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Spanish Feminine Names

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

ABIGAÍL   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ABIGAIL

ADELA   f   English, Spanish, Polish, Romanian
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble"... [more]

ADELAIDA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ADELAIDE

ADELIA   f   English, Spanish
Elaborated form of ADELA

ADELINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate diminutive of ADELA

ADELITA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish diminutive of ADELA... [more]

ADORA   f   Spanish
From the longer name Adoracion which means "adoration" in Spanish.

ADRIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN

AGATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Cognate of AGATHA

ÁGUEDA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of AGATHA

ALBA   f   Italian, Spanish
Means "dawn" in Italian or Spanish.

ALEJANDRA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ALEXANDER

ALICIA   f   Spanish, English
Latinized form of ALICE

ALITA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of ADELITA

ALMA   f   English, Spanish
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France... [more]

ALMUDENA   f   Spanish
Derived from Arabic المدينة (al-madinah) meaning "the city"... [more]

ALONDRA   f   Spanish
Short form of ALEJANDRA... [more]

AMADA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of AMADO

AMALIA   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love"... [more]

AMARANTA   f   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of AMARANTHA... [more]

AMARILIS   f   Spanish
Spanish form of AMARYLLIS

AMAYA   f   Basque, Spanish
Variant of AMAIA

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin... [more]

AMÉRICA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of AMERIGO

AMPARO   f   Spanish
Means "protection, shelter" in Spanish.

ANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Cognate of ANNA

ANABEL   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ANNABEL

ANABELLA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ANNABEL

ÁNGELA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGÉLICA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ANGELICA

ANGELITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of ANGELA

ANITA   f   Spanish, Finnish
Spanish and Finnish diminutive of ANA

ANSELMA   f   German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIETTA   f   Spanish, Italian
Diminutive of ANTONIA

ANUNCIACIÓN   f   Spanish
Spanish cognate of ANNUNZIATA

ARACELI   f   Spanish
Means "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and celi "sky".

ARACELIS   f   Spanish
Variant of ARACELI

ARACELY   f   Spanish
Variant of ARACELI

ARCELIA   f   Spanish
Variant of ARACELI

ARIADNA   f   Spanish, Polish
Spanish and Polish form of ARIADNE

ARMIDA   f   Italian, Spanish
Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580)... [more]

ASCENSIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "ascension" in Spanish... [more]

ASUN   f   Spanish
Diminutive of ASUNCIÓN

ASUNCIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "assumption" in Spanish... [more]

AURORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin... [more]

AZENETH   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ASENATH

AZUCENA   f   Spanish
Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.

BEATRIZ   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of BEATRIX

BELÉN   f   Spanish
Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born... [more]

BENIGNA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of BENIGNO

BENITA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of BENITO

BERNARDITA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of BERNARD

BERTA   f   Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
Form of BERTHA

BETHANIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of BETHANY

BIBIANA   f   Italian, Spanish
Variant of VIVIANA

BIENVENIDA   f   Spanish
Derived from Spanish bienvenido meaning "welcome".

BLANCA   f   Spanish
Spanish cognate of BLANCHE.

BRIGIDA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of BRIDGET

BRUNILDA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of BRUNHILD

CALISTA   f   English, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of CALLISTUS

CALIXTA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of CALLISTUS

CAMILA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLA

CANDE   f & m   Spanish
Short form of CANDELARIA or CANDELARIO

CANDELA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CANDELARIA

CANDELARIA   f   Spanish
Means "Candlemas" in Spanish, ultimately derived from Spanish candela "candle"... [more]

CANDELAS   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CANDELARIA

CARIDAD   f   Spanish
Spanish form of Caritas (see CHARITY).

CARLA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CARLOTA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLA

CARMELA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL

CARMELITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of CARMEL

CARMEN   f   Spanish, English, Romanian
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song"... [more]

CARMINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Variant of CARMEN influenced by the Latin word carminis "of song".

CAROLINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS... [more]

CATALINA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of KATHERINE

CATHERINA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of KATHERINE

CECILIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

CELESTINA   f   Spanish, Italian
Latinate feminine form of CAELESTINUS

CELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius (see CELIO)... [more]

CHARO   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of ROSARIO

CHELO   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CONSUELO

CHITA   f   Spanish
Short form of CONCHITA

CHUS   m & f   Spanish
Diminutive of JESÚS or JESUSA

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]

CLARISA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of CLARISSA

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLEMENTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of CLEMENT

CONCEPCIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "conception" in Spanish... [more]

CONCHA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CONCEPCIÓN... [more]

CONCHITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CONCHA

CONSTANZA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of CONSTANTIA

CONSUELA   f   Spanish
Variant of CONSUELO

CONSUELO   f   Spanish
Means "consolation" in Spanish... [more]

CRESCENCIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CRISTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA

CRUZ   f & m   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "cross" in Spanish or Portuguese, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

CRUZITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CRUZ

CUSTODIA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of CUSTODIO

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

DANIA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of DANIELA

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

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]

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

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]

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

DOMITILA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DOMITILLA

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

DORITA   f   English (Rare), Spanish
Diminutive of DORA

DOROTEA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DOROTHEA

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

EDELMIRA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ADELMAR

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

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

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

ELODIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ALODIA

ELOISA   f   Italian, Spanish
Latinate form of ELOISE

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

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

EMELINA   f   Spanish
Latinate form of Ameline (see EMMELINE).

EMIDGIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine 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

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

ERCILIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of HERSILIA

ERNESTA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTINA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine 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".

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]

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

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

EVELIA   f   Spanish
Elaborated form of EVA

EVITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of EVA

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

FABIOLA   f   Italian, Spanish, French, German
Elaborated form of FABIA... [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).

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

FELIPA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PHILIP

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

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

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

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

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

GENOVEVA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GENEVIÈVE

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

GERTRUDIS   f   Spanish
Spanish form of GERTRUDE

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

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

GRACIA   f   Spanish
Means "grace" in Spanish.

GRACIANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of GRACIANO

GRACIELA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of GRACIA

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]

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

HERMINIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of HERMINIUS

HILARIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of HILARIUS

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

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.

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

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

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]

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]

ITZIAR   f   Basque, Spanish
From the name of a Basque village, which contains an important shrine to the Virgin Mary, possibly meaning "old stone".

IVETTE   f   Spanish
Spanish form of YVETTE

JACINTA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of HYACINTHUS

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