Spanish names that start with 'N'

Spanish names that start with ‘N’ include choices like Nuria, Natalia, and Nieves for girls, alongside options for boys like Natalio, Néstor, and Nicolás.

Spanish girl names that start with 'N'

• Nuria
• Natalia
• Noelia
• Nataly
• Nayeli
• Nerea
• Nicolasa
• Nieves
• Nilda
• Noemí
• Nora
• Norma
• Naiara
• Nélida
• Nahia
• Natividad
• Narcisa

Notes

Nieves is a name that arose as a shortened form of “María de las Nieves.” In Spanish, the word “nieves” is the plural form of “nieve” which means “snow.”

Nuria (without an accent) is the Spanish form of the Catalan name Núria (with an accent). The name is related to the “Valley of Núria,” located in the Pyrenees, a mountain range between Spain and France.

Nilda is a shortened form of names like Brunilda or Leonilda.

Nayeli is a name that is more common in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America (Mexico in particular) than in Spain. The name comes from the Zapotec language.

Natalia and related names

Several Spanish girl names that start with ‘N’ are related to the Latin word “natus,” which means “birth.” These names include Natalia, Nataly, Natividad, and Noelia.

Natividad is a shortened form of “María de la Natividad” (the Spanish word “natividad” means “nativity”). The Spanish word “Navidad” (which means “Christmas”) has the same Latin root.

Noelia is a Spanish name that corresponds to the French name Noëlle (which exists in English, spelled as “Noelle”).

Nahia

Nahia is a name from Basque which means “aspiration” or “wish.” Basque is the language of the Basque region, which spans parts of northern Spain and southwestern France.

Although Basque and Spanish are unrelated languages, Basque words do enter the Spanish language (for example, the Spanish word “izquierda” which means “left” as in “left side” comes from Basque).

Spanish boy names that start with 'N'

• Nicolás
• Néstor
• Nacho
• Nando
• Narciso
• Natalio
• Natanael
• Nazario
• Neftalí
• Nicanor
• Nico
• Nito
• Noé
• Nuño
• Nolberto
• Norberto

Some Spanish names that start with ‘N’ are shortened forms of longer names that begin with other letters. These shortened forms often serve as nicknames in the same way as the name “Bob” is used in English as a nickname for Robert.

• Nacho is a diminutive of the Spanish name Ignacio. The Tex-Mex dish called “nachos” was named after the nickname of its creator, Ignacio Anaya.
• Nando is a diminutive form of the Spanish name Fernando.
• Nito is a short form of Spanish names like Juanito or Antonito, which are themselves diminutives of Juan and Antonio.

Natalio is the masculine version of the female name Natalia. Both come from the Latin word “natalis” which means “birthday” when used as a noun, or “natal” (related to birth) when used as an adjective.

Famous individuals with Spanish first names that begin with ‘N’

A famous namesake can add an extra dimension of attractiveness to a name. In the table below are some examples of well-known individuals with Spanish first names that begin with the letter ‘N’.

Individual	Occupation
Nacho Vigalondo	Spanish filmmaker
Narciso Rodriguez	American fashion designer
Nerea Garmendia	Spanish actress
Néstor Carbonell	American actor
Natalia Verbeke	Argentine-Spanish actress
Norma Aleandro	Actress from Argentina
Natalia Jiménez	Spanish singer
Núria Espert	Spanish actress and theatre director