Latin American baby name suggestions

Posted in Name my baby
by Lorain County Moms

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The term Latin American, of course, takes in a number of countries and cultures, with both shared 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. No 1, Jacob, is also found at No. 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.

Girls

• Abril — Uruguay
• Adriana — Puerto Rico
• Agustina — Uruguay
• Alanis — Puerto Rico
• Alondra — No. 1 in Puerto Rico; Mexico
• Ana Paula — Uruguay
• Ana — Brazil
• Antonella — Chile
• Beatriz — Brazil
• Belen — Chile
• Camila — Mexico
• Constanza — Chile
• Dalian — Cuba
• Dalila — Cuba
• Daris — Cuba
• Dulce Maria — Puerto Rico
• Dunia — Cuba
• Emilia — Chile
• Esmeralda — Mexico
• Fernanda — Chile
• Florencia — No. 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 — No. 1 in Mexico
• Mariana — Brazil, Mexico
• Marisol — Mexico
• Martina — No. 1 in Chile; Argentina
• Micaela — Uruguay
• Morena — Argentina
• Pia — Chile
• Romina — Mexico
• Safia — Cuba
• Silvana — Cuba
• Sofia — Chile, Mexico
• Valentina No. 1 in Argentina; Chile
• Valeria — Mexico, Puerto Rico
• Vitoria — Brazil
• Ximena — Mexico
• Yanela — Cuba
• Yasmin — Brazil
• Yeny — Cuba

Boys

• Adrian — Puerto Rico
• Agustin — Argentina
• Alejandro — Mexico
• Alvaro — Cuba
• Angel Gabriel — Mexico
• Angel — No. 1 in Puerto Rico
• Bastian — Chile
• Bautista — Argentina
• Benjamin — No. 1 in Argentina, Chile
• Bruno — Uruguay
• Carlos — Puerto Rico
• Cristobal — 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
• Joco — No. 1 in Brazil
• Joaquin — Argentina, Chile
• Kauc — Brazil
• Lautaro — Argentina
• Leonardo — Mexico
• Leondanis — Cuba
• Luis Angel — Mexico
• Luis — Puerto Rico
• Luiz — Brazil
• Martin — Chile
• Mateo — Argentina, Uruguay
• Matheus — Brazil
• Matias — No. 1 in Uruguay; Argentina, Chile
• Maximiliano — Chile
• Miguel — Brazil, Mexico
• Reinier — Cuba
• Rodolfo — Cuba
• Rodrigo — Mexico, Uruguay
• Rolando — Cuba
• Romario — Cuba
• Santiago — No. 1in Mexico; Argentina, Uruguay
• Santino — Argentina
• Sebastian — Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico
• Solen — Cuba
• Thiago — Argentina
• Tomas — Chile
• Valder — Cuba
• Valentino — Argentina
• Vicente — Chile
• Vitor — Brazil
• Yadiel — Puerto Rico
• Yoan — Cuba

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