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Thanks JDR that is one of my all time fav songs.:thumbup:

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Afrika (like Africa) seems to be one of these new upcoming names. I also like Alvaro :) for a boy.

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i only met a woman named Africa and it was long time ago, when i was a girl (really, long time ago :() and i have always liked it since then

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Africa (not with K) is quite popular in Andalucia.

Then again, Andalucia has always tried to buck the trend!!! Fulgencio is a traditional boys name, but there is no female equivalent - until the Andalucians invented it!!!!! Fulgencia!!!! Shortened to Fui.

But what I want to know is why they always want Lucy to walk away??? :confused: (¿has pillado, Marisol? :thumbsup:)

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I know a lady who I've always called Marimar and her name is actually Maria del Mar.

My family's names all work well in Spanish and English -Robert, Belinda, Ben, Jessica. My sister's name is Rosemary, which translates well as Rosa Maria. Rosa on its own is nice too.

Robert gets called Roberto or Berto , Ben (whose name IS Ben), gets his lengthened to Benjamin (with Spanish pronunciation), Jessica and Belinda are virtually the same as in English .

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That`s the one.

British keyboard and I couldn`t remember which combo to amend it.

Aitor is also a popular one.

There are some really pretty sounding names in Catalan, Basque, but the spelling without hearing them could be a problem to expalin on a disc site.

Galiana is nice, can be both male/female.

Carme means orchard and is female or Juame for a boy

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Never heard that before but it's brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!

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yes!!! i got it!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Charlie - they actually choose to use the real name rather than Carlos or Carlitos, either of which I think are quite nice anyway.

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I have a very good friend who is called Carlos, he hates the name everyone knows him as Charlie. He only told me his real name just before I moved to Spain, he said he could trust me not to tell anyone:sneaky:ooops have I just mentioned it;) He was born in England, his mum is Spanish and she insisted that he have the full Spanish works for his name, he said growing up in England back in the 60's/70' with it was not his idea of having a good time.

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I teach English at a local school , and here are some of their names.
Girls:
Nereah ( i like this one)
Ainoha
Cristina
Iara
Elsa
Elia

Boys:
Borja
Didac
Angel
Alvaro

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Know what you mean. My husband's name is Michel (French father). He too had problems at school in the UK in the 50s/60s as a teacher told him, in front of the whole class, that it was a girls name even though he should have known that for a girl it is spelt Michelle. Many years ago (not saying how many) when we were getting married we sent for a passport for him. His birth certificate says Michel, the forms said Michel, but they sent the passport back saying Michael. He prefers to be called Michael (although he does now answer to Miguel as the locals here call him that) and as we were going on honeymoon a few weeks later we didn't do anything about it. It has caused problems since as all our Spanish documents, including our home, say Michael but his birth certificate and our marriage certificate say Michel. We have had to have his will say "Michel ..... known as Michael ...." as otherwise it could mean I couldn't prove I am married to "Michael". He may not have much money but if he goes first I don't want problems :D. I only found this problem out when my father died (a Henry known as Harry) and an insurance man was telling me of a case where a client had documents saying her name was Poppy (which everyone called her) when her actual name was Joan. The family were still trying to sort things out a year later.

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I called my daughter Gabriela and my son Eduardo. I also like Alejandra/o, Lola, Elenor, Iñigo and Lucia.

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The world must be full of people who don't like their names: My dad was a Stan known as Steve, I had a step uncle called William but being in Argentina it was Guillermo, then again being boss he became called Donje (as in Don guillermo !!
My aunt was a Marguerite known as Margot, I have a friend who didn't like her name (Fiona:rofl:) and has been known as Reilly all her adult life, and my darling mother changed her mind between registering me - Fiona Mary - and christening - Fiona Madeline - so passport/documents are all at sixes and sevens:eek: