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Aarón m Spanish, Biblical Spanish
Spanish form of Aaron.

Abel m English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Georgian, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) meaning "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain. In England, this name came into use during the Middle Ages, and it was common during the Puritan era.

Abelardo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of French Abélard, given in honour of the 12th-century French philosopher and theologian Pierre Abélard (called Peter Abelard in English). He adopted his surname in his twenties, possibly inspired by the biblical name Abel.

Abigaíl f Spanish
Spanish form of Abigail.

Abilio m Spanish
Spanish form of Avilius.

Abraham m English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical German, Biblical Swedish, Biblical Norwegian, Biblical Danish, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name אַבְרָהָם (ʾAvraham), which may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" or else as a contraction of Abram 1 and הָמוֹן (hamon) meaning "many, multitude". The biblical patriarch Abraham was originally named Abram but God changed his name (see Genesis 17:5). With his father Terah, he led his wife Sarah, his nephew Lot and their other followers from Ur into Canaan. He is regarded by Jews as being the founder of the Hebrews through his son Isaac and by Muslims as being the founder of the Arabs through his son Ishmael.... [more]

Abrahán m Spanish
Spanish form of Abraham.

Abril f Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan form of April.

Abundio m Spanish
Spanish form of Abundius.

Ada 1 f English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning "noble". Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.

Adalberto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Alberto.

Adán m Spanish
Spanish form of Adam.

Adela f English, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Germanic
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz). Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.

Adelaida f Spanish
Spanish form of Adelaide.

Adelardo m Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Adalhard.

Adelia f English, Spanish
Elaborated form of Adela.

Adelina f Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Germanic (Latinized)
From a Germanic name that was derived from the element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).

Adelita f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish diminutive of Adela. It is used especially in Mexico, where it is the name of a folk song about a female soldier.

Adelma f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian (Rare), Literature
Feminine form of Adelmo. This name was used by Carlo Gozzi for a character in his play Turandot (1762).

Adelmo m Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Adhelm, also used to refer to the English saint Ealdhelm.

Adolfito m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish diminutive of Adolfo.

Adolfo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Adolf.

Adonay m Spanish
Spanish variant of Adonai.

Adora f Spanish (Rare)
Short form of Adoración.

Adoración f Spanish
Means "adoration" in Spanish. This name refers to the event that is known in Christian tradition as the Adoration of the Magi, which is when the three Magi presented gifts to the infant Jesus and worshipped him.

Adrián m Spanish, Hungarian, Slovak
Spanish, Hungarian and Slovak form of Hadrianus (see Hadrian).

Adriana f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Bulgarian, English, Dutch
Feminine form of Adrian. A famous bearer is the Brazilian model Adriana Lima (1981-).

África f Spanish
Spanish form of Africa 1. It is usually taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de África, the patron saint of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.

Agapito m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Agapitus or Agapetus, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀγαπητός (Agapetos) meaning "beloved". The name Agapetus was borne by two popes.

Ágata f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Agatha.

Agripina f Spanish
Spanish form of Agrippina.

Águeda f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Agatha.

Agustín m Spanish
Spanish form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Agustina f Spanish, Indonesian
Spanish feminine form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1), also used in Indonesia.

Aída f Spanish
Spanish form of Ayda.

Ainara f Basque, Spanish
Variant of Enara.

Ainoa f Spanish
Spanish form of Ainhoa.

Aitana f Spanish
From the name of a mountain range in Valencia, eastern Spain. The Spanish poet Rafael Alberti used it for his daughter in 1941.

Aitor m Basque, Spanish
Possibly means "good fathers" from Basque aita "father" and on "good". This was the name of a legendary ancestor of the Basques.

Alba 1 f Italian, Spanish, Catalan
This name is derived from two distinct names, Alba 2 and Alba 3, with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over time these names have become confused with one another. To further complicate the matter, alba means "dawn" in Italian, Spanish and Catalan. This may be the main inspiration behind its use in Italy and Spain.

Albano m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish (Rare)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Albanus (see Alban).

Alberta f English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of Albert. This is the name of a Canadian province, which was named in honour of a daughter of Queen Victoria.

Alberto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Albert.

Albina f Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Polish, German, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Albinus. This was the name of a few early saints, including a 3rd-century martyr from Caesarea.

Albino m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Albinus.

Alcides m Greek Mythology (Latinized), Portuguese, Spanish
Latinized form of Greek Ἀλκείδης (Alkeides), derived from ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess" and the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was another name for the hero Herakles.

Ale 1 m & f Finnish, Italian, Spanish
Finnish short form of Aleksanteri or Aleksi, an Italian short form of Alessandro, and a Spanish short form of Alejandro or Alejandra.

Aleida f Dutch, Spanish (Latin American)
Dutch and Spanish short form of Adelaide.

Alejandra f Spanish
Spanish form of Alexandra.

Alejandro m Spanish
Spanish form of Alexander. This was the most popular name for boys in Spain from the 1990s until 2006 (and again in 2011).

Alejo m Spanish
Spanish form of Alexius.

Álex m Spanish
Short form of Alejandro.

Alexia f Greek, French, Spanish, English (Modern)
Feminine form of Alexis.

Alexis m & f French, English, Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Ἀλέξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors.... [more]

Aleyda f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Aleida.

Alfonsa f Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Alfonso.

Alfonso m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Alphonsus, the Latin form of the Visigothic name *Aþalafuns meaning "noble and ready", derived from the Gothic elements aþals "noble" and funs "ready". This was the name of several kings of Spain (Asturias, León, Castile and Aragon) and Portugal, starting with Alfonso I of Asturias in the 8th century. His name was sometimes recorded in the Latin spelling Adefonsus, and on that basis it is theorized that first element might be from another source (perhaps haþus meaning "battle"). It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form.

Alfredo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Alfred.

Alicia f Spanish, English, Swedish, French
Latinized form of Alice.

Alina f Romanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovene, German, Italian, Spanish
Short form of Adelina, Albina and names that end in alina.

Alirio m Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of Hilario.

Alma 1 f English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Slovene, Croatian
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. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning "the soul".

Almudena f Spanish
Derived from Arabic المدينة (al-mudayna) meaning "the citadel", a diminutive form of the word مدينة (madīna) meaning "city". According to legend, it was in a building by this name that a concealed statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered during the Reconquista in Madrid. The Virgin of Almudena, that is Mary, is the patron saint of Madrid.

Alondra f Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from Spanish alondra meaning "lark".

Alonso m Spanish
Spanish variant of Alfonso.

Álvaro m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of Alvarus, the Latinized form of a Visigothic name, possibly derived from the elements alls "all" and wars "aware, cautious" or wards "guard". Álvar Fáñez was an 11th-century military commander and duke of Toledo, who appears as a general of El Cid in the epic poem El Cantar de mio Cid. Verdi also used the name in his opera The Force of Destiny (1862).

Amada f Spanish
Feminine form of Amado.

Amadeo m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish form of Amadeus, as well as an Italian variant. This was the name of a 19th-century king of Spain (born in Italy).

Amado m Spanish
Spanish form of Amatus.

Amador m Spanish
Spanish form of Amator.

Amalia f Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Germanic (Latinized)
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal. This element means "unceasing, vigorous, brave", or it can refer to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali (derived from the same root).... [more]

Amancio m Spanish
Spanish form of Amantius.

Amanda f English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of Amandus. However, it was not used during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century it was recreated by authors and poets who based it directly on Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love". Notably, the playwright Colley Cibber used it for a character in his play Love's Last Shift (1696). It came into regular use during the 19th century.

Amando m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Amandus.

Amaranta f Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Amarantha.

Amarilis f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Amaryllis.

Amaro m Galician, Portuguese, Spanish
Meaning uncertain, perhaps related to Latin amarus "bitter", or maybe from the Visigothic name Amalric. This was the name of a legendary saint who was said to have sailed across the Atlantic to a paradise. He is especially popular in Galicia and Asturias in Spain.

Amaya f Basque, Spanish, English (Modern)
Variant of Amaia.... [more]

Ámbar f Spanish (Modern)
Spanish cognate of Amber.

Ambrosio m Spanish
Spanish form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).

Amelia f English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Medieval French
Variant of Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.... [more]

América f Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Amerigo.

Américo m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Amerigo.

Ameyalli f Nahuatl
Means "spring, fountain" in Nahuatl.

Amílcar m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Hamilcar.

Aminta m & f Literature, Spanish (Latin American)
Form of Amyntas used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his play Aminta (1573). In the play Aminta is a shepherd who falls in love with a nymph.... [more]

Amor m & f Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Means "love" in Latin. This was another name for the Roman god Cupid. It also means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, and as a feminine name it can be derived directly from this vocabulary word.

Amparo f Spanish
Means "protection, shelter, refuge" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Amparo, meaning "Our Lady of Refuge".

Ana f Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Albanian, Macedonian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Fijian, Tongan
Form of Anna used in various languages.

Anabel f Spanish
Spanish form of Annabel, also commonly used as a contraction of Ana Isabel.

Ana Belén f Spanish
Combination of Ana and Belén.

Anacleto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Anacletus.

Anahí f Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly from the Guarani name for the cockspur coral tree (species Erythrina crista-galli). In a Guarani legend this is the name of a young woman burned at the stake by the conquistadors, after which she is transformed into the flowering tree.

Anaís f Catalan, Spanish
Catalan and Spanish form of Anaïs.

Ana Isabel f Spanish
Combination of Ana and Isabel.

Ana María f Spanish
Combination of Ana and María.

Ana Sofía f Spanish
Combination of Ana and Sofía.

Anastacia f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Anastasia.

Anastacio m Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Anastasio.

Anastasia f Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Anastasius. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Due to her, the name has been common in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (in various spellings). As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer was the youngest daughter of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II, who was rumoured to have escaped the execution of her family in 1918.

Anastasio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Anastasius.

Andrea 2 f English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of Andrew. As an English name, it has been used since the 17th century, though it was not common until the 20th century.

Andrés m Spanish, Icelandic
Spanish and Icelandic form of Andrew.

Andrés Felipe m Spanish
Combination of Andrés and Felipe especially popular in Colombia.

Ángel m Spanish
Spanish form of Angelus (see Angel).

Ángela f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Angelus (see Angel).

Ángeles f Spanish
Means "angels", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, meaning "Our Lady the Queen of the Angels".

Angélica f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Angelica.

Angelina f Italian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Armenian
Latinate diminutive of Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).

Angelino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Angelo or Ángel.

Angelita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Angela.

Angustias f Spanish
Means "anguishes", taken from a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, meaning "Our Lady of Anguishes". She is the patron saint of Granada, Spain.

Ani 1 f Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Spanish
Diminutive of Ana.

Aníbal m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Hannibal.

Aniceta f Spanish, Lithuanian
Feminine form of Anicetus.

Aniceto m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Anicetus.

Anita 1 f Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Latvian, Hungarian
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of Ana.

Anselma f Spanish, Italian (Rare), German (Rare)
Feminine form of Anselm.

Anselmo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Anselm.

Antelmo m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Anthelm.

Antero 2 m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Anterus.

Antón m Galician, Spanish
Galician form and Spanish variant of Antonius (see Anthony).

Antonia f Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Romanian, Greek, Croatian, Bulgarian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see Anthony).

Antonieta f Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish diminutive of Antonia.

Antonio m Spanish, Italian, Croatian
Spanish and Italian form of Antonius (see Anthony). This has been a common name in Italy since the 14th century. In Spain it was the most popular name for boys in the 1950s and 60s.... [more]

Antoñita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Antonia.

Anunciación f Spanish
Means "annunciation" in Spanish, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to Jesus.

Apolinar m Spanish
Spanish form of Apollinaris.

Apolonia f Spanish, Polish
Spanish and Polish form of Apollonia.

Aquiles m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Achilles.

Aquilina f Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of Aquilinus. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint from Byblos.

Aquilino m Spanish
Spanish form of Aquilinus.

Araceli f Spanish
Means "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin Mary in her role as the patron saint of Lucena, Spain.

Aracelis f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Araceli.

Aracely f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Araceli.

Arancha f Spanish
Spanish form of Arantxa.

Aránzazu f Spanish
Spanish form of Arantzazu.

Arcadia f Spanish (Latin American)
Feminine form of Arcadius. This is the name of a region on the Greek Peloponnese, long idealized for its natural beauty.

Arcadio m Spanish
Spanish form of Arcadius.

Arcelia f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Araceli.

Argentina f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the name of the country of Argentina in South America, itself derived from Latin argentinus meaning "silvery". There are a few examples of bearers born before the place was named in the 16th century, in which case their name comes directly from the word.

Argimiro m Spanish
Spanish form of Argimirus, the Latin form of a Visigothic or Suebi name probably composed of the Germanic elements heri "army" and mari "famous". This name was borne by a 9th-century Spanish saint who was martyred by the Moors.

Ariadna f Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Polish
Spanish, Catalan, Russian and Polish form of Ariadne.

Ariel m & f Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew, from אֲרִי (ʾari) meaning "lion" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film The Little Mermaid (1989).

Aristeo m Spanish
Spanish form of Aristaeus.

Arístides m Spanish
Spanish form of Aristides.

Arleth f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Arlette in use in Latin America.

Armando m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Herman.

Armida f Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). In the poem Armida is a beautiful enchantress who bewitches many of the crusaders.

Arnulfo m Spanish
Spanish form of Arnulf.

Aroa f Basque, Spanish
Derived from Basque aro meaning "era, age, time".

Arquímedes m Spanish
Spanish form of Archimedes.

Arsenio m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Arsenios.

Artemio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Artemios.

Arturo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Arthur.

Ascensión f Spanish
Means "ascension" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the Ascension of Jesus into heaven.

Asdrúbal m Spanish
Spanish form of Hasdrubal.

Asun f Spanish
Short form of Asunción.

Asunción f Spanish
Means "assumption" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Atanasio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Athanasius.

Atenea f Spanish
Spanish form of Athena.

Atilio m Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Attilius (see Attilio).

Augusto m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Augustus. This name was borne by the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006).

Aura f English, Italian, Spanish, Finnish
From the word aura (derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek αὔρα meaning "breeze") for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.

Áurea f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Aurea.

Aurelia f Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Feminine form of Aurelius.

Aureliano m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Aurelianus.

Aurelio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Aurelius.

Aurora f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.

Avelina 2 f Spanish
Feminine form of Avelino.

Avelino m Spanish, Portuguese
Used in honour of the 16th-century Italian saint Andrea Avellino (usually spelled Avelino in Spanish and Portuguese). His surname is derived from the name of the town of Avellino in Campania, itself from Latin Abellinum (of unknown meaning).

Aya 4 f Spanish (Modern), French (Modern)
Spanish and French form of Aia.

Aylen f Mapuche, Spanish (Modern)
Variant of Ayelen.

Aylín f Spanish (Modern)
Possibly a variant of Aylen or Eileen.

Azahar f Spanish (Rare)
Means "orange blossom" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic زهْرة (zahra) meaning "flower". It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Azahar, meaning "Our Lady of the Orange Blossom", because of the citrus trees that surround a church devoted to her near Murcia.

Azahara f Spanish
Variant of Azahar. It can also be given in reference to the ruined Moorish city of Medina Azahara in Córdoba, which derives from the related Arabic root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Azeneth f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Possibly a Spanish variant of Asenath.

Azucena f Spanish
Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.

Macarena f Spanish
From the name of a barrio (district) in Seville, which got its name from a temple that may have been named for a person named Macarius (see Macario). The Virgin of Macarena, that is Mary, is widely venerated in Seville.

Macaria f Spanish
Feminine form of Macario.

Macario m Spanish
Spanish form of the Latin name Macarius, derived from the Greek name Μακάριος (Makarios), which was in turn derived from Greek μάκαρ (makar) meaning "blessed, happy". This was the name of several early saints.

Mafalda f Portuguese, Italian, Spanish
Originally a medieval Portuguese form of Matilda. This name was borne by the wife of Afonso, the first king of Portugal. In modern times it was the name of the titular character in a popular Argentine comic strip (published from 1964 to 1973) by Quino.

Magaly f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Magali, predominantly found in Spanish-speaking countries.

Magdalena f Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Lithuanian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of Magdalene.

Maikel m Dutch (Modern), Spanish (Modern)
Dutch and Spanish variant of Michael (based on the English pronunciation).

Maite 1 f Spanish
Combination of María and Teresa.

Malena f Swedish, Spanish
Swedish and Spanish contracted form of Magdalena. In Spanish it can also be a contracted form of María Elena.

Malinalli f Nahuatl
Means "tall grass" in Nahuatl.

Mamen f Spanish
Diminutive of María del Carmen.

Manola f Spanish
Spanish feminine diminutive of Manuel.

Manolo m Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Manuel.

Manu 2 m & f French, Spanish, German, Finnish
Short form of Manuel or Emmanuel (and also of Manuela in Germany).

Manuel m Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, French, Romanian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Emmanuel. In the spelling Μανουήλ (Manouel) it was also used in the Byzantine Empire, notably by two emperors. It is possible this form of the name was transmitted to Spain and Portugal from Byzantium, since there were connections between the royal families (king Ferdinand III of Castile married Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen, who had Byzantine roots, and had a son named Manuel). The name has been used in Iberia since at least the 13th century and was borne by two kings of Portugal.

Manuela f Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Italian
Feminine form of Manuel.

Manuelita f Spanish
Diminutive of Manuela.

Mar f Spanish, Catalan
Means "sea" in Spanish and Catalan. It is from a devotional title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Mar "Our Lady of the Sea", the patron saint of the Spanish province of Almería.

Mara 1 f Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "bitter" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is a name that Naomi calls herself after the death of her husband and sons (see Ruth 1:20).

Maravillas f Spanish
Means "marvels, wonders", from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, meaning "Our Lady of Wonders".

Marcela f Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Marcellus.

Marcelina f Polish, Spanish, Portuguese
Polish, Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Marcellinus.

Marcelino m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellinus.

Marcelo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus.

Marcia f English, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Marcius. It was borne by a few very minor saints. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 18th century.

Marcial m Spanish
Spanish form of Martialis (see Martial).

Marciana f Ancient Roman, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of Marcianus. This was the name of a young woman martyred in North Africa during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.

Marciano m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of Marcianus.

Marcio m Spanish
Spanish form of Marcius.

Marco m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch
Italian form of Marcus (see Mark). During the Middle Ages this name was common in Venice, where Saint Mark was supposedly buried. A famous bearer was the Venetian explorer Marco Polo, who travelled across Asia to China in the 13th century.

Marcos m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcus (see Mark).

Mardoqueo m Biblical Spanish, Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Mordecai.

Margarita f Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Greek, Albanian, Late Roman
Latinate form of Margaret. This is also the Spanish word for the daisy flower (species Bellis perennis, Leucanthemum vulgare and others).

María f & m Spanish, Galician, Icelandic
Spanish, Galician and Icelandic form of Maria.... [more]

María Ángeles f Spanish
Combination of María and Ángeles.

María Auxiliadora f Spanish
Means "Mary the helper" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

María Belén f Spanish
Combination of María and Belén.

María Carmen f Spanish
Combination of María and Carmen. This was the most popular name for girls in Spain from the 1940s to the 1970s.

María Concepción f Spanish
Combination of María and Concepción.

María Cristina f Spanish
Combination of María and Cristina.

María Cruz f Spanish
Combination of María and Cruz.

María de Jesús f Spanish
Means "Mary (the mother) of Jesus" in Spanish, a compound of María and Jesús.

María de la Cruz f Spanish
Means "Mary of the cross" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

María de la Luz f Spanish
Means "Mary of the light" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

María de las Mercedes f Spanish
Means "Mary of mercies" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

María del Carmen f Spanish
Means "Mary of Mount Carmel" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary (see Carmen).

María del Mar f Spanish
Means "Mary of the sea" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

María de los Ángeles f Spanish
Means "Mary of the angels" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

María de los Dolores f Spanish
Means "Mary of sorrows" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

María Dolores f Spanish
Combination of María and Dolores.

María Elena f Spanish
Combination of María and Elena.

María Fernanda f Spanish
Combination of María and Fernanda.

María Guadalupe f Spanish (Mexican)
Combination of María and Guadalupe.

María Isabel f Spanish
Combination of María and Isabel.

María Jesús f Spanish
Combination of María and Jesús.

María José f Spanish
Combination of María and José, the names of the parents of Jesus.

María Josefa f Spanish
Combination of María and Josefa.

María Lourdes f Spanish
Combination of María and Lourdes.

María Luisa f Spanish
Combination of María and Luisa.

María Manuela f Spanish
Combination of María and Manuela.

María Mar f Spanish
Variant of María del Mar.

María Mercedes f Spanish
Combination of María and Mercedes.

Mariana f Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Czech, Bulgarian, Ancient Roman
Roman feminine form of Marianus. After the classical era it was sometimes interpreted as a combination of Maria and Ana. In Portuguese it is further used as a form of Mariamne.

Marianela f Spanish
Combination of María and Estela.

María Nieves f Spanish
Combination of María and Nieves.

Marianita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Mariana.

Mariano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Marianus. It is sometimes regarded as a masculine form of Maria.

María Pilar f Spanish
Combination of María and Pilar.

María Rosa f Spanish
Combination of María and Rosa 1.

María Rosario f Spanish
Combination of María and Rosario.

María Soledad f Spanish
Combination of María and Soledad.

María Teresa f Spanish
Combination of María and Teresa.

Maribel f Spanish
Short form of María Isabel.

Maricarmen f Spanish
Contraction of María Carmen or María del Carmen.

Maricel f Spanish
Combination of María and Celia or Cecilia. It is especially popular in the Philippines.

Maricela f Spanish
Combination of María and Celia.

Maricruz f Spanish
Short form of María Cruz or María de la Cruz.

Mariel f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), English (American)
Diminutive of Maria. In the case of the American actress Mariel Hemingway (1961-), the name was inspired by the Cuban town of Mariel.

Mariela f Spanish, Bulgarian
Spanish and Bulgarian diminutive of Maria.

Marielos f Spanish
Contraction of María de los Ángeles.

Marieta f Romanian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Greek, Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of Maria.

Marijose f Spanish
Short form of María José.

Mariluz f Spanish
Short form of María de la Luz.

Marimar f Spanish
Contraction of María del Mar.

Marina f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Marinus. This name was borne by a few early saints. This is also the name by which Saint Margaret of Antioch is known in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Marino m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Marinus.

Mario m Italian, Spanish, German, Croatian
Italian and Spanish form of Marius. Famous bearers include American racecar driver Mario Andretti (1940-) and Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux (1965-). It is also borne by a Nintendo video game character, a moustached Italian plumber, who debuted as the playable hero of Donkey Kong in 1981. Spelled マリオ (Mario) in Japanese Katakana, he was reportedly named after Mario Segale (1934-2018), an American businessman who rented a warehouse to Nintendo.

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
Short form of María Soledad. It is sometimes considered a combination of María and Sol 1, or from Spanish mar y sol "sea and sun".

Maristela f Portuguese, Spanish (Rare)
From the title of the Virgin Mary, Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea" in Latin. It can also be a combination of Maria and Estela.

Marita 1 f German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish
Diminutive of Maria.

Maritza f Spanish (Latin American)
Elaboration of Maria used particularly in Latin America. The suffix could be inspired by the name of the Itza people of Central America (as seen in the name of the old Maya city of Chichen Itza, Mexico). It also nearly coincides with the name of the Maritsa River in southeastern Europe.

Marta f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic, Latvian, Estonian, Georgian
Form of Martha used in various languages.

Martín m Spanish
Spanish form of Martinus (see Martin).

Martina f German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Hungarian, English, Swedish, Dutch, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see Martin). Saint Martina was a 3rd-century martyr who is one of the patron saints of Rome.

Martirio f Spanish (Rare)
Means "martyrdom" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Martirio, the patron saint of the Spanish town of Ugíjar.

Martita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Marta.

Mateo m Spanish, Croatian
Spanish form of Matthew. This form is also sometimes used in Croatia, from the Italian form Matteo.

Matías m Spanish
Spanish form of Matthias.

Matilde f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Matilda.

Maura 1 f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of Maurus.

Mauricio m Spanish
Spanish form of Mauritius (see Maurice).

Mauro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Maurus.

Maxi m & f Spanish, German
Spanish short form of Maximiliano (masculine) or German short form of Maximiliane (feminine) or Maximilian (masculine).

Máxima f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Maximus.

Maximiano m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximianus.

Maximiliano m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilianus (see Maximilian).

Maximina f Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of Maximinus.

Maximino m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximinus.

Máximo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximus.

Mayra f Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Hispanic variant of Myra.

Mayte f Spanish
Variant of Maite 1.

Melania f Italian, Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Late Roman
Italian, Spanish, Polish and Romanian form of Melanie.

Melchor m Spanish
Spanish form of Melchior.

Melisa f Spanish, Bosnian, Albanian, Turkish, Azerbaijani
Spanish, Bosnian, Albanian, Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Melissa.

Mercedes f Spanish
Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity".

Merche f Spanish
Diminutive of Mercedes.

Metztli f & m Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Means "moon" in Nahuatl. This was the name of the Aztec god (or goddess) of the moon.

Meztli f & m Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Variant of Metztli.

Mía f Spanish
Spanish form of Mia, also coinciding with the Spanish word mía meaning "mine".

Micaela f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Feminine form of Michael.