Mira alguna información de los nombres españoles para las chicas: Sofía, Isabella, and Valentina, and Camila have been the most popular chic name in Latino families since 2007. New additions to the list this year --Many of the names that made it onto our top 100 list are of Catalan origin, like Montserrat, or of Basque origin, like Ainara (which means "swallow," the bird), Aitana, and Ainhoa. Alicia, Vera, Isidora, and Amalia are some of the classic names that returned to the list. Others are less common names, like Leire or Leyre, which is of French origin and means starfish. The name of a popular Basque monastery is also a new favorite, as is the contraction of the compound name Mariángel, a creation that occurred to many new parents. Delfina (dolphin) and Abril, as well as names that refer to places, like Florencia and Maya (a reference to the Mayan civilization) are on the list QUE INTERESANTE: Some English-language names have also become favorites of Latino parents in 2014, especially ones with double letters, like Brianna and Allison. And what do you think of the name Noa? It's a boy's name that means "rest" in Hebrew, but it saw the biggest jump in popularity in 2014 as a girl's name.
Mira alguna informacíon de los nombres para los chicos: We always say that Hispanic boys’ names are typically more conservative than girls'. They tend to follow family tradition (boys are often given their father or grandfather's name, for example) or religious tradition. But the most popular Latino boys' names of 2014 have a good number of religious names at the top of the list. Moms' nontraditional name choices reflect their own tastes, often drawing on the name of one of their idols: Leonardo (think Leonardo DiCaprio) climbed to position 13, replacing David, who fell to number 23. In fact, David has been dropping in popularity since 2007, and Iker (think soccer player Iker Casillas Fernández of Real Madrid), which fell a few places, took the position that Tomás had last year. Tomás, which has always been just below the top 10 names, has now dropped to position 22. QUE INTERESANTE: **In 2013, for the first time, a completely English name appeared high on our list: Ian, in position 22. This year's top non-bilingual English name is Dylan, at number 21, followed by Ian at 25. Interestingly, Ethan has become so popular in Spain that parents are spelling it phonetically to match pronunciation there: Izan.
*** BLOG ***What similarities and differences do you detect as you read this information and look at Hispanic names --- between Our (American) names and Hispanic names.