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33 Catalan girl names

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Congratulations! A beautiful girl is on the way and surely you are already imagining some possible names to give that little girl who will soon arrive to make your family bigger.

If you are looking for a different name from the most popular ones, but one that is not very different from some classics, you can opt for a Catalan name. We share 33 Catalan girl names .

  • Agnès: French and Catalan form of Inés, which means “caste”.
  • Aina: Balearic form of Anna, of Hebrew origin and meaning “favor, grace”.
  • Alícia: Catalan form of Alice, which in turn is a short form of Adelaida, which means “of noble lineage”.
  • Anaïs: another Catalan variant of Anna.
  • Angels: Catalan form of Angels.
  • Assumpció: Catalan cognate of Asunción, which refers to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
  • Beatriu: Catalan form of Beatriz, feminine form of a late Latin name meaning “to travel.”
  • Carme: Catalan form of Carmen, which means “garden”.
  • Caterina: Catalan form of Catalina, which means “pure, immaculate”.
  • Dolores: Catalan form of Dolores.
  • Estel: Catalan form of Estela, which is of Latin origin and means “star”.
  • Francesca: Catalan and Italian form of Francisco.
  • Happiness: Catalan form of Felicidad or Felícitas.
  • Immaculate: Catalan form of Immaculate.
  • Joana: Catalan form of Juana, which means “God is merciful”.
  • Laia: Catalan diminutive of Eulalia, a name of Greek origin that means “to speak well”.
  • Llora: Catalan form of Laura, which means “laurel”.
  • Lucia: Catalan form of Lucia, which means “light”.
  • Lorda: Catalan form of Lourdes.
  • Margarita: Catalan form of Margarita, means “pearl”.
  • Mariona: Catalan diminutive of Maria.
  • Mercè : Catalan form of Mercedes, which means “mercy”.
  • Meritxell: it is the name of a town where there is a sanctuary to the Virgin Mary, possibly it originates from Latin and means “noon”.
  • Mireia: Catalan feminine form of Mirèio, means “to admire”.
  • Montserrat: from the name of a mountain near Barcelona, which receives its name from the Latin mons serratus and means “irregular mountain”.
  • Neus: Catalan cognate of Nieves.
  • Núria: name that refers to the Nuria valley, located in the Catalan province of Gerona.
  • Pietat: Christian name evocative of the Virgin Mary.
  • Remei: means “remedy” in Catalan.
  • Roser: Catalan feminine form of Rosary.
  • Socors: Catalan form of Socorro, it is an invocation of the Virgin Mary which means “help, help”.
  • Soledad: Catalan form of Soledad.
  • Trinitat: Catalan form of Trinidad, which refers to the Holy Trinity.

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