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Nombres de niña
Spanish girl names, what they mean, and why so many start with María.
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Sofía
Wisdom. The top name for baby girls born in Spain in 2024, with 3,325.
Lucía came second and Martina third.
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Lucía
Bright, luminous. Once given to girls born at first light.
It was the top name for girls born in the 2010s.
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María
About 1 in 4 women in Spain carry María somewhere in their name.
That's 250.8 in every 1,000 women, says the INE.
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María Carmen
The most common full name for a woman in Spain, with 636,109 women.
It led for women born in 4 decades in a row, the 1940s to the 1970s.
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Dolores
Sorrows. From Our Lady of Sorrows.
Her nickname is Lola.
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Pilar
Pillar, column. Short for María del Pilar, honoured in Zaragoza on 12 October.
Mercedes means mercies, and Rocío means dew.
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Guadalupe
A river name from Extremadura, with an Arabic root.
In Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe is honoured every 12 December.
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Charo, Conchi, Maite
Nicknames for Rosario, Concepción and María Teresa.
Family and friends use them. An office uses the full name.
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¿De dónde viene tu nombre?
Where does your name come from? Ask a Pilar, a Lola or a Lupita.
You may hear about a grandmother, a feast day or a shrine.
Tap for every name and its meaning.