Spanish Names
Spanish names sit on Latin with two other layers pressed into them: Visigothic Germanic from the early middle ages, and Arabic from eight centuries of al-Andalus. A second strand is devotional rather than etymological — names taken from titles of the Virgin Mary, which are place names and abstractions rather than personal names.
Languages behind these names
Latin
Hebrew
Germanic
Greek
Spanish
from Latin
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Guadalupe Guadalupe is half Arabic and half Latin — wadi, a valley or river, joined to a word for a wolf.Unisex Spanish #1,248 in US
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Anita Anita is a girl's name, the Spanish diminutive of Ana, meaning grace.Girl Spanish #1,347 in US