TACITUS

TADEO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of THADDEUS

TANCREDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of TANCRED

TATIANA   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TECLA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of THEKLA

TELMA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of TELMO

TELMO   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from a misdivision of Spanish Santelmo meaning "saint Elmo"... [more]

TEO   m   Italian, Spanish
Short form of TEODORO and other names that begin with Teo.

TEOBALDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of THEOBALD

TEODORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TEODORO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TEODOSIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of THEODOSIUS

TEÓDULO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of THEODULUS

TEÓFILA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of THEOPHILUS

TEÓFILO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of THEOPHILUS

TERCERO   m   Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish. Traditionally given to the third child born.

TERE   f   Spanish
Spanish short form of THERESA

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TERESITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of TERESA

TIBURCIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Tiburtius which meant "of Tibur"... [more]

TIMOTEO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of TIMOTHY

TITO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of TITUS

TOMÁS   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
Spanish, Portuguese and Irish form of THOMAS

TOMASA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of THOMAS

TORIBIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Roman cognomen Turibius, of unknown meaning... [more]

TRINI   f   Spanish
Short form of TRINIDAD

TRINIDAD   f & m   Spanish
Means "trinity" in Spanish, referring to the Holy Trinity... [more]

TRISTÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of TRISTAN

ULISES   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ULYSSES

URBANO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Urbanus (see URBAN).

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

VALENCIA   f   Spanish
From a Late Latin name which was derived from valentia "power"... [more]

VALENTÍN   m   Spanish, Slovak
Spanish and Slovak form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALERIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VALERIUS... [more]

VALERIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of VALERIUS

VARINIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of VARINIUS

VASCO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which came from the Spanish surname Velázquez, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque... [more]

VENCESLÁS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of WENCESLAS

VERÓNICA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of VERONICA

VICENTE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of VINCENT

VÍCTOR   m   Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan form of VICTOR

VICTORIA (1)   f   English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VICTORIUS, though later it was regarded as coming directly from Latin victoria meaning "victory"... [more]

VICTORINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Victorinus, itself derived from VICTORIUS.

VIDAL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Vitalis (see VITALE).

VILMA   f   Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of WILMA

VINICIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Roman name Vinicius, which was possibly derived from Latin vinum "wine".

VIOLETA   f   Romanian, Bulgarian, Spanish
Romanian, Bulgarian and Spanish form of VIOLET

VIRGILIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of VIRGIL

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VISITACIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "visitation" in Spanish... [more]

VITO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of VITUS

VIVIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Vivianus (see VIVIAN)... [more]

WILFREDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of WILFRED

XIMENA   f   Spanish
Possibly a Spanish or Basque feminine form of SIMON... [more]

XIOMARA   f   Spanish
Possibly a Spanish form of GUIOMAR

XOCHILT   f   Spanish
Variant of XOCHITL

XOCHITL   f   Native American, Spanish
Means "flower" in Nahuatl.

YADIRA   f   Spanish (Latin American), English (Hispanic)
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name... [more]

YESENIA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
From Jessenia, the genus name of a type of tree found in South America... [more]

YESSENIA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of YESENIA

YOLANDA   f   Spanish, English
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet"... [more]

YSABEL   f   Spanish (Archaic)
Medieval Spanish form of ISABEL

ZACARÍAS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ZECHARIAH

ZARITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of SARAH

ZENAIDA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of Zenais (see ZINAIDA).

ZORAIDA   f   Spanish
Perhaps means "enchanting woman" in Arabic, but possibly a name invented by Cervantes for a character in his novel 'Don Quixote' (1606), in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.

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