Re: local place names
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):Feminine: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*
YaizaMasculine:Aday
Adexe
Andrés*
Aray (from Araya)
Bartolomé*
Cristóbal*
Imobach
Jonay
Juan*
Lorenzo*
Miguel*
Nicolás*
Santiago
Sebastián*
Tinerfe (from Tenerife)Unisex:Aridane
Cruz*
Himar
Rosario (from Puerto del Rosario)Place names that would make decent given names:Alegranza
Arona
Artenara
Arucas
Betancuria
Fasnia
Firgas
Garafía
Hermigua
Mogán
Moya
Tejeda
Teror
Valverde

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local place names  ·  mirfak  ·  11/2/2024, 12:18 PM
Re: local place names  ·  Manipura  ·  11/9/2024, 3:45 PM
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