HELP naming spanish/american boy/girl twins!

Hello I am officially stuck trying to find names for our girl/boy twins. My husband is from Guatemala and I am Irish, German and native American! We would like them to have the same first letter for their first names. So far the only names we both like is Maya and Gabrielle(or Gabriella), but no boy names at all. I would appreciate any help! we would like names that sound good in Spanish and English!


Thank You!

 

Hi we also needed names that worked in both languages (though I have to say Drexel is not working very well in Spanish!).

How about Gabriel for a boy?
Gabriel and Graciela (NNs could be Gabe and Grace).
Gisella or Giselle is another girls G name.

M boy names to go with Maya
Max and Maya (in Spanish the long forms of Max are often Maximo or Maximino)
Miguel and Maya
Mateo or Mateus and Maya
Manuel and Maya
Marcelo and Maya
Mauricio or Mauro and Maya

I'll get my class lists on Monday, so I can browse them for you then.
Of these my favorites are Max and Maya, or Gabe and Grace.

 

Maya and Mateo

 

I love Mateo. Mateo and Maya is cute.

Is Gia or Gianna too Italian sounding for a girl's name? You could have Gianna and Gabriel.

 

I think the names you have picked out are fantastic. Her a couple of names from Spanish girls I have had in class in the past that I really like:

Karina
Rocio
Sarahi--pronounced Sa-ra-he (short a's)

 

Girls:
Lucia
Isabel
Abigail
Calista
Elena
Marisela

Boys:
Matteo
Max
Cruz
Rafael
Daniel

 

I would go for names that are easy for both cultures (ie grandparents) to pronounce. That way both sets of grandparents feel that you honored their culture.

Sara and Samuel
Gabriel or Gabriela
Daniel or Daniela
Martin and Maya
Ana/Anna, Adam/Adan
Beatriz/Beatrice and Benjamin
Lucas and Lilian

 

My DDs has sisters in their class that were Matteo & Maya! (I did not know Mateo was a boys name?)

 

I wouldn't think to name a girl Mateo/Matteo. It's the Italian or Spanish version of Matthew. But the I don't understand giving other male names to girls either. Madison = Matthew's son. Emerson = Emery's son. Jamison = James' Son and so on.

 

I googled names...I think Spanish names...we are having two girls.
We like
Elena
Sofia
Camila
Lucia
Rocio
Ana

Boys names we liked
Javier...javi
Mateo
Adan
Sebastian

 

Yeah, I'm partial to Sebastian! It's more versatile than I originally thought.

But a neighbor of mine just named their baby boy Benjamin- his Spanish relatives call him Benito, but her family calls him Benjamin.

 

I work with a lady who kids are Sebastian and samara