These are some Spanish names we've looked at. If you're after warmth with a bit of spine, this guide might help.
Alonso, Inés, Paloma. Names that feel inherited, even if you are the first in the family to choose them.
Alonso
Spanish / Germanic
Noble and ready. A knight’s name that still feels tender in the kitchen.
Beltrán
Germanic via Spanish
Bright raven. Rare, distinguished, and impossible to confuse.
Bosco
Italian / Spanish
Wood, forest. Short, warm, and a little like a secret garden.
Mateo
Hebrew via Spanish
Gift of God. Softer than Matthew, just as sturdy.
Ignacio
Latin / Spanish
Fiery. Nacho for the playground, Ignacio for the diploma.
Javier
Basque / Spanish
New house. Bright, athletic, and easy to say in every language.
Rafael
Hebrew
God has healed. Rafa for home. A painter’s name, and an angel’s.
Diego
Spanish
Supplanter, or Santiago’s little brother. Sun in the vowels.
Inés
Greek via Spanish
Pure, holy. Small, serious, and quietly luminous.
Soledad
Spanish
Solitude, in the sacred sense. A name like a whitewashed chapel.
Paloma
Spanish
Dove. Peace, and the sound of a courtyard at noon.
Lucía
Latin / Spanish
Light. The most graceful way to say brightness out loud.
Carmen
Hebrew via Spanish
Garden, song. Flamenco and first communion in one breath.
Blanca
Spanish
White, fair. Clean as linen drying in the sun.
Teresa
Greek / Spanish
Harvester. Saints and grandmothers. Soft without being small.
Isabel
Hebrew via Spanish
God is my oath. Bella, Chabela, Isa: a kingdom of nicknames.