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Re: Trilingual EN-FR-ES boy name
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AlbertMeaning: "noble and bright" (Germanic origin).
Usage: English, French, Catalan.ErnestMeaning: "serious" (Germanic origin).
Usage: English, French, CatalanRogerMeaning: "famous spear" (Germanic origin).
Usage: English, French, CatalanXavierMeaning: "the new house" (Basque origin).
Usage: English, French, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
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Thanks for these suggestions. My family is Spanish-speaking from Latin America (not Catalan, which is a different language altogether) so it would be hard for them to pronounce names that end in double consonants - they would be more likely to add "o" to the end of some of these names (Alberto and Ernesto are names in Spanish). I am not sure how you would pronounce Roger in Spanish (maybe "ro-her"?) as I've never seen it used in Spanish. We had considered Xavier but unfortunately we already have a family member called Javier (Xavier and Javier are pronounced the same in Spanish as "ha-bee-ehr") so that may be confusing. That being said, I appreciate you taking the time to provide these suggestions!

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