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Place names in use as given names in the Canary Islands (those coming from a place name with San/Santa ("Saint") are marked with an asterisk):

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Feminine:

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Acerina (from Aceró)
Amanay
Brígida*
Candelaria
Famara
Gara
Gazmira
Isora
Lucía*
Magüi (MAH-wee)
María*
Nivaria
Palma (from La Palma)
Tara
Taydía (tie-DEE-a)
Tindaya
Úrsula*
Yaiza

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Masculine:

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Aday
Adexe
Andrés*
Aray (from Araya)
Bartolomé*
Cristóbal*
Imobach
Jonay
Juan*
Lorenzo*
Miguel*
Nicolás*
Santiago
Sebastián*
Tinerfe (from Tenerife)

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Unisex:

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Aridane
Cruz*
Himar
Rosario (from Puerto del Rosario)

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Place names that would make decent given names:

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Alegranza
Arona
Artenara
Arucas
Betancuria
Fasnia
Firgas
Garafía
Hermigua
Mogán
Moya
Tejeda
Teror
Valverde

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