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[Opinions] What are your favorite Spanish names?
Boys & girls names. Preferably those that work well in both English and Spanish. Thanks!
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Mireia and Estavan are my favorites.I also really like:
Dalia
Adriana
Alejandra
Amalia
Emilia
Amaya / Amaia
Araceli / Aracely
Dania
Estrella
Leocadia
Liliana
Isidora
Lucia
Marina
Naiara
Natalia
Noelia
Octavia
Ofelia
Paulina
Reina
Zoraida
Victoria
Veronica
Viviana
XavieraAnd for boys, I like:
Esteban
Xavier
Javier
Alejandro
Casimiro
Santiago
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Adán
Antonio
Arturo
César
Cristián
David
Julián
Leandro
Matías
Rafael
Ramón
Valentín
VíctorAmparo
Ana
Antonia
Carmen
Diana
Elena
Elodia
Eva
Inés
Iris
Laura
Leonor
Lucía
Magdalena
Marina
Natalia
Pilar
Raquel
Rocío
Rosario
Sofía
Tania
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I don't like a whole lot of them, but a few I really like are:
Belen
FernandaBlas
FranciscoI think any of those would be fine to use in English. Francisco is well known, Belen and Fernanda are easily pronounced, and Blas is simple enough that if it did have pronunciation issues it could be easily ignored or corrected.

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Antonia, Alma, Candelaria
Gabriel, Rafael, Emmanuel (not Spanish, but popular in Spain according to the database)

This message was edited 7/16/2010, 10:03 PM

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My favourites are:Amparo
Antonia
Beatriz
Eloísa
Leonor
Olalla
Perla
Sabina
Lucía (I'm biased though)Álvaro
Cayetano
Efraín
Ezequiel
Maximiliano
Óscar
Jaime
Julián
Sebastián
Javier (I just really like the nickname Javi)The ones I think could really work in English (trying for ones with no accents or major pronunciation differences) are:
Antonia, Leonor, Sabina
Ezequiel (this sounds a million times better in Spanish than English, but oh well), Maximiliano (Emiliano works, too)
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LolaGabriel
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