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I grew up in a predominately Hispanic neighborhood, so I always heard Spanish names: at school, around the block, etc. Even though I'm neither Hispanic nor a Spanish speaker myself, I have to admit a lot of the names grew on me. It would be odd if I were to use any specifically Spanish (or Latin American, Basque, or Galician) names on my own, since I'm not of the culture; but if I married into a Spanish / Hispanic family, I'd use any of these names in a heartbeat:

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Adán
Andrés
César
Diego
Dimas
Enrique
Ferran
Gaspar
Gastón
Guifré
Gustavo
Isidro
Javier - this would probably be my first choice
Joaquín
Kemen
Luken
Markel
Miguel
Orfeo
Pedro (the only variant of Peter that I actually like)
Ramon
Raúl
Ricardo
Salvador
Sendoa
Tercero
Tomás
Valero
Vidal
Zacarías
Zorion

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Alejandra
Amaranta
Amparo
Anaïs
Araceli
Azucena
Belén
Briseida (actually knew a girl in school named this - always thought it was cool)
Candelaria
Caridad
Emperatriz
Fidelia
Flor
Isaura
Izaro
Leandra
Loida
Lorea
Maialen
Maruxa
Mayra
Meritxell
Mireia
Miren
Naiara
Nerea
Nereida
Nuria
Pilar - this would probably be my first choice
Queralt
Remei
Rosenda
Xiomara (pronounced zee-o-MAHR-ah)
Xiana (pronounced shee-AHN-ah)
Xulia (pronounced SHOO-lee-ah)
Yesenia
Zaira
Zoraida
Zuriñe (pronounced soo-RIN-yeh)

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Some names - like Adriana, Mercedes, Raquel, and Roxana - aren't "GPs" at all, because I'd still use them.

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What are some of your favorite Spanish (or thereabouts) names?

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