Spanish Cat Names

Sassy but slight nickname name.

This name of a California desert town, used by Deborah Falconer and Robert Downey, Jr. for their son, makes a much livelier and more individual – not to mention more masculine – improvisation on the themes of India and Indiana.

The meaning makes this name interesting, but the sound is too related to nemesis.

As Nerea, in the Spanish Top 100, but this streamlined version is one of those golden choices that's both supremely simple and intriguingly rare.

This Spanish spelling of Marquis is popular in its own right.

A nickname-name made famous by the uni-named Spanish singer Charo, whose full name was María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Gutiérrez de los Perales Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Hinojosa Rasten.

This evocative Spanish surname would make an unusual but lively choice for a girl.

After your first little Primo, you could always call the next Segundo -- though that's like naming them number one and number two.

The forerunner of Cynthia is all but unknown these days, but deserving of import and revival.

Inspired by the Mexican singer who uses it as her single name.

If Bear and Fox can make it as baby names, why not Tiger. The Spanish Tigre has a more gender-neutral feel.

This legendary Andalusian city, according to myth founded by Hercules, is an undiscovered baby name destination.

The feminine Quinta is virtually unused in the US, though male forms of the Roman family name Quintus, such as Quintin and Quentin, are quite popular. That may change with the emergence of comedian and actress Quinta Brunson, creator of the television show Abbott Elementary.

A worldly and attractive choice for a child of any background. Two early New World explorers were Hernandos — de Soto and Cortés.

Claudina — a traditional Spanish diminutive of Claudia — was a Top 500 name in Spain for the first half of the 20th century. It never caught on as a given name in the US. At its peak, Claudina was given to 17 American baby girls in 1969.

Variant of Gemma/Jemma or James.

The Spanish travelling or Romani community are called Gitanos, and Gitana is the feminine word. The term evolved from the Old Spanish word egiptano "Egyptian".

A male take on the feminine name Zoe, it's hard to give an attractive pronunciation.