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Abigaíl f Spanish
Spanish form of Abigail.

Adelaida f Spanish
Spanish form of Adelaide.

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.

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

Ana Isabel f Spanish
Combination of Ana and Isabel.

Braian m Spanish (Latin American, Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Brian.

Efraín m Spanish
Spanish form of Ephraim.

Iraida f Russian, Spanish
Russian and Spanish form of Herais.

Isaías m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Isaiah.

Jaime 1 m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Iacomus (see James).

Jair m Biblical, Biblical Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "he shines" in Hebrew, a derivative of אוֹר (ʾor) meaning "to shine". In the Old Testament this is the name of both a son of Manasseh and one of the ruling judges of the Israelites.

Jairo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Jairus.

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.

María Isabel f Spanish
Combination of María and Isabel.

Raimunda f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Raymond.

Raimundo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Raymond.

Rainerio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Rayner.

Sarai f Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Spanish
Means "my princess" in Hebrew, a possessive form of שָׂרָה (sara) meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman". In the Old Testament, this was Sarah's name before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).

Thais f Ancient Greek, Spanish
Alternate transcription of Ancient Greek Θαΐς (see Thaïs), as well as the usual Spanish form.

Yair m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Spanish (Latin American)
Hebrew form of Jair, as well as a Spanish variant.

Yaiza f Spanish
From the name of a town in the Canary Islands, Spain. It was used by the novelist Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa for the main character in his Ocean trilogy of books (beginning 1984).

Zaida f Arabic (Rare), Spanish
Feminine form of Zayd. This was the name of a Muslim princess who took refuge at the court of (and perhaps married) Alfonso VI of León and Castile in the 11th century.

Zaira f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zaïre. It was used by Vincenzo Bellini for the heroine of his opera Zaira (1829), which was based on Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre.

Zoraida f Spanish
Perhaps means "enchanting" or "dawn" in Arabic. This was the name of a minor 12th-century Spanish saint, a convert from Islam. The name was used 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.