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	Behind the Name: Spanish Names
		Spanish naming customs are used not only in Spain, but also in the many Spanish-speaking regions of Latin America.
		Spanish given names are usually taken from the names of saints.
		There are also many names which honour the Virgin Mary, such as Dolores, Rosario, Mercedes, Pilar, Consolata and Luz.
	www.behindthename.com /glossary/view.php?title=spanish_names (135 words)

	Behind the Name: Spanish Names
		Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
		Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born...
		Spanish and Italian form of the Roman family name Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see EMIL).
	www.behindthename.com /nmc/spa.php (760 words)

	Spanish Place Names
		Alamo: "poplar." This tall softwood tree gave its name to a number of U.S. places, including the memorable chapel-fort in Texas and the town of Los Alamos in New Mexico, where atomic bombs were produced.
		California: The state was named for a mythical land described in a popular Spanish novel from around 1500, Las sergas de Esplandián (The exploits of Esplandián) by Garcia Ordóñez de Montalvo.
		Colorado: "reddish." The state is named for the reddish color of mud found in the Colorado River.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/spanishnames.html (700 words)

	Spanish Dog Names
		Spanish names are, as such, of a rich origin and history.
		Choosing a Spanish name for a puppy or for any kind of idea, project or concept brings a lot of values and symbols ahead.
		Other rare Spanish names for boys are Hermelando, Zaqueo, Zahir, Sisebuto and Winston.
	www.dogup.com /spanish-dog-names.html (176 words)

	Making a Name Change or Choosing a Baby Name - What you need to know about name meanings
		Although the name Spanishm creates the urge to be creative and original, we point out that it causes an emotional intensity and a dominating nature that is hard to control.
		This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the nervous system, and tension or accidents to the head.
		Also, this name does not incorporate qualities that enable you to be diplomatic and to compromise.
	www.kabalarians.com /male/spanishm.htm (420 words)

	Spanish Baby Names
		This list of Spanish baby names has hundreds of names for you to choose from, together with their meanings.
		You can rate your favorite names add your comments, browse or search and use the most popular baby names tool to find out which are the most popular baby names among our users.
		My favorite name for 2008 is Ethan, do you...
	www.babyhold.com /list/Spanish_Baby_Names (251 words)

	Reference: Spanish Naming Conventions, Family Names, Given Names, Common Names, Nicknames - Tarver-Gen: Tarver Family ...
		There can be other additions as well: middle names, married names (which are added at the end), etc. So most people have a name with three to five words in it, but their familiar name, the one you call them, is usually only one.
		In Spanish indexes of surnames, it is important to note that the prefixes in such names as de la Torre may be ignored in alphabetization.
		It is customary (though not obligatory) in Spanish cultures to name the first-born son after the father, but there is no need to use Jr., Sr., III (and so on) whenever the same given name (first name) is used by different generations of the same family.
	www.tarver-genealogy.net /aids/spanish/sp_naming_conv.html (3459 words)

	Spanish Place Names on the Face of Alaska - ExploreNorth
		The name is not Spanish but this Bostonian trader, John Kendrick, Columbia's captain, was a close friend of the Spaniards at Nootka.
		The name was bestowed by William H. Dall of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) to this estuary in 1879.
		The state of California was named by the soldiers of Hernán Cortés in celebration of a mythical land referred to in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalry novel of the late Middle Ages.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/yafeatures/bl-Spanish1.htm (2950 words)

	Medieval Spanish Names from the Monastery of Sahagun
		Unfortunately, both of these resources are written in Spanish and as such are often inaccessible to the general public and even many who are interested in the field.
		This study is an attempt to provide original research into the use of names in Spanish history and present it in a form that will be more readily accessible to American students, historians and re-enactors.
		Occupational by-names refer to the occupation of the bearer, and are commonly formed by adding the suffix -ero to some word particularly associated with the occupation (e.g., carnicero for "butcher").
	www.s-gabriel.org /names/miguel/sahagun (1149 words)

	123 Baby Names: Spanish Names
		Spanish is a language spoken by a very large part of the world’s population.
		Spanish names are very beautiful and very popular the world over.
		Spanish names reflect the rich cultural history that accompanies the language; their meanings of these names are often very symbolic and significant.
	123-baby-names.com /map2/spanish_names.html (129 words)

	Spanish Family Names
		This way when a woman marries a man, she never losses her maiden surname, and her family name is carried by her descendents (although just for one generation).
		If your surname is the name of a common thing, the name of a place, a first name, or simply you are old fashioned, then you add a de (of), which is similar to the German von or the Dutch van.
		Women don't need to change their family names along their lives (this must be painful, specially for the ones that get married several times).
	klamath.stanford.edu /~molinero/html/surname.html (1142 words)

	Spanish Baby Names - Spanish Names
		Abbreviations for names ending in '-ano' and '-rio.' Chan: (Chinese) family name.
		Variant of Greek name Cynthia - one of the names of the mythological mood goddess Artemis referring to her birth on Mount Cynthus.
		Mars was the mythological Roman god of fertility for whom the month March was named; mythologically identified with the Greek war god Ares.
	www.babynamebox.com /spanish-baby-names.html (315 words)

	Spanish Baby Names and their Meanings
		Spanish form of Hadrianus, also a name used for the nobility class of the Betsileo people of central Madagascar.
		Feminine form of Adrian/ from the Spanish name Hadrianus, Six popes have borne this name.
		Is a masculine name in Africa, and is used for the nobility class of the Betsileo people of central Madagascar.
	www.mybaby.net.au /babynames/origin/49/1 (347 words)

	Translating Spanish names
		Translating English or Spanish names (or deciding when to do it) can be a tricky situation for translators.
		Names can pop up in a number of different places within a document and translators have to decide what to do with them as they are translating.
		Here, however, we are interested mainly in English and Spanish names.There are a couple of things translators can remember to do when confronted with a name in their work.
	www.spanish-translation-help.com /spanish-names.html (585 words)

	Spanish Quizzes and Trivia -- World's Largest Trivia Site!
		You are given the title of a movie as listed in a Spanish* TV guide, the year and the names* of two stars.
		This is a quiz on words that are spelled the same in Spanish and in English, but have different meanings.
		High school Spanish might be enough to teach you how to describe a broken leg, but if you end up in a hospital with one of these odd ailments, you'd better be truly fluent!
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/world/world_languages/spanish.html (694 words)

	Spanish baby names / Spanish names / Spanish baby girl and boy names
		Spanish baby names / Spanish names / Spanish baby girl and boy names
		Each list of Spanish names can be sorted by Spanish baby girl names or Spanish baby boy names.
		In addition to Spanish baby names, at Baby Name World you will find thousands of other unique and popular male and female baby names and their meaning sorted by origin.
	www.babynameworld.com /spanish.asp (87 words)

	Spanish Names at Baby Names World \| Boy / Male and Girl / Female Names
		Our advice: For each name you’re considering, ask yourself whether or not it could be used by bullies at school.
		If a name is practically asking to be abused, don’t do it.
		Therefore we cannot be held responsible for the authenticity of the names.
	www.babynamesworld.com /spanish-names.html (174 words)

	Spanish Baby Names books - Nombres para el bebé
		The explanations of the names listed are in English and in Spanish, but both texts offer a cultural context particularly appropriate to Hispanic parents.
		This is the only in-depth, authentic book on Spanish baby names and naming traditions in the English language.A collection of over 5,000 names, variants and nicknames from Spanish-speaking regions of the world, the book includes names in Catalan, Basque, Galician, Asturian, and native names from Latin America.
		The origin, meaning and history of each name is included, along with an introductory essay on the history of Spanish names and naming.
	www.baby-name-book.com /spanish-baby-names.htm (299 words)

	Amazon.com: Spanish Baby Names: Traditional and Modern First Names of Spain and the Americas: Books: Judy Sierra (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is the only in-depth, authentic book on Spanish baby names and naming traditions in the English language.A collection of over 5,000 names, variants and nicknames from Spanish-speaking regions of the world, the book includes names in Catalan, Basque, Galician, Asturian, and native names from Latin America.
		The origin, meaning and history of each name is included, along with an introductory essay on the history of Spanish names and naming.
		Spanish Baby Names is a marvelous, 107 page, A to Z listing of both boy and girl baby names, including both full names and diminutive versions thereof.
	www.amazon.com /Spanish-Baby-Names-Traditional-Americas/dp/0963608967 (954 words)

	Spanish@Everything2.com
		The many varieties of Spanish spoken in the Americas also show influences from native American languages and in some places (particularly Colombia and Argentina) from Italian as a result of substantial Italian emigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico.
		-- Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node=Spanish (456 words)

	Medieval Spanish Jewish Names
		This article presents an on-going compilation of Iberian Jewish names from 13th and 14th century sources written in Castillian and Navarese.
		Most of these names are men's names, as in most period sources, but the list gives a general picture of how Jewish names were put together.
		Many of the given names are Spanish equivalents of Hebrew names: Iuceph for Yosef, Abran for Avram or Avraham, Essua for Yehoshua.
	www.s-gabriel.org /names/juliana/iberian-jewish (405 words)

	Thousands of AZTEC, INCAN, AMAZONIAN & MAYAN & OTHER CENTRAL & LATIN AMERICAN NAMES for your dog, horse, ...
		We all know that the names that printed on the back of Brazilian players' jerseys are not necessarily the player's real name, these we saw are their "soccer" names, a kind of names they use in their soccer career.
		Roman influence was strong in Spain and many of their names are still in use, some because they are those of Christian saints or have meanings associated with Christian qualities.
		List of names from this area which was part of the kingdom of Léon which came under Castilian control after the union of 1230.
	www.lowchensaustralia.com /names/natamnames2.htm (1232 words)

	Spanish Baby Names
		Whether you are the mother or father of a new baby, a member of the family or a close friend you are sharing in a major life event and taking a serious interest in choosing a special babyname from one of the many that are available by accessing the links below.
		The Spanish origins of this these include place names, those related to mythology and history, origins from colours, plants and other types of nature, Fictional origins, historical origins, characteristic and religious origins.
		The church encouraged the use of naming Spanish babies after biblical characters from the New Testament and Saint's.
	www.babynames.org.uk /spanish-baby-names.htm (553 words)

	Spanish Names
		According to the National Public Registry of a Latin American country, the names "María" and "José" are the most popular first names in Spanish.
		It is thought that these names are the most popular due to the religious nature of Latin Americans; both names are very prominent in the Bible.
		Finally, we'll take a look at some Spanish nicknames that people are generally called because of their name.
	www.learnspanishtoday.com /SpanishLessons/SpanishNames.htm (1333 words)

	Fun with Spanish
		Remember that most Spanish nouns ending in -a are feminine (la, las) and most Spanish nouns ending in -o are masculine (el, los).
		Learn Spanish: Idiom Generator - A fun way to learn phrases in Spanish that differ from their English equivalents.
		Spanish Picture Dictionary - This is a great place to look up all the words that you have ever wanted to know.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listspanishdi1.html (1720 words)

	Spanish Place Names (Reference) - TeacherVision.com
		The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore what is now the United States, and the first to found a permanent settlement here (St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565).
		: "poplar." This tall softwood tree gave its name to a number of U.S. places, including the memorable chapel-fort in Texas and the town of Los Alamos in New Mexico, where atomic bombs were produced.
		: The state was named for a mythical land described in a popular Spanish novel from around 1500, Las sergas de Esplandian (The exploits of Esplandian) by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /place-names/spanish-language/6726.html (856 words)

	Spanish
		One way to determine the extent of this connection is to see how many places have Spanish terms in their names.
		That place name should be written in the blank next to the term.
		In the space next to each place name, students should write in the correct latitude and longitude for the center of that particular place.
	www.massgeo.org /Spanish.html (380 words)

	Mr. Sedivy Colorado Geography - Class Activity: Spanish Names
		The large number of Spanish place names gives evidence of this influence, especially in the southern part of the state.
		The letters needed to spell each name come before the clue but need to be rearranged to spell the name correctly.
		________________ The Moor is Spanish, it is northeast of Trinidad.
	members.tripod.com /~mr_sedivy/colorado34.html (710 words)

	Spanish Baby Names
		From the Roman name Augustinus, derived from the Roman name Augustus.
		Spanish form of the Italian Aida (Verdi's opera).
		The Z is pronounced S in American Spanish (not in Spain, where it is TH like in think), but they are not interchangeable.
	www.weddingvendors.com /baby-names/origin/spanish (63 words)

	Spanish Self Study Module
		Spanish Translation Quiz 1b : Greetings - English to Spanish QUIZ
		Quiz on translation of nationality names from Spanish to English.
		Quiz on translation of names of numbers from Spanish to English.
	www.syvum.com /squizzes/spanish/learn (354 words)

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