This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Spanish.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Mencía f Spanish, Medieval Spanish, GalicianSpanish and Galician name of unclear origin, maybe from Basque
mendi "mountain". It was born by many noble women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and revived in the 2000's.
Mequita f SpanishPerhaps a variant of Mezquita, also called the Great Mosque of Córdoba or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, a medieval Islamic mosque that was converted into a Roman Catholic Christian cathedral in the Spanish city of Córdoba, Andalusia.
Messalina f Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, CatalanFeminine diminutive of the Roman family name
Messalla, which was originally an agnomen derived from the place name
Messana, applied to the 3rd-century BC Roman general Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus to commemorate his victory at the city of Messana in Sicily... [
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Mimosa f English, Finnish, French, Spanish, Danish, Filipino, ItalianFrom
Mimosa, a genus of plants that are sensitive to touch. The best known plant from that genus is the
Mimosa pudica, better known in English as the
touch-me-not. The plant genus derives its name from Spanish
mimosa, which is the feminine form of the Spanish adjective
mimoso meaning "cuddly".
Miosotis f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Caribbean)Spanish form of
Myosotis, used especially in the Dominican Republic. This occurs in the 1968 Puerto Rican telenovela
La Mujer de Aquella Noche, where it is a nickname of the heroine, Countess Adriana de Astolfi, given to her by her lover, the itinerant gypsy Renzo.
Moneiba f Spanish (Canarian, Rare), Guanche MythologyFrom Guanche *
mənəy-ibba meaning literally "smoky glow". This was the name of a goddess worshipped by women on the island of Hierro (present-day Canary Islands, Spain), which was inhabited by a people known as the Bimbache.
Monsalud f Spanish (European, Rare)From the Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary,
La Virgen de Monsalud and
Nuestra Señora de Monsalud, meaning "The Virgin of Monsalud" and "Our Lady of Monsalud" respectively, venerated at a hermitage located in the municipality of Alfarnate in Andalusia's Málaga province in southern Spain.
Monserrate m & f SpanishSpanish form of
Montserrat, usually taken from from the title of the Virgin Mary,
Nuestra Señora de Monserrate, the patron saint of Orihuela in the Province of Alicante in Spain.
Monsita f Spanish (Latin American)Spanish diminutive of
Montserrat and its variant
Monserrat. A known bearer of this name is Monsita Ferrer (b. 1958), a daughter of the Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer (1912-1992) and the American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002).
Montaña f SpanishMeans "mountain" in Spanish (compare English derivation
Montana), taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary,
La Virgen de la Montaña, meaning "The Virgin of the Mountain."... [
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Montañas f Spanish (Rare)Plural form of
Montaña, taken from the Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary,
La Virgen de las Montañas and
Nuestra Señora de las Montañas, meaning "The Virgin of the Mountains" and "Our Lady of the Mountains."... [
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Moraima f Spanish, GalicianVariant of
Morayma. It became popular in Galician after the eponymous poem by Emilio Celso Ferreiro to his wife Moraima.
Moya f SpanishMeaning "estate of Modius" from the Latin Modianus, with Modius derived from the Latin modus meaning 'measure'. Traditionally a Spanish surname deriving from Moya, in Cuenca, or similarly named places in Valencia, Lugo, and the Canary Island.
Naira f & m Spanish (Canarian)Recorded ca. 1484 by Pedro Gómez Escudero as the name of a Guanche (male) warrior from Telde. According to the scholar Ignacio Reyes García, the name means "front" or "to guide" in the Guanche language.... [
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Náyade f Spanish (Rare)From the Spanish word
náyade meaning "Naiad", which is a river nymph in Greek and Roman mythology; it derives from Greek Ναιάς
(Naias) (plural Ναϊάδες
(Naiades)), itself a derivative of the verb νάω
(nao) "to flow".
Nisamar f Spanish (Canarian)Possibly derived from Guanche *
(a)nəssamar meaning literally "man who invites, lets someone pass or grants passage to someone; man who presents or submits something". This was listed in a baptismal register from Seville dating to the 15th century; the sex and age of the bearer were not recorded... [
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Nivaria f Spanish (Canarian, Rare)From the Roman name for the island of Tenerife (present-day Canary Islands, Spain), which was derived from Latin
nivarius meaning "of snow, pertaining to snow" - itself from
nix "snow" (genitive
nivis, plural
nives) - after the snow-covered peak of Mount Teide.
Nonito m & f Spanishspanish, tahitian, noni is a green, spiny fruit grown in Tahiti and is used for medicine. the Spanish use the suffix, -ito, meaning "small" or "miniscule". Nonito means "small noni".
Norkys f Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)Meaning: Unknown. Norkys Yelitza Batista Villarroel, born August 30, 1977 (known simply as Norkys Batista), is a Venezuelan actress, model and former beauty pageant titleholder.
Ñusta f SpanishMeans "princess" in Quechua. It was used as a title in the Inca Empire, not as a personal name.
Ocotlán f & m Spanish (Mexican)From the Marian title
Nuestra Señora de Ocotlán meaning "Our Lady of Ocotlán" (see
Ocotlán), the Virgin of Ocotlán being the patron saint of Tlaxcala and the neighbouring state of Puebla.
Oniria f SpanishMost likely an invented name, perhaps based on the Spanish word
onírica, meaning "oneiric, dreamlike". This name was borne by Cuban revolutionary Oniria Gutiérrez.