First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
Dec 2nd 2010, 8:37 am
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
Quite a few of them (not sure if that´s one of them) come from what they reckon are the way babies pronounce it, but TBH they don´t sound very credible to me. Maybe a bit like getting bampy from grandad, grampy??????
Just googled it, whether you believe it or not......
Just googled it, whether you believe it or not......
Paco, Pancho,Kiko, Curro son hipocorísticos (la manera de hablar de niños) de Francisco
Dec 2nd 2010, 9:07 am
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
I find hipocorísticos (la manera de hablar de los niños ) a bit more plausible than acronyms like PP which makes it look a bit more like a political slogan.
Dec 2nd 2010, 11:05 am
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
In our village we have Manolo and Juanjo as mentioned previously; these are quite common names (Juanjo of course is an abbreviation of Juan Jose). We have many men called Jose, Juan, Antonio, Eduardo and Miguel. Some of the young boys have more modern names such as Javi (Javier) and Jaime.
The women are called names like Amalia, Carmela, Encarna (Encarnacion) , Virtudes, Gracia and Mercedes, quite traditional names really. Lots of Marias. The young girls are called names like Patricia and Lucia.
There are a lot of double names of which the first is Juan that get abbreviated, like Juanjo mentioned above. Juan Jose becomes Juanjo, Juan Miguel becomes Juanmi, Juan Manuel becomes Juanma, our doctor is Juan David so he is Juanda (!). I wonder how you would abbbreviate the King of Spain's name (Juan Carlos)....
The women are called names like Amalia, Carmela, Encarna (Encarnacion) , Virtudes, Gracia and Mercedes, quite traditional names really. Lots of Marias. The young girls are called names like Patricia and Lucia.
There are a lot of double names of which the first is Juan that get abbreviated, like Juanjo mentioned above. Juan Jose becomes Juanjo, Juan Miguel becomes Juanmi, Juan Manuel becomes Juanma, our doctor is Juan David so he is Juanda (!). I wonder how you would abbbreviate the King of Spain's name (Juan Carlos)....
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Dec 2nd 2010, 11:44 am
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
Amparo (Desamporado-sad name) is very popular here too. My daughters class teachers have both been called Amparo.
I love the name Dori or rather Adoracion.
Miguel too after San Miguel very common and Fernando also.
As a surname Navarro.
I love the name Dori or rather Adoracion.
Miguel too after San Miguel very common and Fernando also.
As a surname Navarro.
Dec 2nd 2010, 11:58 am
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
Ah, surnames! There are not all that many different ones in our village.
Muñoz, Medina, Pelegrina, Flores, Montoro, Donaire seem the most common.
Muñoz, Medina, Pelegrina, Flores, Montoro, Donaire seem the most common.
Dec 2nd 2010, 12:12 pm
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
Have you checked how many fingers they have and whether their hands are webbed?
Dec 2nd 2010, 12:19 pm
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I was always grateful my mother chose to marry well outside her gene pool.
Dec 2nd 2010, 8:24 pm
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Spanish guy I talk with on skype mentioned his wife, Ludi, and I commented that I hadn't heard the name. He explained it was actually Luz Divina (devine light), nice, ain't it? 
Dec 2nd 2010, 8:27 pm
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
Dec 2nd 2010, 8:28 pm
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Dec 2nd 2010, 8:30 pm
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
It is lovely.
We have Lupi , Loli and Tosa.
Don't sound too good to English ears!
(short for Guadalupe, Dolores and Fructosa).
One English man in our village, when his Spanish neighbour asked weat his wife's name was, said (joking) 'well I call her Fatty'. The neighbour thought he meant Fati and they all call her Fatima now.
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Dec 3rd 2010, 7:28 am
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
Some irregular ones,
Ávila = abulense; Badajoz = pásense; Huelva = onubense. Huesca = oscense; Fuerteventura = majorero; Elche = ilicitano. Betanzos = brigantino; Cabra = egabrense; Calahorra = calagurritano. Calatayud = bilbilitano; Martos = tuccitano; Orihuela = orcelitano.
Dec 3rd 2010, 2:02 pm
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Re: First names: are they regional? What are your neighbours and friends called?
What's Loli short for?