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Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

The term Latin American, of course, takes in a number of countries and cultures, with both shared name histories and trends and distinctly individual ones. The names in Portuguese-speaking Brazil are, for example, quite different from those in the various Spanish-speaking cultures.  Some currently popular names prove to be international favorites: right now, the biblical Benjamin is the top name in both Argentina and Chile, and the U.S. Number 1 Jacob is also found at Number 2 in Argentina.

Here are some attractive names gleaned from the available lists of recently or currently popular choices in some Latin American countries that might be unfamiliar in el Norte, but are still eminently adoptable.

Girl Names

Abril—Uruguay

Adriana—Puerto Rico

Agustina–Uruguay

Alanis—Puerto Rico

Alondra—Number 1 in Puerto Rico; Mexico

Ana Paula—Uruguay

Ana—Brazil

Antonella—Chile

Beatriz—Brazil

Belén–Chile

Camila—Mexico

Constanza—Chile

Dalian—Cuba

Dalila—Cuba

Daris—Cuba

Dulce Maria—Puerto Rico

Dunia–Cuba

Emilia—Chile

Esmeralda–Mexico

Fernanda—Chile

Florencia —Number 1 in Uruguay; Chile

Gisel—Cuba

Ignacia—Chile

Ines—Cuba

Isidora—Chile

Javiera—Chile

Jazmin—Argentina

Josefa—Chile

Kamila/Camila—Puerto Rico

Kenia—Cuba

Leticia—Brazil

Liliam—Cuba

Lisandra—Cuba

Maria Fernanda— Number 1 in Mexico

Mariana—Brazil, Mexico

Marisol—Mexico

Martina (Number 1 in Chile), Argentina

Micaela—Uruguay

Morena–Argentina

Pía–Chile

Romina—Mexico

Safia—Cuba

Silvana—Cuba

Sofia—Chile, Mexico

Valentina —Number 1 in Argentina; Chile

Valeria—Mexico, Puerto Rico

Vitória—Brazil

Ximena—Mexico

Yanela—Cuba

Yasmin—Brazil

Yeny–Cuba

Boy Names

Adrian—Puerto Rico

Agustin—Argentina

Alejandro–Mexico

Alvaro—Cuba

Ángel Gabriel–Mexico

Angel—Numner 1 in Puerto Rico

Bastián —Chile

Bautista—Argentina

Benjamin— Number 1 in Argentina, Chile

Bruno—Uruguay

Carlos—Puerto Rico

Cristóbal–Chile

Daniel–Mexico

Davi—Brazil

Diego—Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico

Eduardo—Mexico

Emiliano—Mexico

Ernesto—Cuba

Ezequiel—Argentina

Felipe—Chile

Francisco—Chile, Uraguay

Guilherme—Brazil

Gustavo—Brazil

Ignacio—Argentina

Javier—Chile

João (Number 1 in Brazil)

Joaquin—Argentina, Chile

Kauã—Brazil

Lautaro–Argentina

Leonardo—Mexico

Leondanis —Cuba

Luis Ángel–Mexico

Luis—Puerto Rico

Luiz—Brazil

Martin—Chile

Mateo—Argentina, Uruguay

Matheus–Brazil

Matías—Number 1 in Uruguay; Argentina, Chile

Maximiliano–Chile

Miguel—Brazil, Mexico

Reinier—Cuba

Rodolfo—Cuba

Rodrigo—Mexico, Uruguay

Rolando—Cuba

Romario—Cuba

Santiago —Number 1 in Mexico; Argentina, Uruguay

Santino—Argentina

Sebastián—Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico

Solen—Cuba

Thiago–Argentina

Tomás–Chile

Valder—Cuba

Valentino—Argentina

Vicente—Chile

Vitór–Brazil

Yadiel –Puerto Rico

Yoan—Cuba

About the Author

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at InstagramTwitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.