Aarón
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Aaron
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Names documented in Spanish
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Abigaíl
Borrowed from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “her Father's joy, or, fountain of joy”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abraham
Middle English Abraham English Abraham From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Adán
Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Adelita
From Spanish Adela
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Adolpho
A less common spelling of Adolfo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Adonai
Borrowed from Hebrew אדוני.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Adrián
Borrowed from Latin Hadriānus. Derived from Latin Hadriānus.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Adriana
Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan], equivalent to English Adriana a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan],…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Adriano
Inherited from Latin Hadriānus, Adriānus. Learned borrowing from Latin Adriānus. Doublet of Adrião. a male given name from Latin, a less popular variant of Adrián, equivalent…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Afrodita
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), usually connected with ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”), but possibly of Semitic origin.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Agapito
From Latin Agapētus, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓γᾰπητός (Ăgăpētós), from ᾰ̓γᾰπητός (ăgăpētós, “beloved”), from ᾰ̓γᾰπᾰ́ω (ăgăpắō, “to love”) + -τός (-tós, “masculine suffix”).…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Águeda
Inherited from Latin Agatha.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Agustín
Borrowed from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends N
Aída
Borrowed from Italian Aida.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ainara
Borrowed from Basque Ainara, itself from ainara (“swallow”), a variant of enara.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ainhoa
Borrowed from Basque Ainhoa. Shortened from Virgen de Ainhoa (“Virgin of Ainhoa”), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, from the place name Ainhoa.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aitor
Borrowed from Basque Aitor, coined by Agosti Xaho.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Aldonza
Inherited from Old Spanish Aldonza, Aldonça, from Vulgar Latin *Aldegundia, *Aldigundia, Aldegundis, possibly corresponding to Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌴𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌳 (*aldēgund), from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alejandra
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alejandro
Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander. a male given…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alejo
Derived from Latin saint's name Alexius, derived from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios, literally “helper, defender”). Cognate to English Alexis.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alessandro
Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. Inherited from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. Doublet of Alexandre,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alexander
Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Alexandro
Archaic spelling of Alejandro.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
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- ends O
Alexis
From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”). From the Latin Alexius, a saint's name, from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Alfonso
From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse. Borrowed from Spanish Alfonso. From Old Galician-Portuguese Alfonsso, Alfonso, from the same origin as Afonso…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alfredo
From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Almudena
Shortened from Nuestra Señora de la Almudena (“Our Lady of the Almudena”), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, from the place name Almudena (“citadel”), from Arabic…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Altagracia
From an epithet of the Virgin Mary, María de Altagracia, the patron of the Dominican Republic, from Latin alta (“high”) + gratia (“grace”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Álvaro
Inherited from Late Latin Alvarus, from Spanish-Visigothic. The Germanic proper name consists of two parts. The first part may stem from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all”) or…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Amanda
Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved".…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Amaya
Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”). Originally coined by Francisco…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Américo
Borrowed from Latin Amerī̆cus. Borrowed from Latin Amerī̆cus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Amílcar
Learned borrowing from Latin Hamilcar. Borrowed from Latin Hamilcar.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Anderson
From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
André
Ultimately from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). An Old Galician-Portuguese form Andreu was displaced. Doublet of Andrei. Borrowed from French André.…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends É
Andrés
Borrowed from Latin Andreās, Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), compare English Andrew and Italian Andrea. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Ángel
Borrowed from Latin Angelus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Aníbal
Borrowed from Latin Hannibal, Annibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl). Borrowed from Latin Hannibal.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Aniceto
Borrowed from Latin Anicētus, from Ancient Greek ἀνίκητος (aníkētos, “invincible”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Antero
Vernacular form of Andreas (from Ancient Greek). Cognate with English Andrew. Borrowed from Latin Anterus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Antón
From Latin Antōnius, presumably borrowed via Gallo-Romance (considering the lack of /-o/). Compare Portuguese Antão. Doublet of Antonio. From Latin Antōnius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Antonio
Borrowed from Italian Antonio and Spanish Antonio. Doublet of Anthony. Inherited from Latin Antōnius. Borrowed from Latin Antōnius. Doublet of Antón.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Apolinar
Borrowed from Latin Apollināris (literally “of Apollo”).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Apolinario
From Latin Apollināris (“of Apollo”) + Spanish -io.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Apolonio
Borrowed from Latin Apollōnius, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλώνιος (Apollṓnios).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aquilino
From Latin Aquilinus, from Latin aquilus (“eagle”)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Araceli
Shortened from María (de) Araceli, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as the patron of Lucena, Andalusia, also the name of church in Rome (Madonna di Araceli), from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Arantxa
Borrowed from Basque Arantxa.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aristóteles
Via Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs). Via Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Armando
Borrowed from French Armand. a male given name from French Armand, equivalent to English Herman Borrowed from Spanish Armando.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Arnulfo
From German Arnulf derived from Germanic elements German arn (“eagle”) and German ulf (“wolf”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Athanasia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía). Borrowed from Spanish Athanasia, from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía).
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Augusto
Inherited from Latin Augustus. Learned borrowing from Latin Augustus. Inherited from Latin Augustus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aurelia
Learned borrowing from Latin Aurēlia. Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aurelio
Inherited from Latin Aurēlius. Borrowed from Latin Aurēlius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aurora
Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines. From…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Azucena
From azucena (“lily”). Cognate with Portuguese Açucena and doublet of Susana.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Balbino
Borrowed from Latin Balbīnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O