Spanish Names

Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:37 pm

Here are some Spanish names. Tell me what you think.

Adelaida (ah deh LY da) d is more of a th sound, but a soft one
Adoracion (ah door ah SEE-OWN)
Agueda (AH geh da)
Alegria (ah lay GREE ah)
Andreina (awn dray EE na)
Angela (AWN hay la)
Angelica (awn HELL ee ka)
Angustias (awn GOOS tee us)
Apolonia (ah poe LOAN ee ah)
Antonieta (awn toan ee EH ta)
Anunciacion (ah noon see ah SEE-OWN)
Arantxa (ah RAHN tsha)
Aurelia (ow REHL ee ah) that's ow as in ouch!
Aurora (ow ROAR ah)

Agustin (ah goose TEEN)
Aitor (actually, not positive on gender but I'm guessing this is male) (eye TOR)
Alberto (al BEAR toe)
Alejo (ah LAY ho)
Alonso (ah LONE so)
Alvaro (AHL va ro)
Amaro (ah MAHR oh
Anselmo (awn SELL mo)
Anastasio (awn ah STAHS ee oh)
Anibal (ah NEE ball)
Antolin (awn toe LEEN)
Armando (ahr MAHN doe)
Arturo (ahr TOO ro)
Aureliano (ow rehl ee AH no)

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my nephews: Alec, Jackson, Elijah, Hayden, Eric, Atreus, Nicholas, Isaac, Samuel
my niece: Rubie

Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:59 pm

I love Spanish names! Out of curiosity, why did you list all "A" names? Are you planning on listing the other letters later or was that just by accident?

Anyway, the name Anunciacion really caught my eye! Wow...even though it is similar to the English word "annunciation," I really like it. I must say, if I was wanting to use a Spanish name and you showed me this, it'd be at the top of my list.

From the boys list, Alejo is almost my favourite. I prefer the more formal Alejandro. Again, this name is on my "If I was using a Spanish name" list.

Now excuse me while I reread all of these names out loud. I love the sound of Spanish words/names.

Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:59 pm

yep, I'm starting with a. I may still come back to it. these are just the ones I got the other day from a Spanish baby name website that I liked. I didn't even take the time to look at meanings or origins or all the letters.

Anunciacion sounds so beautiful and those paintings of the Virgin Mary for that part of the New Testament story are so exquisite. That idea of her being visited by an angel and all.

I love Alejo. I'm not saying I love it more than Alejandro, just wanted to put it in the post because if you're not familiar with Spanish names you might not have heard of it (for those who read this and aren't). I feel like it's the Spanish version of Alec. To me it has the same vibe in Spanish as Alec does in English, in English Alec feels a little preppy, right? someone who might go to an ivy league school, drive a BMW, etc. Alejo feels that way to me in Spanish probably because of the author Alejo Carpentier, who seemed rather educated and distinguished, etc.

eta: lol @ 'seemed', he was educated, distinguished, etc.

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my nephews: Alec, Jackson, Elijah, Hayden, Eric, Atreus, Nicholas, Isaac, Samuel
my niece: Rubie

Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:58 pm

Interesting. I've always seen Alejandro = Alexander and Alejo = Alex. Never Alec. Although, I'm not a fan of Alec so maybe that's why.

And I'm definitely excited for you to list the rest of the alphabet. I love Spanish names
Also, I don't know if you'd consider this a Spanish name or a Spanish word used as a name, but I've always like Azul. I love the English version Blue as a name, so Azul intrigues me as well. I like Rojo too, but not Red (maybe Redd, but only if it held a special meaning to me).

Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:30 am

Aitor is actually Basque it's the Basquiest-Basque name I can think of and the name of the 'father' of all the Basque people (in the legend, his 7 sons each had a region to rule over, hence the 7 Basque provinces). In Basque, the word for 'father' is "aita" which is taken from Aitor I do love this one!

My other faves are:
Alegria- there's a Cirque du Soleil thing called Alegria. I went through a phase where I wanted to name my kdis after Cirque shows lol.
Angustias - I was introduced to this through this book "Nada" by Carmen Laforet. It's such an awkward name with a pretty unfortunate meaning, not to mention a pretty disagreeable character, but I can't help but like the strength of the sound.
Apolonia- I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! I love the Catalan Apol·lònia, too... actually, especially that version with the L sounds. Amazing!
Arantxa- this is also Basque I love it! My department head last year was named Ixiar (ee-SHEE-ahr) and her sister's name is Arantxa, and I thought they were perfectly matched. This is from Arantzazu, which I think is neat, too, mostly just for the shepherding school nearby, lol.
Aurelia- gorgeous name and a longtime love of mine.

Agustin
Aitor
Alvaro
Aureliano

Lu-
Seraphine, Eulalia & Edmund, Marius

Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:59 am

first - when I did finally read up on Alejo's origins they trace it to Alexis not Alexander, so you're right, it is more like Alex than Alec. I meant more the feel of the name in that Alex feels very common and Alejo feels less common, and the sort of background I imagine that person having matches up more with what I imagine an Alec being than an Alex

next, I did also read about Aitor, first actually because it seemed so unusual, and yep, it's Basque, comes from a Basque word, etc.

lol @ Cirque du Soleil children's names
I do really like Alegria as a name though

I never read all of Nada, just an excerpt. I want to say I read something else by that author, but can't remember for sure. I read a bit more Camilo Jose Cela, which is unfortunate, I probably would have liked Laforet a lot more. But in grad school they choose the reading, except for your projects. And I think I went the Miguel Delibes route for that class (great author by the way).

Angustias - I thought this was cool, this whole Spanish name thing of giving your child a name that connects to pain (Dolores, for instance) or things we try to be more hush hush about (Concepcion) just interests me. It's the Pilgrim virtue name thing but it never fell out of fashion in the Spanish speaking world. Angustias is just a, wow, kind of name for meaning, right? agonies? Do we have a name in English that compares to this? Even a Puritan name?

I actually first came across Apolonia as a German name and I guess it's used in various countries. Not something you hear nowadays, at least in the English speaking world, and I don't know that it was ever much of an English language name, which is interesting to me.

Arantxa- I totally cannot see this name and not think of the tennis player, but it is a very cool name (the tennis player was cool too). Ixiar is awesome. I guess Basque names are the Spanish equivalent to Mexico's Aztec names, the names that pack a punch and are just so fascinating. Arantzazu was actually listed on that name site as a name, but I didn't list it because I thought, whoa, that will just be way too strange for people. It's rather cool, but a lot of name (but if you're going to have a Spanish name, I mean, go all in, right? 3 or 4 middle names, completely over the top. I knew a lady named Reina de America. They just don't hold back)

shepherding school???

Aurelia is popular on this board, along with Aurelie, so I wanted people to think about the Spanish prn.

there were more names and that was the website with not very many names, but I liked it because it seemed respectable as far as etymology goes. I found another one though with so many names. I'm thinking many of them are quite outdated, but I may have to post some just for interest factor.

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my nephews: Alec, Jackson, Elijah, Hayden, Eric, Atreus, Nicholas, Isaac, Samuel
my niece: Rubie

Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:34 am

I like:
Adelaida
Apolonia
Antonieta
Aurelia
Anselmo
Antolin
Arturo
Aureliano

But these are too wordy IMO:
Adoracion
Alegria
Anunciacion

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Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:48 pm

Angustias means "anguishes", so close to agonies. I don't know anything about Puritan names, though, so I can't help you on an equivalent. I looooove/ am emotionally attached to Amparo, which has the same strength and a much better meaning, imo, lol.

I remember years and years ago there was a post here about Apolonia, except nobody had heard of it and we were all theorizing if it was Appleonya or something. Someone piped up with Apolonia and all was resolved, haha.

Haha, the tennis player Arantxa was before my time, I think, though I've heard of her now. I LOVE Ixiar. At first it confused me a bit because I was familiar with Itziar (and Iciar), but nope, her name is Ixiar. It grew on me a lot, mostly because the woman is phenomenal.
Oh wowwww Reina de America is so intense! lol!
But yeah, there's a shepherding school in Oñati, and Arantzazu (the Sanctuary) is just south of that. I told Ixiar about my shepherding obsession and she was like, "Well, we're going to have to go to Arantzazu!" but we never did, so she keeps telling me "next time you're here, we'll go" and it warms m heart

I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE for you to keep posting Spanish names!

Lu-
Seraphine, Eulalia & Edmund, Marius

Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:10 pm

i like all those names except allegra. all others are great. congrats!!!!!

Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:34 pm

oh you're right, agonies would be agonias. anguishes then, a little less painful, I suppose.

they have the world championship or some such competition for sheep dogs here, well, in a town up in the mountains near here. my sister always says how much she wants to go. I find it so interesting that she's so fascinated by sheep dogs. The only shepherds I've ever known were really bizarre. they came into the coffee shop I worked at several years ago. oh my goodness. but I guess it's different in a place like spain. anyway, those two guys (or three), anyway, would go gold prospecting and believed in all kinds of conspiracy theories. it was not dull to talk to them!

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my nephews: Alec, Jackson, Elijah, Hayden, Eric, Atreus, Nicholas, Isaac, Samuel
my niece: Rubie

Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:40 pm

Here are some Spanish names. Tell me what you think.

Adelaida (ah deh LY da) I LOVE this. I like the English prn. more "add uh lay da", but this is still exquisite. The sort of name I would like to use, but wonder how it would be to actually have??
Adoracion (ah door ah SEE-OWN) I think this is, well, adorable. Not that I could name my child Adoration, unless I lived in a Spanish-speaking country.
Agueda (AH geh da) - I first came across this name in a poem from like a hundred years ago. It feels old. But it's such an interesting sound. Would you believe it's one way of saying Agatha in Spanish? (the other is Agata, very similar). Not usable to me, but interesting.
Alegria (ah lay GREE ah) I like this a lot also, kind of wonder if it isn't usable? maybe
Andreina (awn dray EE na) this was new to me. I like it.
Angela (AWN hay la) I've always liked the Spanish prn. best
Angelica (awn HELL ee ka) I like it, not better than the English prn, but still very nice
Angustias (awn GOOS tee us) it's quite a name, isn't it?
Apolonia (ah poe LOAN ee ah) I rather like it
Antonieta (awn toan ee EH ta) kind of frivolous, but so fun!
Anunciacion (ah noon see ah SEE-OWN) uh, this takes a while to say, but you could just call her Ana for short.
Arantxa (ah RAHN tsha) it has a very cool sound, very Spanish (versus latin american)
Aurelia (ow REHL ee ah) outstanding, very princessy I think.
Aurora (ow ROAR ah) if you think this is hard to prn. in English, just try saying it in Spanish as an English speaker. I always feel I'm tripping over this. pretty, though I like the English prn. more

Agustin (ah goose TEEN) very cool, actually, I've been digging Augustine lately on a girl, this sp. makes it more obviously male to me
Aitor (eye TOR) I like it, I just hear and see 'autor' the word for author when I see/hear this. not a bad thing though. It has a very strong sound and very unique, I like that. I think it's up in the air how usable it is around here.
Alberto (al BEAR toe) - so cute
Alejo (ah LAY ho) I think I've already said, I think this is rather chic
Alonso (ah LONE so) I don't like this as much as Alfonso
Alvaro (AHL va ro) I do like this a lot though
Amaro (ah MAHR oh) this one is hard for me, and to see it as a male name, because I think of Amparo or Amara, but I did actually meet an Amaro (man). so it shouldn't be hard.
Anselmo (awn SELL mo) kind of cool
Anastasio (awn ah STAHS ee oh) it's a fun name, even if I can only picture someone age 75 plus
Anibal (ah NEE ball) had a professor with this name, actually, don't think I ever took his class but he was in the department. so I always picture him and so it's very 'geeky' to me. I should be picturing Hannibal Lector with a Salvador Dali mustache though. Those associations aside, it's kind of cool.
Antolin (awn toe LEEN) - I like it
Armando (ahr MAHN doe) just ok, kind of boring I think
Arturo (ahr TOO ro) very handsome, one of the better Spanish names, I think (along with Antonio, in some ways Arturo is more sophisticated to me though. )
Aureliano (ow rehl ee AH no) this is quite a name too. a bit too much I think. has all the vowels though!

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my nephews: Alec, Jackson, Elijah, Hayden, Eric, Atreus, Nicholas, Isaac, Samuel
my niece: Rubie