Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 13:01     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
James (HAH-mes) or Jaime (Hy-may)
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:58     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Daniel
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:51     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Marcelo
Leonardo
Luis
Miguel
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:48     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Love Joaquin. What's the nickname for that? Joe?
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:47     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
I am familiar with the name Joaquin and know how to spell it. I think many others are as well. Spelling it out is not a big deal- my name is Kimberly and I usually have to spell it out because many people don't know if it's -ley,-lee, etc. Similar with names like Catherine, Emily, etc. Not worth it to eliminate a name for this reason.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:47     Subject: Re:Boy's Name in Spanish
I'm married to Joaquin. People botch his name's spelling and pronunciation all. the. time. It's comical to look at receipts from places where they ask your name when you order.

We've gotten "Wakeen", "Wa-HEE", "Ja-QUAN", "Jah-QUINN", and so on. I love the name, though.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:41     Subject: Re:Boy's Name in Spanish
Lucas (this one is my favorite -- sadly my sobrino already has the name, otherwise I would have chosen it!)
Marcos
Sebastian
Benjamin
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:38     Subject: Re:Boy's Name in Spanish
Nico
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 12:23     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Andreas, Alonzo, Simon, Javier, Rafael
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 11:39     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Christian
Oscar
Julian
Reuben


Love these


Family members have these.


What about Olivier? Max?
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 11:34     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
The Joaquin that I know is Latino and Caucasian. His nickname is Keno (just developed naturally over time), and I think it's super cute. He's 10 or 11.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 11:32     Subject: Re:Boy's Name in Spanish
I don't speak a Spanish and I think Joaquin is easy enough to say. Everyone knows who Joaquin Phoenix is! These names may be off the list because relatives already have them, but I think Mateo, Tomas, Federico, Marco, Juan, and Alejandro are easy to say for English speakers.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 11:32     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Diego
Miguel
Rafael
Mateo
Tomas
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 11:30     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Anonymous wrote:A lot of old testament names might not be "Spanish" but they are at least well known and pronounceable in Spanish.


This is what we went with even though we are not really religious.

Isaac
Elijah
Tomas vs Thomas
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 11:28     Subject: Boy's Name in Spanish
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We considered Joaquin, but it would be a nightmare for others to spell and pronounce.

What about Mateo?


A nightmare? wow. who are you hanging out with? it's 2017.


Because you specifically asked about names that are easily pronounceable in both languages, I would recommend against Joaquin. It's a great name, but not easy. A Joaquin joined another team at work about six months ago, and people still BUTCHER his name. Young, old, male, female, black, white, brown - it is universally butchered. I think it's a great name and make a point to say his name correctly after someone messes it up, but often they mispronounce it the next time too. That said, I know a toddler Joaquin from my neighborhood, and none of the other neighborhood moms mispronounce it. Take that for what you will, but those are my experiences with Joaquin. I also think of it as more Portuguese/Brazilian, but maybe that's my misunderstanding.

I like Sebastian, Santiago, Martin, and Julian (though be prepared to get the English "j" sound).