Diccionario de nombres
131 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ADRIÀ
Catalan form of ADRIAN.
AGNÈS
French and Catalan form of AGNES.
AGUSTÍ
Catalan form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AINA (2)
Balearic form of ANNA.
ALBA (1)
This name is derived from two distinct names, ALBA (2) and ALBA (3), with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over t...
ALBERT
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was comm...
ALEXANDRE
Form of ALEXANDER. This name was borne by the 19th-century French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote 'The Thr...
ALEIX
Catalan form of ALEXIS.
ALÍCIA
Catalan form of ALICE, as well as a Portuguese variant.
ANAÏS
Occitan and Catalan form of ANNA.
ANNA
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including...
ANTONI
Polish and Catalan form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANDREU
Catalan form of ANDREW.
ARIADNA
Spanish, Catalan, Russian and Polish form of ARIADNE.
ARTUR
Form of ARTHUR.
ARNAU
Catalan form of ARNOLD.
ASSUMPCIÓ
Catalan cognate of ASUNCIÓN.
AUGUST
German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of AUGUSTUS.
BARTOMEU
Catalan form of BARTHOLOMEW.
BERNAT
Catalan form of BERNARD.
BERTA
Form of BERTHA.
BIEL
Catalan short form of GABRIEL.
BEATRIU
Catalan form of BEATRIX.
BERENGUER
Catalan form of BERENGAR.
CARLA
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL.
CARLES
Catalan form of CHARLES.
CARLOS
Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of CHARLES.
CESC
Short form of FRANCESC.
CARME (1)
Galician and Catalan form of CARMEL.
CATERINA
Italian and Catalan form of KATHERINE.
CHIMO
Catalan diminutive of JOAQUIM or JOAQUÍN.
CLARA
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few earl...
CLIMENT
Catalan form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).
DIANA
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS). Diana was a Rom...
DÍDAC
Catalan form of DIDACUS.
DOLORS
Catalan form of DOLORES.
DONAT
French, Occitan, Catalan and Polish form of DONATO.
EDUARD
Form of EDWARD.
ELOI
Catalan form of ELIGIUS.
ENRIC
Catalan form of HENRY.
EULÀLIA
Catalan form of EULALIA.
ESTEVE
Catalan form of STEPHEN.
FELIP
Catalan form of PHILIP.
FELIU
Catalan form of FELIX.
FRANCESC
Catalan form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).
FERRAN
Catalan form of FERDINAND.
FRANCESCA
Italian and Catalan feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).
GABRIEL
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man", derived from גֶּבֶר (gever) "strong man, hero...
GEMMA
Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone". It was borne by the wife of the 13th-century Italian poet Dante...
GERARD
Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with hard "brave, hardy". The Normans introduced this name to Bri...
GONÇAL
Catalan form of GONZALO.
GUILLEM
Catalan form of WILLIAM.
GUIFRÉ
Catalan form of WILFRED. This was the name of a 9th-century count of Barcelona.
HÈCTOR
Catalan form of HECTOR.
HIGINI
Catalan form of HYGINUS.
HUGO
Latinized form of HUGH. As a surname it has belonged to the French author Victor Hugo (1802-1885), the writer of 'The Hu...
IGNASI
Catalan form of IGNATIUS.
IMMA
Short form of IMMACOLATA or IMMACULADA.
IMMACULADA
Catalan cognate of INMACULADA.
JANA (1)
Feminine form of JAN (1).
JAN (1)
Form of JOHANNES. This name was borne by the 15th-century Flemish painter Jan van Eyck and the 17th-century Dutch painte...
JAUMET
Diminutive of JAUME.
JOANA
Portuguese and Catalan form of Iohanna (see JOANNA).
JOAQUIMA
Catalan feminine form of JOACHIM.
JAUME
Catalan form of JAMES.
JOAN (2)
Catalan and Occitan form of Iohannes (see JOHN).
JOAQUIM
Portuguese and Catalan form of JOACHIM.
JORDI
Catalan form of GEORGE.
JOSEP
Catalan form of JOSEPH.
JÚLIA
Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian and Slovak form of JULIA.
LAIA
Catalan diminutive of EULALIA.
LÍDIA
Portuguese, Catalan and Hungarian form of LYDIA.
LLORA
Catalan form of LAURA.
LLÚCIA
Catalan form of LUCIA.
LLORENÇ
Catalan form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).
LLUC
Catalan form of LUKE.
LLUÍS
Catalan form of LOUIS.
MANEL
Catalan form of MANUEL.
MARC
French, Catalan and Welsh form of MARK.
MARCEL
Form of MARCELLUS. A notable bearer was the French author Marcel Proust (1871-1922).
MARGARIDA
Portuguese, Galician, Catalan and Occitan form of MARGARET. This is also the Portuguese and Galician word for the daisy ...
MARIA
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European language...
MARIONA
Catalan diminutive of MARIA.
MATEU
Catalan form of MATTHEW.
MARTA
Cognate of MARTHA.
MARTÍ
Catalan form of MARTIN.
MARTINA
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN). Saint Martina was a 3rd-century martyr who is one of the patron saints of Rome.
MERITXELL
From the name of a village in Andorra where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The name of the village m...
MERCÈ
Catalan form of MERCEDES.
MIQUEL
Catalan form of MICHAEL.
MIREIA
Catalan form of Mirèio (see MIREILLE).
MONSERRAT
Variant of MONTSERRAT.
MONTSE
Short form of MONTSERRAT.
MÒNICA
Catalan form of MONICA.
MONTSERRAT
From the name of a mountain near Barcelona, the site of a monastery founded in the 10th century. The mountain gets its n...
NARCÍS
Catalan form of NARCISSUS. This is also the Catalan word for the narcissus flower.
NEUS
Catalan cognate of NIEVES.
NICOLAU
Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of NICHOLAS.
NÚRIA
From a Catalan title of the Virgin Mary, Nostra Senyora de Núria, meaning "Our Lady of Nuria". Nuria is a sanctuary in S...
ONA (2)
Short form of MARIONA. It also coincides with a Catalan word meaning "wave".
ORIOL
From a Catalan surname meaning "golden". It has been used in honour of Joseph Oriol, a 17th-century saint.
PAU
Catalan and Occitan form of PAUL. It also coincides with the Catalan word for "peace".
PERE
Catalan form of PETER.
PAULA
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL). This was the name of a 4th-century Roman saint who was a companion of Saint Jerome.
POL
Catalan form of PAUL.
QUERALT
From the name of a Spanish sanctuary (in Catalonia) which is devoted to the Virgin Mary.
QUIM
Short form of JOAQUIM.
RAMON
Catalan form of RAYMOND.
REMEI
Means "remedy" in Catalan, a Catalan equivalent of REMEDIOS.
RICARD
Catalan form of RICHARD.
RODERIC
Catalan form of RODERICK.
ROMÀ
Catalan form of Romanus (see ROMAN).
ROC
Catalan form of ROCCO.
ROGER
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear". The Normans brought this name to England, w...
ROSER
Catalan (feminine) form of ROSARIO.
SALUT
Means "health" or "cheers" in Catalan.
SERGI
Catalan form of SERGIUS.
SARA
Form of SARAH.
SÍLVIA
Portuguese and Catalan form of SILVIA.
SOFIA
Form of SOPHIA.
TOMÀS
Catalan form of THOMAS.
VICENÇ
Catalan form of VINCENT.
VÍCTOR
Spanish and Catalan form of VICTOR.
VICENT
Catalan form of VINCENT.
XAVI
Catalan diminutive of XAVIER.
XAVIER
Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint F...
XIMO
Catalan diminutive of JOAQUIM or JOAQUÍN.
ÀLEX
Catalan short form of ALEXANDER.
ÀNGEL
Catalan form of Angelus (see ANGEL).
ÈRIC
Catalan form of ERIC.
ÒSCAR
Catalan form of OSCAR.