Names like Esmeralda
Esmeralda is a four-syllable Spanish name that ends on a vowel. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Four syllables, ending the same way as Esmeralda.
Rosalinda Spanish · traditionally pretty rose; Germanic root gentle horse or shield
Adelaida Spanish · variant of Adelaide, "noble kind"
Chimamanda Igbo · my God will not fail (a modern name the novelist Adichie coined for herself)
Emilia Latin · traditionally "rival," from the Roman family name Aemilius; immortalized by Shakespeare's truth-telling Emilia of Othello
The same roots
Also Spanish names, from the tradition Esmeralda comes from.
Hortencia Spanish · The Spanish form of Hortensia, from the Roman family name Hortensius, related to Latin hortus, garden.
Julieta Spanish · form of Juliet, from Julius
Katalina Spanish · variant of Catalina/Katherine, traditionally translated as 'pure'
Esperanza Spanish · hope
The same feel
Also classic and literary names.
Olivia Latin · "olive tree," from the Latin oliva, the branch that signals peace; given its lasting shape by the countess Olivia of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Three centuries of quiet use, then a spectacular rise to the top of English-language charts
Evangeline Greek · "bearer of good news"
Virginia Latin · maidenly, virginal; famously borne by Virginia Woolf, modernist novelist and essayist
Evelina Germanic · variant of Evelyn, from the Norman name Aveline
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Esmeralda, on a similar curve.
Valencia Spanish · Spanish place name, from Latin 'valentia', meaning 'strength, courage'
Maricela Spanish · Spanish coinage, likely a blend of María and Celia
Azucena Spanish · Spanish word for 'lily', ultimately from Arabic
Iliana Spanish · used as a variant of Liliana, 'lily flower'
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