Originally Posted by scampicat (Post 7376602)

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 .