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

JESENIA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of YESENIA

JESSENIA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of YESENIA

JESUSA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of JESÚS.

JIMENA   f   Spanish
Variant of XIMENA

JOAQUINA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of JOACHIM

JOSEFA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Czech
Spanish, Portuguese and Czech feminine form of JOSEPH

JOSEFINA   f   Spanish, Swedish
Spanish and Swedish feminine form of JOSEPH

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]

JUANA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of JUAN... [more]

JUANITA   f   Spanish
Feminine 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]

JULIANA   f   Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]

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

LEOCADIA   f   Spanish
Derived from Greek λευκος (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white"... [more]

LEONOR   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEANOR... [more]

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

LOIDA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of LOIS (1)

LOLA   f   Spanish, English
Diminutive of DOLORES

LOLITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of LOLA

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)).

LOURDES   f   Spanish
From the name of a French town... [more]

LUCÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of LUCIA

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

LUCILA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of LUCILLA

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

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

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

MARCIA   f   English, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman name Marcius, which was derived from MARCUS... [more]

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

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

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

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

MATILDE   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MATILDA

MAURA (1)   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of MAURUS

MÁXIMA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine 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
Italian, Spanish an Polish form of MELANIE

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

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

MÓNICA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of MONICA

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

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.

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

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]

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]

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]

PACA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

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

PALMIRA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of PALMIRO

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

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

PAQUITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

PASCUALA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PASCAL

PASTORA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of PASTOR

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

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).

PAZ   f   Spanish
Means "peace" in Spanish.

PEPITA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine 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

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

PRISCILA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of PRISCILLA

PRUDENCIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PRUDENTIUS

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

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

RAQUEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RACHEL

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

REBECA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of REBECCA

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

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

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

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

REYNA   f   Spanish
Variant of REINA (1)

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

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

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

ROMINA   f   Spanish
Possibly a Spanish form of ROMANA

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

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]

RUBINA   f   Spanish
Elaborated form of RUBY

RUPERTA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of RUPERT

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

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

SALUD   f   Spanish
Spanish cognate of SALUT

SANCHA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of SANCHO

SANCHIA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of SANCHO

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

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

SEPTIMA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of SEPTIMUS

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

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

SOFÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of SOPHIA

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

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

SUSANITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of SUSANNA

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

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

TEÓFILA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of THEOPHILUS

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

TOMASA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of THOMAS

TRINI   f   Spanish
Short form of TRINIDAD

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

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]

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

VARINIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of VARINIUS

VERÓNICA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of VERONICA

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]

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

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

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]

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

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

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.