2. MARIA
It's widely known that
the most popular
name for women in
Spain is Maria. Many
women are called
María, they are named
after the Saint Mary,
theVirgin.
3. In the past, every women used to be
baptised with this name, even if she
had another one. So many women
have 2 names and both are used for
calling them, for example: Maria
Dolores, María del Mar, María
Teresa, María Luisa, María Antonia,
María Mercedes, María José,Ana
María, Luz María
4. Other popular women
names in Spain comes
from religious names
that are used to call
the Virgin (Carmen,
Victoria, Pilar, Rocio,
Dolores, Mercedes,
Soledad, Rosario,
Estrella, Esperanza,
Almudena, etc.)
5. Thera are many names coming from saint
women (Ana,Adela, Cristina, Laura, Sofía,
Marta, Claudia, Elena)
6. Nowadays, things are changing in
Spain and women usually have just a
name and new names from other
countries (Jennifer, Cintia, Elisabeth,
Iria, Sheila) and no religious names
have being used more and more.
7. A tradition we like a lot is
calling women after flower
names: Rosa, Hortensia,
Violeta and Margarita.
8. All these names come from
teachers and pupils in Ginés
Morata School.
The most popular girls names
in our school are Maria and
Laura