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Romanian-Spanish names for boys
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Masculine Spanish names that may also be Romanian words
These names often appeared in Romanian language web pages.
Romanian word ending matches
Masculine Romanian names often end with -an. Below are Spanish names ending with the same word ending.
Spanish word ending matches
Masculine Spanish names often end with -io. Below are Romanian names ending with the same word ending.
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 Romanian name on the left, and the Spanish name on the right.
Romanian-Spanish names popular in both
Names from this page that appear in the official baby name statistics of both a Romanian-speaking and a Spanish-speaking country.
| Name | Romanian | Spanish |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel | #6 boys Moldova 2023 | #9 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| David | #1 boys Moldova 2023 | #19 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Luca | #10 boys Moldova 2023 | #13 boys Spain 2024 |
| Gabriel | #12 boys Moldova 2023 | #18 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Damian | #8 boys Moldova 2023 | #32 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Sebastian | #33 boys Moldova 2023 | #10 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Ivan | #17 boys Moldova 2023 | #51 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Victor | #18 boys Moldova 2023 | #55 boys Spain 2024 |
| Adrian | #72 boys Moldova 2023 | #17 boys Spain 2024 |
| Leon | #78 boys Moldova 2023 | #35 boys Argentina 2024 |
| Cristian | #19 boys Moldova 2023 | #95 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Roman | #37 boys Moldova 2023 | #125 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
| Emanuel | #96 boys Moldova 2023 | #163 boys Mexico (Mexico City) 2022 |
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Adrian
Adrian is a Latin name for a man “from Hadria,” a town in northern Italy that gave its name to the Adriatic region. Adrian is also read as meaning “dark,” “black,” or “black earth,” with variants like Adrien and Hadrian.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Best Baby Names for Boys, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Anton
Anton is a Slavic form of Anthony, meaning “praiseworthy,” and playwright Anton Chekhov is a famous bearer.
Sources: The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Antonio
Antonio is the Italian and Spanish form of Anthony, borne by actor Antonio Banderas and composers Antonio Vivaldi and Antonio Salieri.
Sources: The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Damian
Damian is a Greek name meaning “to tame” or “one who subdues.” Saint Damian, martyred with his brother Cosmas, is the patron of hairdressers, and the name is related to Damon.
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 Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Daniel
Daniel is a Hebrew name meaning “God is my judge,” with Dan and Danny as nicknames. The biblical Daniel was an exiled Israelite who rose in Babylon by interpreting dreams and survived a night in the lion's den.
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 Boys, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Dario
Dario is a name meaning “wealthy,” related to Darius. Dario is also said to mean “kingly,” with Darius as an alternative.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names
David
David is a Hebrew name meaning “beloved,” “cherished,” or “darling.” The biblical David was a shepherd boy who slew Goliath, wrote psalms and music, and became a mighty king of Israel.
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 Boys, Classic Biblical Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Dino
Dino is an Italian short form of names ending in -dino and a nickname for Dean. Dino is also glossed as “small sword.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names
Emanuel
Emanuel is a Hebrew name meaning “God is with us.” Emanuel is the name given to the Messiah in Isaiah, and parents today often prefer the full form over Manny or Manuel.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Numerology for Baby Names
Felix
Felix is a Latin name meaning “happy,” “lucky,” or “fortunate.” Used since ancient times, Felix is a steady classic and a more distinctive alternative to Alex.
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 Boys, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names
Gabriel
Gabriel is a Hebrew name meaning “hero of God,” “God is my strength,” or “man of God.” Gabriel is the archangel who appears to Daniel and announces the births of John the Baptist and Jesus, and in Islam he reveals the Koran to Muhammad.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Boys, Baby Names Made Easy, Classic Biblical Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
Ivan
Ivan is the Slavic and Russian form of John, meaning “God is gracious” or “God is good.” Ivan is steadily popular, offering a solid meaning and a trendy v while staying easy to spell; it can be said EYE-vehn or ee-VAHN.
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 Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Leon
Leon means “lion,” a French and Latin form of Leo, with Levon as an Armenian version. Writer Leon Uris and musician Leon Russell are notable bearers.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Luca
Luca Pacioli was an Italian mathematician, friend and housemate of Leonardo da Vinci, who essentially invented accounting.
Sources: Badass Baby Names
Manuel
Manuel is a form of Emmanuel, Hebrew for “God is with us,” a title of the Messiah. Manuel is very popular with Hispanic families and more common than Emmanuel, a lighter alternative to it.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Mario
Mario comes from a Roman clan name. Mario may come from Mars, god of war, and is glossed as “follower of Mars” or “manly.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Boys
Martin
Martin comes from Latin and means “warlike” or “dedicated to Mars,” the Roman god of war. The soldier Saint Martin is remembered for cutting his cloak in two and giving half of it to a beggar.
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 Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Raul
Raul is the Spanish form of Ralph, carrying the sense “swift wolf.” While Ralph fades, Raul is going strong, sounding cool rather than nerdy; actor Raul Julia brought it to wider audiences.
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names
Roman
Roman is Latin for “one from Rome” or a citizen of Rome, with forms such as Romain, Romano, and Romulus. Compared with the fiery Romeo, Roman sounds dignified, evoking Rome’s law and order, and its popularity is climbing despite its association with Roman Polanski.
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 Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Romeo
Romeo is Italian, meaning “from Rome” or “pilgrim to Rome.” The name is forever tied to Shakespeare’s romantic hero Romeo Montague, which makes it perhaps the most romantic name around.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Unusual Baby Names
Sebastian
Sebastian means “revered” or “venerable,” from Greek and Latin. Sebastian also means “one from Sebastia,” an ancient Roman city.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Boys, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
Toni
Toni is a Latin name meaning “praiseworthy” or “without a peer,” used as a short form of Antoinette; one book glosses it “invaluable.” Writer Toni Morrison and singer Toni Braxton are notable bearers.
Sources: The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names
Valentin
Valentin is a Latin-derived name meaning “strong,” tied to strength, honor, and, through Saint Valentine, love. Valentin jumped in popularity in 2007 after Mets player José Valentin helped the team win its division, and Valentino sounds even more romantic thanks to Rudolph Valentino.
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names
Victor
Victor is a Latin name meaning “conqueror,” “champion,” or “winner,” with Vic, Viktor, and Vittorio as related forms. The name once referred to Christ’s triumph over death; popular in Roman times, it faded in the Middle Ages before returning in Britain.
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 Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
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