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This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Spanish; and the pattern is *i*a.
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Columbia m & f Spanish, English, Italian
The name Colombia comes from the name of Christopher Columbus (Spanish: Cristóbal Colón). It was conceived by the revolutionary Francisco de Miranda as a reference to all the New World, but especially to those territories and colonies under Spanish and Portuguese rule... [more]
Consorcia f Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish form of Consortia. This name is now seen as old-fashioned in the Philippines.
Constancia f Medieval Occitan, Medieval English, German (Bessarabian), Dutch (Antillean), Spanish, Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Occitan and Spanish form and Bessarabian German variant of Constantia as well as an English Latinization of Constance.
Coraida f Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Coraima influenced by Zoraida or a Latinized form of Coraide.
Coraima f Spanish (Modern), American (Hispanic, Modern)
Probably an elaboration of Cora with influence from Roraima or Morayma... [more]
Coralia f Romanian (Rare), Spanish, Galician, Italian (Rare)
Romanian, Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Coralie.
Coronita f Spanish (Rare)
Spanish diminutive of Corona.
Cosmia f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek (Latinized, Rare), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοσμία (Kosmia), which meant "orderly, decent".
Crescenciana f Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish feminine form of Crescentianus (see Crescentian).
Crimilda f Portuguese, Spanish, English (American)
Portuguese and Spanish form of Kriemhild.
Criptana f Spanish (European)
From the devotional title of Mary "Our Lady of Criptana" in the town of Campo de Criptana, Spain.
Crisálida f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Chrysalis. In Spanish-speaking Latin America, it is mainly used in Venezuela.
Crisanta f Spanish (Rare), Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Chrysanthe.
Crisóstoma f Spanish
Feminine form of Crisóstomo.
Crispina f Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Sicilian, Medieval Latin
Feminine form of Crispinus. A notable bearer was the 2nd-century Roman empress Bruttia Crispina, the wife of Emperor Commodus. This name was also borne by a 4th-century Christian martyr from North Africa.
Cristalina f Spanish (Rare)
Derived from Spanish cristalina, "crystalline".
Cristeta f Aragonese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Philippines, Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Possibly a diminutive of Cristiana, a derivative of Latin christiana meaning "Christian (woman)". This was the name of a Spanish saint (from Talavera, Toledo) who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.
Cristobalina f Spanish
Feminine form of Cristóbal.
Crucificia f Late Roman, Italian, Spanish
Earliest known usage stemmed from the mid 4th century in Rome, following the rule of Constantine. The meaning of the name is "Crucifixion."
Crucita f Spanish
More common variant of Cruzita.
Ctonia f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Chthonia.
Cuquita f Spanish
Diminutive of Cuca. In other words, this is a (strictly feminine) double diminutive of Refugio.
Dafnita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Dafne.
Daida ?f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Possibly derived from Guanche *dăyda meaning "newborn lamb that is still being suckled by its mother". This name was listed in a baptismal register from Seville dating to the 15th century; the sex and age of the bearer were not recorded... [more]
Daira f Greek Mythology, Spanish (Latin American)
The name of an Okeanid Nymph of the town in Eleusis in Attika, Greece. It is derived from the element δαο (dao), meaning "the knowing one, teacher".
Danelia f Spanish (Latin American), English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Probably a shift from Daniela. Regarding Latin American usage, it is mainly used in Nicaragua and neighbouring Honduras.
Danitza f Spanish (Latin American)
Latin American diminutive of Daniela, using the popular -itza ending found in Maritza. Coincides with the Serbian and Croatian pronunciation of Danica.
Dániza f Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Spanish form of Danica meaning "morning star, Venus".
Darcia f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Swiss (Rare)
In English-speaking countries, this name is probably a variant of Darcy, one that may have been inspired by the name Marcia.... [more]
Daría f Spanish
Spanish form of Daria. The name coincides with the first-person singular conditional form and third-person singular conditional form of dar, meaning "I would give" or "he / she would give".
Dariela f Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a feminine form of Dariel or an elaborated form of Daria.
Dativa f Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical), Eastern African, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Feminine form of Dativus. This was the name of a 5th-century Christian martyr from North Africa. It is mostly used in Eastern Africa (mainly in Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda).
Dederica f Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Archaic), English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Dederico (Italian and Spanish), English variant of Dedericka and Dutch variant of Diederika.
Deina f Basque (Hispanicized, ?), Spanish (?)
Allegedly a Hispanicized form of Deiñe.
Delina f English (Rare), Sicilian, Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Romani
English truncated form of Adeline and Sicilian truncated form of Adelina. This name was borne by Delina Filkins, the first person verified to reach the age of 113, in 1928.
Delmira f Spanish
Short form or variant form of Edelmira. A bearer of this name is Delmira Agustini (1886-1914), an Uruguayan poetess.
Deluvina f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Perhaps a combination of Della and Lavina. This was borne by Deluvina Maxwell (died 1927), a Native American slave and the girlfriend of American outlaw Billy the Kid at the time of his death.
Deolinda f Portuguese, Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Teolinda. This name was especially popular in Portugal and Brazil, having started rising in popularity in Brazil in the 1810s and Portugal in the 1880s... [more]
Dimelsa f Spanish
Perhaps a Spanish variant of Demelza.
Diodora f Greek (Rare), Neapolitan (Rare), Sicilian, Spanish (Rare), Polish (Archaic)
Greek feminine form of Diodoros, Spanish and Neapolitan feminine form of Diodoro, Sicilian feminine form of Diodoru and Polish feminine form of Diodor.
Diomeda f Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Latinized form of the Greek name Διομήδη (Diomede), the feminine form of Diomedes.
Diosa f Spanish, Filipino
Means "goddess" in Spanish.
Disnomia f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Dysnomia.
Dombina f Spanish (Archaic), Galician
Spanish and Galician feminine form of Dombert.
Doménica f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Spanish form of Domenica reflecting the Italian pronunciation. This name is specially popular in Ecuador.
Domicia f Spanish
Spanish form of Domitia.
Domina f Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly from Latin domina meaning "lady, mistress". This is the name of an obscure saint.
Domínica f Spanish
Spanish archaic feminine form of Dominic which is equivalent to Dominga.
Donaciana f Spanish
Spanish form of Donatiana.
Donita f Spanish, English (American)
Spanish diminutive of Donata. As an English name, Donita may perhaps have been derived from Spanish doñita meaning "little lady", which is comparable to how Donna was derived from Italian donna meaning "lady".... [more]
Doreida f Spanish (Latin American)
Of unknown meaning; possibly inspired by Nereida.
Dulcia f Spanish, Judeo-Catalan (Latinized), Gascon
Latinized form of Dulcie, used particularly in Iberian countries. As a Jewish name, Dulcia was occasionally used as a translation of Naomi 1 in former times.
Dulcina f Late Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of Dulcinus.
Dulcisima f Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish dulcísima meaning "sweetest".
Dunia f & m Arabic, Swahili, Spanish, Galician
Derived from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā) "world (the Earth, or any this-worldly habitat, excluding the next world)".
Edilberta f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Edilberto. In other words, this is a Spanish and Italian cognate of Ethelberta.
Edilburga f Spanish
Spanish form of Ethelburga.
Edilma f Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Combination of the popular element edi (cf. Edimar, Edir) and the name Ilma.
Eiza f Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a variant of Aiza, or a form of Elsa or Eliza... [more]
Elenitza f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Greek (Italianized)
Hispanic and Italian variant of Elenitsa. This was used in the Italian movie Le soldatesse (1965; The Camp Followers in English) for a Greek character, played by Anna Karina... [more]
Elia f Italian, Albanian, Spanish
Feminine form of Elio.
Élida f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly from Élide, the Spanish name for the historic region of Elis, located in Greece.
Elidia f Spanish (Mexican)
Feminine form of Elidio.
Eliodora f Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of Eliodoro.
Elisita f Spanish, Italian
Diminutive of Elisa.
Eloína f Spanish, Asturian
Feminine form of Eloy.
Elpidia f Greek, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Theatre
Feminine form of Elpidius. Borne by the protagonist of 'L’Elpidia, ovvero Li rivali generosi' by Georg Friedrich Händel.
Elsita f Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of Elsa. Also compare Elsy.
Emelita f Spanish (Philippines)
A diminutive of Emily or other names beginning in Em.
Emerencia f Hungarian, Spanish (Rare)
Hungarian and Spanish form of Emerentia.
Emerenciana f Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Medieval Flemish
Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese and medieval Flemish form of Emerentiana.
Emérita f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Emerita.
Emita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Ema 1.
Encina f Spanish (European)
Means "holm oak, evergreen oak" in Spanish, taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Encina, meaning "The Virgin of the Holm Oak," venerated at the basilica in Ponferrada in the province of León.
Enedelia f Spanish (Mexican), American (Hispanic)
Possibly an invented name based on the sounds found in names such as Enedina and Adelia.
Enilda f Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Feminine form of Enildo or else a variant of Anilda.
Epifanía f Spanish
Spanish form of Epiphania.
Epifania f Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Italian (Rare), Corsican, Polish (Rare)
Spanish, Galician, Italian, Corsican and Polish feminine form of Epiphanius. A fictional bearer is Epifania Fitzfassenden, a central character in George Bernard Shaw's play 'The Millionairess' (1936).
Eréndira f Purépecha, Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from P'urhépecha iréndira meaning "the one who smiles" or "smiling, cheerful".... [more]
Erenia f Spanish (Rare), Aragonese (Rare)
Variant of Herenia, also an Aragonese form.
Ermila f Spanish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Ermilo.
Erundina f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Galician form of Erondina, also a Portuguese variant.
Escolástica f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Scholastica.
Escolastica f Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Escolástica primarily used in the Philippines.
Escribonia f Spanish
Spanish form of Scribonia.
Espiridiona f Spanish
Feminine form of Espiridión. Espiridiona Bonifacio de Castro (1875–1956) was a Filipino revolutionary.
Estatilia f Spanish
Spanish form of Statilia.
Estelita f Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Diminutive of Estela. A bearer of this name is Estelita Bantilan, a Filipino textile weaver.
Esterlina f Spanish (Philippines)
Diminutive of Ester. The form Esterlita is more common.
Estilita f Spanish
Means "stylite" in Spanish. This could also be used as a variant of Estelita.
Eudomilia f Spanish (Latin American)
From the Greek εὔδοξος (eudoxos) meaning "of good repute, honoured", itself from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and δόξα (doxa) meaning "notion, reputation, honour" with elaborated influence from names like Emilia.
Eudosia f Galician (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Galician and Spanish form of Eudoxia.
Eufemiana f Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Eufemiano.
Eufrasia f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Galician (Rare), Italian
Spanish, Galician and Italian form of Euphrasia.
Eugracia f Spanish
Variant of Engracia (due to a different reading of old writings).
Eularia f Italian (Archaic), Spanish
Some sources list this name as being a variant of Eulalia, but perhaps it is more likely that the name is a combination of two existing names. In that case, the name is either a combination of any name starting with Eu- (such as Eufemia and Eugenia) with Hilaria or Ilaria, or a combination of Eulalia with any name ending in -aria, such as Hilaria and Maria.
Eurosia f Italian, Spanish
A famous bearer was Eurosia Fabris, also known as Mamma Rosa, who was beatified in 2005.
Eustolia f Late Greek, Spanish (Mexican), History (Ecclesiastical)
Feminine form of Eustolios. This name was borne by a saint from the 7th century AD.
Eutiquia f Spanish
Feminine form of Eutiquio.
Evangélica f Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Feminine form of Evangélico. It is also possible that in some cases, this name is a combination of Eva with Angélica.
Exikia f Spanish
An Hispanicized feminine form of Ezekiel.
Exuperancia f Spanish
Spanish form of Exuperantia.
Exuperia f Late Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of Exuperius.
Fabriciana f Late Roman, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Feminine form of Fabricianus. In modern times, this name is used primarily in Brazil.
Fandila m History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (European, Rare)
Unknown meaning. This is the name of a Mozarabic martyr born in Guadix (Spain) who died in Córdoba in the 9th century AD.
Farina f Popular Culture, German (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Surinamese), Spanish (Latin American)
From the character Farina in the series Our Gang played by the male child actor Allen Hoskins. It was aired in Germany under the title Die kleinen Strolche.
Felicula f Ancient Roman, Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Means "kitten" in Latin. A bearer of this name was St. Felicula, who was probably fourth-century Roman martyr.
Feliza f Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Felicia. It could be an elaborated form of the Spanish adjective feliz meaning "happy" or also a diminutive of Felizitas.
Fiama f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Portuguese variant of Fiamma.
Filadelfia f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Philadelphia.
Filiberta f Spanish (Mexican), Italian (Rare), Sicilian, Polish (Archaic)
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Filiberto, Sicilian feminine form of Filibertu and Polish feminine form of Filibert.
Filomela f Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Finnish, Indonesian, Turkish, Portuguese, Breton, Italian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Spanish
Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Finnish, Indonesian, Turkish, Portuguese, Breton, Italian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, and Spanish form of Philomel.
Filonila f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Philonilla.
Finita f Spanish
Diminutive of Josefa.
Finita f Spanish
Diminutive of Fina.
Fita f Spanish
Diminutive of Adelfa
Floralia f English, Spanish (Latin American), Mexican
Allegedly a rare elaboration of Flora, perhaps inspired by names like Rosalia.
Florcita f Spanish
Diminutive of Florencia.
Floreanita f Spanish
Diminutive of Floreana.
Florecita f Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish diminutive of Flor, formed using the diminutive suffix‎ -cita.
Florida f Late Roman, Albanian, Italian (Rare), English (American), Spanish (Latin American), Louisiana Creole
Feminine form of Floridus. This is also the name of a state in the United States of America, which was originally named La Florida by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León (1474-1521)... [more]
Floridalma f Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Either a combination of the names Florida and Alma 1 or a combination of the related Spanish words florida meaning "flourishing, blooming, florid" and alma meaning "soul"... [more]
Francelia f English (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean)
Likely an elaboration of Frances influenced by Celia.
Francia f Spanish, South American, French, Italian (Rare)
From Latin Francia meaning "France" (see Francia). Also compare France 1.
Frasquita f Spanish
Diminutive of Francisca.
Fuencisla f Spanish (European)
Said to be taken from Latin fōns stīllāns meaning "dripping well, dripping fountain" (the first element also used in Fuensanta), taken from the Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Fuencisla and Nuestra Señora de la Fuencisla, meaning "The Virgin of Fuencisla" and "Our Lady of Fuencisla."... [more]
Fulgencia f Spanish
Feminine form of Fulgencio.
Gabrielita f Spanish
Diminutive of Gabriela.
Galicia f Galician, Spanish (Latin American)
From the land of Galicia in analogy to other toponymic names like América or África. It is associated to Galician emigration, so this name can be found now in Latin American countries.
García f Spanish (Rare, ?)
Transferred use of the surname García.
García m Spanish, Medieval Spanish
Spanish form of Garsea, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear". It was widely used as a first name in Spain since the Middle Ages until the 17th century... [more]
Gaudelia f Spanish (Mexican, Archaic)
Possibly related to Latin gaudeo meaning "to rejoice, to enjoy". This is the name of an obscure martyr and saint from 4th century Persia whose real existence is unclear.
Gaudencia f Spanish
Spanish form of Gaudentia.
Gaudiosa f Spanish (Philippines), Italian (Archaic)
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Gaudiosus.
Gaviota f Spanish
Spanish for "Seagull". Popularized by the Mexican telenovela "Destilando Amor"
Gazmira f Spanish (Canarian, Rare)
Derived from Guanche *gazmir meaning "reed, grass". This was the name of a place in the island of La Palma (recorded as Gasmil). It was also borne as a surname by Francisca de Gazmira, a Guanche woman who defended the rights of the Canarian aborigines during the conquest and Christianization of La Palma in the late 15th century... [more]
Geisha f English (American, Modern, Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Modern, Rare)
From the Japanese word geisha meaning "geisha".
Gelasia f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Italian (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Gelasius.
Genita f Spanish
Diminutive of Eugenia.
Germelina f Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Possibly a feminine diminutive of Germelo, which is apparently a variant of Hermelo, which either comes from the town of Ermelo in Spain, or from the name Hermilo, a diminutive of Hermes.