Need Italian / Spanish girl name

We like spanish / italian names, and have a 14 month old named Elena. We are 95% settled on Baby A being named Maria, but we continue to struggle with Baby B's name. We STRONGLY prefer to avoid another "M" name - can anyone help? ANY ideas are greatly appreciated!

TIA!


Amy

 

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We like spanish / italian names, and have a 14 month old named Elena. We are 95% settled on Baby A being named Maria, but we continue to struggle with Baby B's name. We STRONGLY prefer to avoid another "M" name - can anyone help? ANY ideas are greatly appreciated!

TIA!
Amy


Sofia, or Sophia
Isabella
Arianna
Christina
Daniela
Sabrina
Chiara
Brianna
Lilianna
Stefania

 

My little blonde girl is named Rosalie. People have told me that's Spanish, even though the great-aunt she was named for was Dutch.

 

What fun! Here are some Italian baby girl names (and their meanings) I ran across beginning with the letter "M":

Madonna - My lady. From a title of the Virgin Mary.
Magenta - A colour name, after a town in Italy.
Majella - From the name of an Italian saint.
Mariabella - My beautiful Mary.
Marietta - Bitter, as in a bitterly wanted child. Also - The star of the sea.
Marsala - A town, and a sweet fortified wine.
Marta - Italian/Spanish. A lady.
Mia - Mine

 

Okay, NON "M" girl names... ...

Giovanna
Giana
Nadiana
Natalia (nn Talia)
Neila
Elisa
Adriana
Alessa
Daiana
Julia
Juliana
Olivia
Oliviana
Ana
Gabriella
Liana
Raquel

 

Italian:

Maddalena
Maracella
Margherita
Marina
Marisa
Michela
Mirella

Spanish:
Magdalena
Marcela
Margarita
Mariam
Mariana
Maribel
Maricela
Mariela
Marisela
Marisol
Maritza
Mayra
Mercedes
Milagros
Mireya
Monserrat

 

Can't believe no one suggested this- Bella or Belle if you want to be formal Isabelle (a)

So cute.

 

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We STRONGLY prefer to avoid another "M" name - can anyone help? ANY ideas are greatly appreciated!


Oh boy. I was no help at all. So much for reading carefully, like I thought I had . Maybe these?

Alessandra - The defender, or helper of mankind. Form of Alexandra.
Alisa - The wise counsellor, or the truthful one. Also see Alicia and Alison.
Allegra - Cheerful, joyous.
Andria - Love, joy.
Belinda - Beautiful.
Bianca - Fair-haired, or of a fair complexion. Form of Blanche. Used by Shakespeare for characters in two of his plays.
Cara - Irish Gaelic/Cornish/Italian origin. Irish Gaelic: A friend. Cornish: Love. Italian: The beloved one.
Carin - Irish Gaelic/Cornish/Italian orgin. Irish Gaelic: A friend. Cornish: Love. Italian: The beloved one.
Carlina - A free person.
Carmela - A garden or orchard.
Caryn - Irish Gaelic/Cornish/Italian origin. Irish Gaelic: A friend. Cornish: Love. Italian: The beloved one.
Caterina - Pure. From the name Catherine or Katherine. Also used as an independent name.
Giacinta - Young and beautiful.
Gianna - God is gracious. .
Giovanna - God is gracious. .
Giulia - From a Roman, possibly meaning youthful.
Giulietta - From a Roman, possibly meaning youthful.
Isabella - A form of Elizabeth, meaning consecrated to God.
Jolanda - A violet flower. Also see Violet and Iolanthe.
Lia - Languid, weary.
Prima - First one.
Rosalia - Melody
Rosetta - The flower Rose (Rosa).
Sidonia - From Sidonia.
Siena - A city in Tuscany.
Sienna - Reddish brown.
Silvana - From the forest. Also see Silvestra.
Susanna - A Lily. From the name Susan.
Venetia - From Venice.
Vittoria - Victory, the victorious one.
Viviana - Lovely.

 

If you go this route, I would chose something that is recognizable where you live. Names likes Isabela or Gabriela would be good. NOTE: double LL is Italian, single L is Spanish. Isabella in Italian, Isabela in Spanish.

As for M names, I like:
Marisol
Martiza (popular in Central America, but not in Spain or South America)
Marcela

But I think my all-time favorite Spanish name, besides Gabriela, is Lourdes. It's just beautiful and elegant.
I also love Nadya (or Nadia). It's actually Russian or Slavic for hope, but it's semi-popular here in Ecuador.

 

Here's what my Baby Name wizard book says:

Sister names to Elena: Daniela, Elise, Sofia, Juliana, Leah

Sister names to Maria are: Angela, Teresa, Sonia, Michele, Diana

Names listed as both Italian and Latina:

Bianca
Caterina/Catarina
Francesca/Francisca
Giselle/Gisella
Graziela/Graciela
Liliana
Luisa
Maddalena/Magdalena
Marcella/Marcela
Margherita/Margarita
Mirella/Miriela
Noemi - I LOVE this one - like a more exotic Naomi
Silvia
Valeria
Viviana


The ones in bold were spelled the same for Italian and Spanish. The others show the variations between similar names. Hope this helps!

 

Here's what my Baby Name wizard book says:

Sister names to Elena: Daniela, Elise, Sofia, Juliana, Leah

Sister names to Maria are: Angela, Teresa, Sonia, Michele, Diana

Names listed as both Italian and Latina:

Bianca
Caterina/Catarina
Francesca/Francisca
Giselle/Gisella
Graziela/Graciela
Liliana
Luisa
Maddalena/Magdalena
Marcella/Marcela
Margherita/Margarita
Mirella/Miriela
Noemi - I LOVE this one - like a more exotic Naomi
Silvia
Valeria
Viviana


The ones in bold were spelled the same for Italian and Spanish. The others show the variations between similar names. Hope this helps!

 

You could use either of my daughters' names, Gabriela and Bianca. We looked for names that would be equally pronouncible to both English and Spanish speakers.

We also liked

Graciela
Daniela
Isabela
Catalina
Cora
Marisol (I know it's M but it's so pretty!)
Cecilia

 

These are mostly Puetro Rican/Caribbean names that I found. I suppose there's variations of them in Italian.


Aanisah
Adelaida
Celestina
Cionnaye
Coraly
Dayanara
Elayasia
Idalyz
Jesenia
Liliana
Marelys
Marisol
Maricruz
Mayra-Liz
Marin
Nautica
Nixzaliz
Solymar
Xiomarys
Yaira

 

Lucia
Luisa
Alicia

 

I'm partial to Sofia since one of our girls will be named that And with the "f" is the traditional Italian and Spanish way of spelling it.

I also love Isabela

 

My submission: Paulina.

 

Cecilia

I once knew a woman named Maria Cecilia and her family called her Maricel. The names are beautiful separately and the combination is just as beautiful.

 

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I once knew a woman named Maria Cecilia and her family called her Maricel. The names are beautiful separately and the combination is just as beautiful.


I like the name Cecilia! Very pretty.

 

I think Cecilia is very pretty as well, but it actually means "blind."

 

Ilaria
Caudia
Elisabetta
Alessia
Gianna
Aurora
Aurelia
Sofia

 

i love 'aracely.' we are having two boys, but if they were girls they were going to be aracely and marisol/marissa (which i didn't suggest because you said you wanted to avoid m names!).

good luck and congrats!

 

hi, ..mmmm...maria....

isabella (bella)

gabriella (gabby or bella)

arabella (not sure if this is IT or SP but sounds the part) (bella)

Maricruz (love prison break) (mari & maria ...i like that ...2 m's though)

laurenne (very pretty...pron. lor-enne ...lor as in door)

penelope

marcella (sorry, i like the 2 m's)

good luck

 

I'm partial to Sofia (DD's name) spelled with an 'f' not a 'ph'. It drives me nuts when people misspell her name.

 

I can't believe no one has suggested my favorite Spanish name-- Paloma!