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
Germanic
Hebrew
Greek
Spanish
55 names, uncommon — 100 to 499 a year, in the United States
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Teresa Teresa is a girl's name whose meaning is uncertain, though harvester is the usual reading.Girl Spanish 291 in 2025
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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 204 in 2025
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Anita Anita is a girl's name, the Spanish diminutive of Ana, meaning grace.Girl Spanish 165 in 2025