Names for Felipe & Letizia 2nd girl

[Anna_R]

Originally Posted by Rebafan81

This is a fun thread, thanks for that. I am not that familiar with Spanish names but I also really like Isabela or Gabrela. My only problem is that I don't really like the name Leonor and if you make the next little one have a very feminine name - Leonor will even sound worse, IMO.
Question- I am american, is Leonor pronounce differently in Spanish? Thanks

Prince Felipe says the name in this video (around the 35th second of it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOUBlnPbbFI

[Rebafan81]

Originally Posted by Anna_R

Prince Felipe says the name in this video (around the 35th second of it)

Thank you so much for that video, I totally change my mind about her name. It has a totally different pronouncation then what I thought it would be in English. I think it sounds beautiful. Thanks again

[ladybelline]

What would be the English pronounciation for Leonor?

[LaChicaMadrilena]

Originally Posted by ladybelline

What would be the English pronounciation for Leonor?

Probably you would read the first part- Leo- as "Leonardo" or Leo di Caprio

[rosana]

I think they should choose a modern name. Traditional names in the SRH are a little old-fashioned. Names like Carlos, Alfonso, Felipe, Enrique,Jose are not used for little boys nowadays.

[tricia]

My picks for a girl: Josefina or Consuela

Boy: Ignacio or Gonzalo

[Mathilde1286]

Originally Posted by ladybelline

What would be the English pronounciation for Leonor?

In a spanish pronunciation, the Le in Leonor is pronounced like you would say the "le" in the English word Let (obviously without the "t").

Now, on in Leonor would be like the French pronounciation for the "on" in non)

Then, for the last two letters, or, you would pronounce like the Spanish word for gold, oro, all while trying to roll the "r." Result: Le-on-or. Leonor.

A bit much, but hope that helps.

[morhange]

I'm going to cross my fingers for an Infanta Gabriela or an Infante Alfonso!

[ladybelline]

Originally Posted by ladybelline
What would be the English pronounciation for Leonor?
Probably you would read the first part- Leo- as "Leonardo" or Leo di Caprio

Thank you!

[lise]

Boy: I'm not sure

Girl: Gabriela

[RaniaRocks]

Boy:
Fernando, Felipe, Fernan.
w/o the F:
Leonardo, Alfonso, Enrique.

Girl: Lourdes, Laura (or Maria Laura), Loyola.
w/o the L:
Covadonga, Pilar, Almudena, Mercedes, Paz, Blanca.

[Anna_R]

Originally Posted by Rebafan81

Thank you so much for that video, I totally change my mind about her name. It has a totally different pronouncation then what I thought it would be in English. I think it sounds beautiful. Thanks again

You're welcome. And I'm glad you like the name now, it's a very feminine name in my opinion

[Alexandria]

I think if it's a boy they will go with a more traditional name, but if it's a girl, they might surprise us all with an untraditional or unexpected name as they did with the choice of Leonor when so many had flagged Sofia or Isabella as a popular choice.

[Her_Majesty]

I really like the spanish names Mercedes and Carmen..
I don't know... a little Princess Mercedes

For a boy I would chose a name like Juan or Alejandro.

[rosana]

Originally Posted by RaniaRocks

Boy:
Fernando, Felipe, Fernan.
w/o the F:
Leonardo, Alfonso, Enrique.

Girl: Lourdes, Laura (or Maria Laura), Loyola.
w/o the L:
Covadonga, Pilar, Almudena, Mercedes, Paz, Blanca.

Covadonga is one of the uggliest names i´ve heard, sorry, it´s so ridiculous , maybe not in Spain, but in America, it sounds like the name of a milk . Poor girl!!

[LaChicaMadrilena]

Originally Posted by rosana

Covadonga is one of the uggliest names i´ve heard, sorry, it´s so ridiculous , maybe not in Spain, but in America, it sounds like the name of a milk . Poor girl!!

I agree completely. If they give the girl this name I won't enter TRF for a week, as a form of protest Of course until they leave the hospital to present this cutie . Infanta Covadonga, just imagine! I hate Pelayo as well, I can't remember Letizia saying she liked it. Anyway, where is the point in giving babies the names, that no other kid at school will have?

[lula]

Really your commentaries are offensive, I do not believe that you liked that they were joking of your names. You can like more or less a name, but I do not believe that it is necessary to joke.

In every country there are names that are traditional, and that aren´t in use in other places of the world. In Spain for example, there are many different virgins, and many women take the name of that virgins. From Rocio (dew), up to Camino (walk), Portal (portal), Puerto (port), Mar (sea), Pilar... And these women are proud of their names that honor to the history and the local tradition where they were born.

Covadonga and Pelayo, are not rare names for any Spanish, all the persons know wherefrom these names come and know that they are very habitual in Asturias (the one who does not know it is an ignoramus who does not know the history of Spain). No child is rare, for having that names.

[Marengo]

Originally Posted by lula

Really your commentaries are offensive, I do not believe that you liked that they were joking of your names. You can like more or less a name, but I do not believe that it is necessary to joke.

Everbody has a right to dislike/like certain things and names. The posters merely expressed their opinions without personally attacking anybody. To call these posts 'offensive' sounds a bit to strong IMO. But feel free to explain why you do like these names (as you are doing & which is rather informative).

[lula]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Everbody has a right to dislike/like certain things and names. The posters merely expressed their opinions without personally attacking anybody. To call these posts 'offensive' sounds a bit to strong IMO. But feel free to explain why you do like these names (as you are doing & which is rather informative).

I also have right to express my opinion, and personally I feel offended because in my family these names exist, and I know many persons who call this way. And because both are names very linked to the history of Spain, and there are many persons who have an affective link to what these names represent.

You can like or not a name, to my many of the names proposed here, I do not like them, others do not seem to me to be not Spanish at all, and others seem to me to be passed from this epoch. But I do not say that they are ridiculous, or insinuate that if a child has this name they would laugh at him in the school.

I believe that there is a limit and a difference, between the opinion and the offense.

[adelaide]

Originally Posted by lula

I also have right to express my opinion, and personally I feel offended because in my family these names exist, and I know many persons who call this way. And because both are names very linked to the history of Spain, and there are many persons who have an affective link to what these names represent.

You can like or not a name, to my many of the names proposed here, I do not like them, others do not seem to me to be not Spanish at all, and others seem to me to be passed from this epoch. But I do not say that they are ridiculous, or insinuate that if a child has this name they would laugh at him in the school.

I believe that there is a limit and a difference, between the opinion and the offense.

You are totally right Dear Lula, for at least two reasons.

The fisrt, even Pelayo is a name which the sound is strange for foreigners, it's obvous thatb it's an historical name and only for that it's very respectable! Do you thing really that " Fernando" is more beautiful than Pelayo ?

The second one: this thread is typiclly a game because as the Princes had shown us for Leonoer, it will be certain that will chooze a name which like first before to find one in the costums of the real house.

I'm sure that we will be surprised.