the etymology and history of first names
|
|
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
| Next Page > |
| Home : Names by Usage | Copyright © 1996-2007 Mike Campbell | Contact Information |
| Baby names - Search 20,000 baby name meanings. |