Popular women names in spain

The most poppular women's name in Spain

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POPULAR WOMEN NAMES IN SPAIN

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,
the Virgin.

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