[Opinions] What are your favourite Spanish/Portuguese names?
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Hmm my favourite Portuguese/Spanish names are Filipa, Sara and Catarina... not very helpful, I know.
Names of relatives/friends/people I know (all Portuguese, first names only):
Maria
Beatriz (difficult sound in -iz, something between bee-uh-treez and bee-uh-treesh, closer to this last one)
Vanessa
Inês (difficult sound again in -ês, something like ee-nesh (with a nasal sound in the e) and the "s" sound is something between "sh" and "zh")
Daniela ("Da" sounds like "duh")
Sara (sah-ruh)
Filipa (fee-lee-puh)
Sandra
Cátia
Olga ("O" sounding like "aw")
Rosa
Bela
Carina (kah-ree-nuh)
Mariana
Ana
Laura (low-ruh, "ow" rhymes with "now")
Cristina
Marlise ("mahr-leez"; one of my friends has this name, before I met her I had no idea there was such a name)
Olívia
Rosalina (roo-zuh-lee-nuh)
Fernanda ("nan" sounding like "nun")
Alice (uh-leess)
Luísa (loo-ee-zuh)
Margarida (mur-guh-ree-duh)
Patrícia (puh-tree-cee-uh)
Isabel
Carolina
Alexandra ("x" sounds and is read like "sh" in this name, and the "A" in the beginning sounds like "uh")
Raquel
Juliana (zhoo-lee-uh-nuh)
Lúcia (loo-cee-uh)
Sofia
Edite (ee-deet)
Lídia
Fátima
Joana (zhoo-uh-nuh)
Liliana
Names of relatives/friends/people I know (all Portuguese, first names only):
Maria
Beatriz (difficult sound in -iz, something between bee-uh-treez and bee-uh-treesh, closer to this last one)
Vanessa
Inês (difficult sound again in -ês, something like ee-nesh (with a nasal sound in the e) and the "s" sound is something between "sh" and "zh")
Daniela ("Da" sounds like "duh")
Sara (sah-ruh)
Filipa (fee-lee-puh)
Sandra
Cátia
Olga ("O" sounding like "aw")
Rosa
Bela
Carina (kah-ree-nuh)
Mariana
Ana
Laura (low-ruh, "ow" rhymes with "now")
Cristina
Marlise ("mahr-leez"; one of my friends has this name, before I met her I had no idea there was such a name)
Olívia
Rosalina (roo-zuh-lee-nuh)
Fernanda ("nan" sounding like "nun")
Alice (uh-leess)
Luísa (loo-ee-zuh)
Margarida (mur-guh-ree-duh)
Patrícia (puh-tree-cee-uh)
Isabel
Carolina
Alexandra ("x" sounds and is read like "sh" in this name, and the "A" in the beginning sounds like "uh")
Raquel
Juliana (zhoo-lee-uh-nuh)
Lúcia (loo-cee-uh)
Sofia
Edite (ee-deet)
Lídia
Fátima
Joana (zhoo-uh-nuh)
Liliana
I'm such as a sucker for Spanish names! I ADORE Sofia and Natalia, and Liliana is nice.
Others:
Adela
Adriana (ah-dree-AH-nah is the correct Spanish pron. This is tied with Sofia/Sophia as my favorite girl's name.)
Camila (cah-MEE-lah, not said like Camilla)
Clara
Elena
Eliana
Elisa
Emilia
Emiliana
Eva
Isabel
Isabela
Lucia (loo-SEE-ah)
Marina
Marisa
Olivia
Rafaela
Raquel
Victoria
Viviana
Zara
I wouldn't worry too much about it 'going' with Leah. I just wouldn't use another 'l' name. Pick a name you love, and don't worry about 'matching' it.
Others:
Adela
Adriana (ah-dree-AH-nah is the correct Spanish pron. This is tied with Sofia/Sophia as my favorite girl's name.)
Camila (cah-MEE-lah, not said like Camilla)
Clara
Elena
Eliana
Elisa
Emilia
Emiliana
Eva
Isabel
Isabela
Lucia (loo-SEE-ah)
Marina
Marisa
Olivia
Rafaela
Raquel
Victoria
Viviana
Zara
I wouldn't worry too much about it 'going' with Leah. I just wouldn't use another 'l' name. Pick a name you love, and don't worry about 'matching' it.
Spanish & Portuguese names in my family (could also be Ladino though):
Emma
Buena
Diamante
Rebecca
Esther
Clara / Klara
Matilda
Raquel
Benuta
Angela
Dora
Estherina
Rosa
Flor
Flora
Rachel
Fermoza / Fermosa
Miriam
Ventura
Mazaltov
Cadonne
Levana
Anna / Hannah
Metuka
Vida
Luna
Rubena
Fortunata
Oro
Stella
Sarah / Sara
Sarina
Bella
Gilda
Lea
Mathilde
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
Emma
Buena
Diamante
Rebecca
Esther
Clara / Klara
Matilda
Raquel
Benuta
Angela
Dora
Estherina
Rosa
Flor
Flora
Rachel
Fermoza / Fermosa
Miriam
Ventura
Mazaltov
Cadonne
Levana
Anna / Hannah
Metuka
Vida
Luna
Rubena
Fortunata
Oro
Stella
Sarah / Sara
Sarina
Bella
Gilda
Lea
Mathilde
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
I love them all!
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Well I tried to lay off the '-a' ending as it seemed sing-songy.
I don't know how "Spanish" some of these names are but they are listed as Spanish or Portuguese names.
Adelaida
Alejandra
Anita
Araceli
Beatriz
Carmen
Clementina
Elisabete
Ester
Francisca
Genoveva
Isabel
Judite
Lilian
Marisol
Matilde
Mercedes
Noemi
Raquel
Rocio
My 45 PPs - names in profile
I don't know how "Spanish" some of these names are but they are listed as Spanish or Portuguese names.
Adelaida
Alejandra
Anita
Araceli
Beatriz
Carmen
Clementina
Elisabete
Ester
Francisca
Genoveva
Isabel
Judite
Lilian
Marisol
Matilde
Mercedes
Noemi
Raquel
Rocio
My 45 PPs - names in profile
This message was edited 9/12/2005, 5:34 AM
From what i understand of my last name is that it comes from Spain,but i dont know what the meaning behind the name is.My last name is Pelayo.May anybody help me out.
Not all of these are Spanish/Portuguese but they may go well with Leah:
Isabella
Gabriella
Daniella
Stella
Adrianna/Adriana
Arianna/Ariana
Aurelia
Anna
Alexandra: I LOVE this!
Victoria
Raquel
Cristina: I LOVE this!
Sonia
Micaela
Elena
Esperanza
Cecilia/Cecelia
Soledad
Luisa
Monica
Maria
Olivia
Raina/Reyna/Rayna/Reina
~*~Jennifer Nicole~*~
Ariella Michelle Rene, Janna Cristina Rose, Zoe Melina Laine
Conner Luis, Grant William, Jude Hamilton
Isabella
Gabriella
Daniella
Stella
Adrianna/Adriana
Arianna/Ariana
Aurelia
Anna
Alexandra: I LOVE this!
Victoria
Raquel
Cristina: I LOVE this!
Sonia
Micaela
Elena
Esperanza
Cecilia/Cecelia
Soledad
Luisa
Monica
Maria
Olivia
Raina/Reyna/Rayna/Reina
~*~Jennifer Nicole~*~
Ariella Michelle Rene, Janna Cristina Rose, Zoe Melina Laine
Conner Luis, Grant William, Jude Hamilton
Amada
Amelia
Antonia
Aurelia
Catalina
Catarina
Clara
Clarissa
Claudia
Delia
Elena
Emilia
Eva
Gabriela
Gisela
Gloria
Graciana
Helena
Isabel
Jacinta
Julia
Juliana
Leonor
Lidia
Lilian
Liliana
Lucia
Luciana
Lucinda
Maria
Mariana
Marisa
Renata
Rosalina
Sabina
Silvia
Sofia
Sonia
Valeria
Viviana
Yesenia
Zara
CIARDA"A safe name is sometimes a smart name. A safe name is many times a boring name"
Amelia
Antonia
Aurelia
Catalina
Catarina
Clara
Clarissa
Claudia
Delia
Elena
Emilia
Eva
Gabriela
Gisela
Gloria
Graciana
Helena
Isabel
Jacinta
Julia
Juliana
Leonor
Lidia
Lilian
Liliana
Lucia
Luciana
Lucinda
Maria
Mariana
Marisa
Renata
Rosalina
Sabina
Silvia
Sofia
Sonia
Valeria
Viviana
Yesenia
Zara
Adela, Alexandra, Camila, Catarina, Cecilia, Cristina (!), Elena, Gabriela, Gracia, Juliana, Liana, Lucia, Madalena, Margarita, Mariana, Mercedes, Rafaela, Victoria, Zara
Some good combos with Leah:
Leah Catarina
Leah Cristina
Leah Gabriela
Leah Juliana
Leah Madalena
Leah Mariana
Leah Rafaela
Leah Victoria
Georgia
Some good combos with Leah:
Leah Catarina
Leah Cristina
Leah Gabriela
Leah Juliana
Leah Madalena
Leah Mariana
Leah Rafaela
Leah Victoria
Georgia