Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ABEL
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of A...
ADALBERTO
Variant of ALBERTO.
ADELA
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble". Saint Adela was a 7th-century...
ADELIA
Elaborated form of ADELA.
ADOLFITO
Spanish diminutive of ADOLFO.
ADORACIÓN
Means "adoration" in Spanish. This name refers to the event that is known in Christian tradition as the Adoration of the...
AARÓN
Spanish form of AARON.
ABIGAÍL
Spanish form of ABIGAIL.
ABILIO
Spanish form of AVILIUS.
ABRAHAM
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (...
ADÁN
Spanish form of ADAM.
ADELAIDA
Spanish and Hungarian form of ADELAIDE.
ADELARDO
Spanish and Italian form of ADALHARD.
ADELINA
Latinate diminutive of ADELA.
ADELITA
Spanish diminutive of ADELA. It is used especially in Mexico, where it is the name of a folk song about a female soldier...
ADOLFO
Italian and Spanish form of ADOLF.
ADORA
Short form of ADORACIÓN.
ADRIÁN
Spanish and Hungarian form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN).
ADRIANA
Feminine form of ADRIAN.
AGAPITO
From the Late Latin name Agapitus or Agapetus which was derived from the Greek name Αγαπητος (Agapetos) meaning "beloved...
AGUSTÍN
Spanish form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AINOA
Spanish form of AINHOA.
AGATA
Cognate of AGATHA.
AGUSTINA
Spanish feminine form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
ALBA (1)
This name is derived from two distinct names, ALBA (2) and ALBA (3), with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over t...
ALEJANDRO
Spanish form of ALEXANDER.
ALFONSO
Spanish and Italian form of a Visigothic Germanic name, probably meaning "noble and ready", from the element adal "noble...
ALICIA
Latinized form of ALICE.
ALMA (1)
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a ...
ALONSO
Spanish variant of ALFONSO.
ALBERTO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALBERT.
ALBINA
Feminine form of ALBINUS. Saint Albina was a 3rd-century martyr from Caesarea.
ALBINO
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of ALBINUS.
ALCIDES
Latinized form of Greek Αλκειδης (Alkeides), derived from αλκη (alke) "strength" and the patronymic suffix ιδης (ides). ...
ALE (1)
Finnish short form of ALEKSANTERI or ALEKSI, an Italian short form of ALESSANDRO, and a Spanish short form of ALEJANDRO ...
ALEJANDRA
Spanish form of ALEXANDRA.
ALEJO
Spanish form of ALEXIS.
ALEXANDRA
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name o...
ALFREDO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALFRED.
ALMUDENA
Derived from Arabic المدينة (al-mudaynah) meaning "the citadel". It was in a building by this name that a concealed stat...
ALONDRA
Derived from Spanish alondra meaning "lark".
AMADOR
Spanish form of AMATOR.
AMANDO
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of AMANDUS.
AMARANTA
Spanish and Italian form of AMARANTHA.
AMAYA
Variant of AMAIA.
AMÉRICA
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of AMERIGO.
AMÉRICO
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMERIGO.
AMÍLCAR
Portuguese and Spanish form of HAMILCAR.
AMOR
Means "love" in Latin. This was another name for the Roman god Cupid. It also means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, an...
AMPARO
Means "protection, shelter" in Spanish.
ANA
Form of ANNA.
ANASTASIO
Italian and Spanish form of ANASTASIUS.
AMADA
Feminine form of AMADO.
AMADO
Spanish form of AMATUS.
AMALIA
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".
AMANCIO
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMANTIUS.
AMANDA
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS. However, it was not used during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century it was ...
AMARILIS
Spanish form of AMARYLLIS.
AMBROSIO
Spanish form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).
AMELIA
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin. The name became popular in...
ANABEL
Spanish form of ANNABEL.
ANACLETO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANACLETUS.
ANASTASIA
Feminine form of ANASTASIUS. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions...
ANGÉLICA
Spanish and Portuguese form of ANGELICA.
ANGELITA
Spanish diminutive of ANGELA.
ANITA (1)
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of ANA.
ANSELMO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM.
ANTELMO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ANTHELM.
ANTONIO
Spanish and Italian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY). A famous bearer was the Italian Renaissance painter Antonio Pisanell...
ANUNCIACIÓN
Spanish cognate of ANNUNZIATA.
ANDREA (2)
Feminine form of ANDREW. As an English name, it has been used since the 17th century, though it was not common until the...
ANDRÉS
Spanish and Icelandic form of ANDREW.
ANGELINA
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
ANGELINO
Diminutive of ANGELO or ÁNGEL.
ANI
Diminutive of ANA.
ANÍBAL
Spanish and Portuguese form of HANNIBAL.
ANSELMA
Feminine form of ANSELM.
ANTONIA
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
APOLONIA
Spanish and Polish form of APOLLONIA.
ARACELI
Means "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin Mary in her role as th...
ARACELY
Variant of ARACELI.
ARCELIA
Variant of ARACELI.
ARIADNA
Spanish, Catalan, Russian and Polish form of ARIADNE.
ARMIDA
Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580). In the ...
ARSENIO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ARSENIOS.
ARTURO
Italian and Spanish form of ARTHUR.
APOLINAR
Spanish form of APOLLINARIS.
ARACELIS
Variant of ARACELI.
ARISTIDES
From the Greek name Αριστειδης (Aristeides), derived from αριστος (aristos) "best" and the patronymic suffix ιδης (ides)...
ARMANDO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of HERMAN.
ARTEMIO
Italian and Spanish form of ARTEMIOS.
ASCENSIÓN
Means "ascension" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the Ascension of Jesus into heaven.
ASDRUBAL
Spanish form of HASDRUBAL.
ASUNCIÓN
Means "assumption" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
ATILIO
Spanish form of Attilius (see ATTILIO).
AUGUSTO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of AUGUSTUS.
AURELIA
Feminine form of AURELIUS.
AURELIANO
Spanish and Italian form of AURELIANUS.
AURORA
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since ...
ASUN
Short form of ASUNCIÓN.
AURELIO
Italian and Spanish form of AURELIUS.
AZUCENA
Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.
AZENETH
Spanish form of ASENATH.
BALBINO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of BALBINUS.
BARTOLOMÉ
Spanish form of BARTHOLOMEW.
BASILIO
Italian and Spanish form of BASIL (1).
BAUDELIO
From Baudelius, a Latinized form of a possibly Germanic name. Saint Baudelius was a 3rd-century saint and martyr from Or...
BALBINA
Feminine form of BALBINUS. Saint Balbina was a 2nd-century Roman woman martyred with her father Quirinus.
BALDO
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element bald "bold, brave", such as BALDOVINO and TEOBALDO.
BALDOMERO
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and meri "famous".
BALDUINO
Spanish form of BALDWIN.
BALTASAR (1)
Spanish form of BALTAZAR.
BÁRBARA
Portuguese and Spanish form of BARBARA.
BAUTISTA
Spanish form of BAPTISTE.
BENIGNO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus which meant "kind, friendly" in Latin. This was the...
BENITA
Feminine form of BENITO.
BERMUDO
Spanish form of VEREMUND.
BERNARDA
Feminine form of BERNARD.
BERNARDINO
Diminutive of BERNARDO.
BERNARDO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of BERNARD.
BERTA
Form of BERTHA.
BERTO
Short form of ROBERTO, ALBERTO, and other names containing bert (often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning ...
BIBIANA
Possibly an early variant of VIVIANA. Alternatively, it may be a feminine derivative of the earlier Roman cognomen VIBIA...
BEATRIZ
Spanish and Portuguese form of BEATRIX.
BELÉN
Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born. The town's name is derive...
BENIGNA
Feminine form of BENIGNO.
BENITO
Spanish form of BENEDICT. This name was borne by Mexican president Benito Juárez, and also by Benito Mussolini (who was ...
BENJAMÍN
Spanish, Czech, Slovak and Icelandic form of BENJAMIN.
BERNARDITA
Spanish feminine form of BERNARD.
BIENVENIDA
Derived from Spanish bienvenido meaning "welcome".
BONIFACIO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).
BLANCA
Spanish cognate of BLANCHE.
BLAS
Spanish form of BLAISE.
BOLÍVAR
From a surname which was taken from the Basque place name Bolibar, which was derived from bolu "mill" and ibar "riversid...
BRUNO
Derived from the Germanic element brun "armour, protection" or brun "brown". Saint Bruno of Cologne was a German monk of...
BRIGIDA
Italian and Spanish form of BRIDGET.
BRUNILDA
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of BRÜNHILD.
BUENAVENTURA
Spanish form of BONAVENTURA.
CALISTO
Portuguese and Spanish form of CALLISTUS.
CAMILO
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLUS.
CANDELA
Short form of CANDELARIA.
CANDELARIO
Masculine form of CANDELARIA.
CÁNDIDA
Spanish form of CANDIDA.
CÁNDIDO
Spanish form of CANDIDUS.
CALISTA
Feminine form of CALLISTUS. As an English name it might also be a variant of KALLISTO.
CALIXTA
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of CALIXTUS.
CALIXTO
Spanish and Portuguese form of CALIXTUS.
CAMILA
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLA.
CANDE
Short form of CANDELARIA or CANDELARIO.
CANDELARIA
Means "Candlemas" in Spanish, ultimately derived from Spanish candela "candle". This name is given in honour of the chur...
CANDELAS
Diminutive of CANDELARIA.
CARIDAD
Spanish cognate of CHARITY.
CARINA (1)
Late Latin name derived from cara meaning "dear, beloved". This was the name of a 4th-century saint and martyr. It is al...
CARLA
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL.
CARLITOS
Diminutive of CARLOS.
CARLOS
Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of CHARLES.
CARMELA
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL.
CARMEN
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song". This was the name of the main character in G...
CARMINA
Variant of CARMEN.
CAYETANO
Spanish form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).
CEBRIÁN
Spanish form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).
CECILIA
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia wa...
CECILIO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Caecilius (see CECILIA).
CELESTINO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of CAELESTINUS.
CELIA
Feminine form of the Roman family name CAELIUS. Shakespeare used it in his play 'As You Like It' (1599), which introduce...
CELSO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of CELSUS.
CÉSAR
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of CAESAR. A famous bearer was the American labour organizer César Chávez (1927-1993...
CARLITO
Diminutive of CARLOS.
CARLOTA
Spanish and Portuguese form of CHARLOTTE.
CARMELITA
Spanish diminutive of CARMEL.
CARMELO
Spanish and Italian masculine form of CARMEL.
CAROLINA
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS. This is the name of two American states: North and South Carolina. They were named fo...
CASIMIRO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR.
CASSANDRA
From the Greek name Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), derived from possibly κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to excel, to shine" and ανηρ (aner...
CATALINA
Spanish form of KATHERINE.
CAYETANA
Spanish feminine form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).
CEFERINO
Spanish form of Zephyrinus (see ZEFERINO).
CELESTINA
Latinate feminine form of CAELESTINUS.
CELINO
Italian and Spanish form of CAELINUS or a short form of MARCELINO.
CELIO
Italian and Spanish form of CAELIUS.
CHARO
Spanish diminutive of ROSARIO.
CHE
From an Argentine expression meaning "hey!". This nickname was acquired by the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Guevara w...
CHELO
Diminutive of CONSUELO.
CHIMO
Catalan diminutive of JOAQUIM or JOAQUÍN.
CHUS
Diminutive of JESÚS or JESUSA.
CINTIA
Spanish and Hungarian form of CYNTHIA.
CIPRIANO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).
CIRÍACO
Portuguese form and Spanish variant of CYRIACUS.
CIRO
Italian and Spanish form of CYRUS.
CLARA
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few earl...
CLARISA
Spanish variant of CLARISSA.
CLEMENTE
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).
CLEMENTINA
Feminine form of CLEMENT.
CHITA
Short form of CONCHITA.
CHUCHO
Spanish diminutive of JESÚS.
CHUY
Diminutive of JESÚS.
CIRIACO
Italian and Spanish form of CYRIACUS.
CIRINO
Diminutive of CIRO.
CLARISSA
Latinate form of CLARICE. This was the name of the title character in a 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson. In the novel Cl...
CLAUDIA
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the ...