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Norwegian-Spanish names for girls
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Cecilia
Diana
Dora
Elisabet
Emilia
Emma
Erika
Ester
Esther
Eva
Helena
Hilda
Irene
Iris
Jessica
Judit
Judith
Julia
Julie
Laura
Lena
Linda
Lucia
Magdalena
Maria
Marina
Miriam
Natalia
Olga
Olivia
Paula
Regina
Rita
Sandra
Sara
Tara
Tatiana
Teresa
Tona
Valeria
Victoria
Viola
Additional Norwegian-Spanish results
Feminine Norwegian names that may also be Spanish words
The following names often appeared in Spanish language web pages. That means that they are either Spanish words, or names which are very familiar to Spanish speakers.
Feminine Spanish names that may also be Norwegian words
These names often appeared in Norwegian language web pages.
Spanish word ending matches
Feminine Spanish names often end with -na or -ia. Below are Norwegian names with one of those word endings.
Fuzzy matches
These are names that would have been the same between the languages, if it hadn't been for a single character difference. Each entry shows an approximate match with the Norwegian name on the left, and the Spanish name on the right.
Norwegian-Spanish names popular in both
Names from this page that appear in the official baby name statistics of both a Norwegian-speaking and a Spanish-speaking country.
| Name | Norwegian | Spanish |
|---|---|---|
| Emma | #1 girls Norway 2025 | #2 girls Uruguay 2023 |
| Olivia | #2 girls Norway 2025 | #3 girls Argentina 2024 |
| Maria | #61 girls Norway 2025 | #1 girls Uruguay 2023 |
| Sara | #43 girls Norway 2025 | #19 girls Spain 2024 |
| Eva | #22 girls Norway 2025 | #53 girls Spain 2024 |
| Aurora | #14 girls Norway 2025 | #67 girls Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Emilia | #78 girls Norway 2025 | #4 girls Uruguay 2023 |
| Victoria | #80 girls Norway 2025 | #5 girls Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Julia | #85 girls Norway 2025 | #6 girls Spain 2024 |
| Iris | #100 girls Norway 2025 | #66 girls Spain 2024 |
| Laura | #140 girls Norway 2025 | #53 girls Spain 2024 |
| Diana | #162 girls Norway 2025 | #73 girls Spain 2024 |
| Helena | #171 girls Norway 2025 | #91 girls Spain 2024 |
| Alexandra | #212 girls Norway 2025 | #60 girls Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Amanda | #52 girls Norway 2025 | #225 girls Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
Featured in baby name books
Alexandra
Alexandra is the feminine form of Alexander, from Greek, meaning “defender” or “protector of mankind.” Alexandra has long had a royal, somewhat upper-crust air, associated with Princess Alexandra of Denmark and with Queen Victoria, whose given name was Alexandrina.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Amanda
Amanda is a Latin name meaning “loved,” “much loved,” or “worthy of being loved,” with Mandy as its classic nickname. Amanda is fairly recent, first appearing in 17th-century English literature, and its slightly patrician feel is balanced by the casual Mandy; Cole Porter and Barry Manilow both sang about it.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Aurora
Aurora is Latin for “dawn,” the name of the Roman goddess of the sunrise, with Aurore as the French form. Aurora evokes the northern lights and the princess of Sleeping Beauty, with nicknames like Rory and Aura.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Carina
Carina is an Italian or Latin name meaning “dear one” or “little darling.” Carina is also Scandinavian for the keel of a ship.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names
Cecilia
Cecilia is the Latin feminine form of Cecil, meaning “blind.” Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music, making the name a natural choice for music-loving parents.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Diana
Diana comes from Latin and means “divine.” In Roman myth Diana was the goddess of the moon and the hunt, counterpart of the Greek Artemis.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Dora
Dora is a Greek name meaning “gift,” and it is also a short form of Theodora. The biblical city of Dor, or Dora, was a Canaanite coastal town whose king Joshua defeated.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Emma
Emma is an Old German name meaning “whole,” “all-embracing,” or “universal.” Emma came to England with the Normans and has been warmly revived as a romantic, Victorian-feeling name, helped by Jane Austen’s heroine.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Esther
Esther is usually traced to Persian and means “star,” possibly linked to the goddess Ishtar. Esther is also tied to the Hebrew Hadassah, meaning “myrtle,” the queen’s original name.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Eva
Eva is a form of Eve, a Hebrew name meaning “life” or “giver of life.” Eva is a short, sweet classic that is rising again, though its several possible pronunciations may have helped its sister name Ava pull ahead.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Hilda
Hilda is a German name meaning “battle woman” or “battle maid,” with Hilde and Hildy as variants. Hilda remains popular in Germany and has roots in Norse mythology.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Irene
Irene is a Greek name meaning “peace,” after the goddess of peace, with Irena and Irina as popular variants. Irene was borne by a fourth-century saint and a Byzantine empress, and stayed popular until the mid-twentieth century; its variants are now more common.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Iris
Iris is Greek for “rainbow,” and is also a flower name. In Greek myth Iris was the rainbow goddess who carried messages between heaven and earth; the stylized iris is the fleur-de-lis of France.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Jessica
Jessica is a Hebrew name meaning “God sees” or “He beholds,” with “wealthy” also offered. Shakespeare gave Jessica to Shylock’s daughter in The Merchant of Venice, possibly drawing on the biblical Jesca or on Jesse.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Judith
Judith is a Hebrew name meaning “woman from Judea” or “Jewish,” with “praised” and “admired” also given. In the apocryphal Book of Judith, a brave widow saves her people from the Assyrians by beheading their commander, Holofernes.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Julia
Julia comes from the Roman clan name Julius and means “young” or “youthful.” Julia is also read as “soft-haired.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Laura
Laura comes from Latin and means “laurel,” or “crowned with laurel.” Laurel stands for victory, distinction, and peace, worn as wreaths by Roman emperors and Olympic athletes; the name also recalls Laura of Little House on the Prairie.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Lena
Lena is a variation of Helen meaning “bright one” or “light.” Lena began as a nickname for names like Helena and Magdalena; the related Lina is Arabic for a young palm tree.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Linda
Linda is Spanish for “pretty” or “pretty one.” Linda topped the charts in the late 1940s and early 1950s, replacing Mary, and now feels dated; Lindy is a livelier nickname.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
Maria
Maria is the Latin and Mediterranean form of Mary, meaning “bitter,” or “star of the sea.” Deeply traditional yet modern-sounding, Maria evokes The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and “Ave Maria”; it was also the name of a wife of Muhammad.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Marina
Marina is Latin for “from the sea.” Marina is a fashionable Shakespearean name.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Miriam
Miriam is a Hebrew name meaning “bitter” and is a version of Mary. Miriam was the sister of Moses who watched over him in the bulrushes and later led the women in song and dance after the Red Sea crossing.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Olivia
Olivia comes from Latin for “olive tree” and is a feminine form of Oliver, though some trace it to a Norse word meaning “heirloom.” Olivia is a character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and the name climbed from mid-pack in 1960 all the way up to number one.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Paula
Paula is the feminine of Paul, from Latin for “small,” with relatives like Paulina, Pauline and Paola. Paula was in the top hundred from the 1950s to the early 1970s but has since dropped, while the Italian Paola has climbed.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Regina
Regina is Latin for “queen,” with relatives like Reina, Raina and Régine. Regina often honors the Virgin Mary as queen of heaven, and recalls Victoria Regina, for whom Saskatchewan’s capital is named.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Rita
Rita began as a short form of Margarita or Margaret, meaning “pearl,” and one source adds an Indian meaning, “brave, strong.” Rita hit its high point in the 1940s alongside Rita Hayworth, Rita Moreno is another famous bearer, and in 2003 it dropped below the top 1,000.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Sandra
Sandra began as a short form of Alexandra (or Alessandra) and means “defender” or “helper of mankind.” A forgotten novel, Sandra Belloni, launched it as a standalone name; it peaked from the 1940s to 1960s, and the French Sandrine may give it new life.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Tara
Tara is an Irish Gaelic name meaning “hill” or “rocky hill,” with variants such as Tarah, Tarra, and Taryn. Tara also means “star” in Sanskrit and is linked to an astral goddess, which explains its appeal among Indian families.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Teresa
Teresa is a Greek name meaning “harvest” or “the harvester,” possibly linked to the island of Thera, with forms such as Theresa, Therese, and Tess. The name owes much to Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Therese of Lisieux, known as the Little Flower, and Mother Teresa, which give it a strongly Catholic feel.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Victoria
Victoria is a Latin name meaning “victory” or “victorious,” the feminine form of Victor and the name of the Roman goddess of victory. The name has a regal air thanks to Queen Victoria, and it offers many nicknames, including Tori, Vicky, and Ria.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
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