List of Spanish Baby Names Meanings

Cassandra

(kə-SAN-drə/kə-SAHN-drə)

The name Cassandra is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Cassandra is: Unheeded prophetess. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of the fall of Troy was unheeded.

Meaning: Shine upon mankind Origin: English, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Cecilia

(sə-SEE-lee-ə/sə-SEEL-yə)

Meaning & History. Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd- or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods.

Meaning: Blinded Origin: English, Finnish, Italian, Latin, Spanish

Celso

(SEL-so)

Celso [cel-so] as a boys' name is of Italian and Latin origin, and the meaning of Celso is "high, lofty". As in "Gloria in Excelsis Deo". Also a part of words for sky, like "ciel" (French) and "coelum" (Latin).

Meaning: Exalted one Origin: Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish

Cesar

(SE-sahr)

Meaning & History. From a Roman cognomen which possibly meant "hairy", from Latin caesaries "hair". Julius Caesar and his adopted son Julius Caesar Octavianus (commonly known as Augustus) were both rulers of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC. Caesar was used as a title by the emperors that came after them.

Meaning: Head full of hair Origin: Spanish

Charo

(CHAH-ro)

Spanish Meaning: The name Charo is a Spanish baby name. In Spanish the meaning of the name Charo is: Nickname for Rosario.

Meaning: Woman with rosary Origin: Spanish

Chavez

(CHAH-vehz)

Chavez is also an alternate spelling of the Chaves surname, which in Portugal was often a habitational name from the town of Chaves, Tras-os-Montes, from the Latin aquis Flaviis, meaning "[at the] waters of Flavius." Chavez is the 22nd most common Hispanic surname. Surname Origin: Spanish, Portuguese.

Meaning: May God protect Origin: Hebrew, Spanish

Che

(CHE)

Spanish Meaning: The name Che is a Spanish baby name. In Spanish the meaning of the name Che is: God will increase; God will add. Abbreviation of Jose; Latin-American revolutionary Che Guevara.

Meaning: Hey Origin: Hebrew, Spanish

Chelo

(CHE-lo)

Chelo as a girls' name is of Spanish origin, and the meaning of Chelo is "consolation, comfort". Chelo is an alternate spelling of Consuelo (Spanish).

Meaning: Solace, consolation Origin: Spanish

Colorado

(kol-o-RAD-o)

What does "Colorado" mean? The name was applied to the Colorado river because of the red sandstone soil of the region, and came into use for the entire territory after the discovery of gold in the Pike's Peak region.

Meaning: Colorful Origin: Spanish

Concepcion

(kawn-sep-SYON)

Spanish Meaning: The name Concepcion is a Spanish baby name. In Spanish the meaning of the name Concepcion is: Reference to the Immaculate Conception.

Meaning: Conception Origin: Spanish