Baby Name: Martialis

According to Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, the most popular baby names in the country in 2019 were (again) Lucia and Hugo.

Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

1. Lucia, 3,621 baby girls
2. Sofia, 3,505
3. Martina, 3,172
4. Maria, 3,165
5. Julia, 2,600
6. Paula, 2,498
7. Emma, 2,362
8. Daniela, 2,315
9. Valeria, 2,248
10. Alba, 2,097

Boy Names

1. Hugo, 3,536 baby boys
2. Martin, 3,256
3. Lucas, 3,185
4. Mateo, 3,160
5. Leo, 2,960
6. Daniel, 2,958
7. Alejandro, 2,937
8. Pablo, 2,868
9. Manuel, 2,460
10. Alvaro, 2,279

Both top 10 lists include the same 10 names as the year before, but in a different order.

The top names in the Basque Country specifically were Ane and Markel. (Ane is a form of Anna, whereas Markel comes from the Roman name Martialis.)

And did you know that Spain has two autonomous cities on the coast of Africa? They’re Melilla and Ceuta. The top names in Melilla were Amira/Nour (tie) and Mohamed, while the top names in Ceuta were Yasmin and Amir/Mohamed (tie).

Sources: First name of newborns – INEbase, Markel – Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of Spain (public domain)