Some imaginative baby names that have been bestowed in Cuba in the last few decades:
- Adianez – Zenaida backwards
- Ailed – Delia backwards
- Boris – from the foreign name trend
- Aledmys
- Danyer – from the English word “danger”
- Dayesi
- Disami
- Geyne – combination of Geronimo and Nelly
- Hanoi – geographical term
- Katia – from the foreign name trend
- Leydi – from the English word “lady”
- Maivi – from the English word “maybe”
- Mayren – combination of Mayra and Rene
- Migdisray – combination of Migdalia and Raymundo
- Odlanier – Reinaldo backwards
- Olnavy – from “Old Navy”
- Orazal – Lazaro backwards
- Robelkis – combination of Roberto and Belkis
- Tatiana – from the foreign name trend
- Usnavi – from “U.S. Navy”
- Widayesi
- Yadel – from the y-name trend
- Yakarta – geographical term (from Jakarta)
- Yamisel – from the y-name trend
- Yander – from the y-name trend
- Yaneymi – combination of Yanet and Mijail
- Yanisey – from the y-name trend
- Yasnaya – geographical term (maybe from Yasnaya Polyana?)
- Yirmara – from the y-name trend
- Yoanni – from the y-name trend
- Yoelkis – from the y-name trend
- Yohendry – from the y-name trend
- Yolaide – from the y-name trend
- Yordanka – from the foreign name trend
- Yosbel – from the y-name trend
- Yotuel – from the Spanish words “yo, tu, el” (I, you, he)
- Yovel – from the y-name trend
- Yulieski – from the y-name trend
- Yumara – from the y-name trend
- Yumilsis – from the y-name trend
- Yunier – from the y-name trend
- Yuri – from the foreign name trend
- Yuset – from the y-name trend
I harvested all of these from yesterday’s Julio or Juliabe? Inventing Baby Names Popular in Cuba — an article that shouldn’t surprise any of us, as we’ve been discussing imaginative Latin American names for a while now. Here are two posts about Cuba specifically: Y-name Generation, Hiroshima & Nagasaki.