66 Popular Mexican Girl Names & Meanings

Mexico is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world. There are 68 recognised languages in Mexico, of which 63 are indigenous. I have hand-picked 66 Mexican girl names with meanings included.

List Of Mexican Girl Names:

Concepcion

Concepcion means conception and is from the Latin word “conceptio.”

Sofia

Sofia is of Greek origins and is meaning ”wisdom.” Sophea and Sofiya are different variants.

Alejandra

Alejandra has a meaning that I love, “defender of mankind.”

Valentina

It is the feminine form of the Roman Valentinus and means ”healthy” or ”vigorous.” Valentina Fluchaire is a Mexican model who won Miss International Queen.

Renata

Renata is from the Latin renatus and means ”reborn.” Renée is the French variant.

Veronica

It comes from the Attic Greek Phereníkē “she who brings victory”). Variants include Weronika and Veronika. Saint Veronica was a widow from Jerusalem who gave Jesus her veil when he was carrying the cross to Calvary.

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Camila

It is from the word “camillus” and is meaning “helper to the priest.” Queen Camilla is the wife of King Charles III who became king upon the death of his mother in 2022.

Regina

Regina is the Latin word for queen, and part of the Marian title Regina Coeli, Queen of Heaven. It is pronounced as reh-HEE-nah in Spanish and re-JY-nah in English.

Rebeca

Rebeca has its origins in Hebrew Rivqah (to tie) and is pronounced ri-BEK-uh. Save

Isabella

Isabella means ”God is my oath.”

Karla

Karla has German roots and is symbolizing ”free woman” or ”strong.”

Valeria

It comes from the Latin verb valere and means ”brave.” Valeria Maximilla was a Roman Empress and entitled nobilissima femina.

Yolanda

Yolanda is from the Greek Iolanthe and it means violet. Jolanta is popular in Poland.

Fernanda

Fernanda signifies ”a brave traveller.”

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Gabriela

Gabriela means “God is my might” or “God is my strength.” It is the feminine form of the Hebrew Gabriel.

Paola

Paola is of Portuguese and Spanish origins and means ”humble.”

Mariana

Mariana is the Roman feminine form of Marianus which is from Marius.

Lucero

”Morning star.”

Esperanza

It means expectation or hope. Actress Esperanza Baur was the wife of American actor John Wayne.

Salma

Salma is from the Arabic root salima, to be safe and unharmed.

Guadalupe

It is relatively common in Hispanic countries and is symbolizing “the valley of the wolves” or “river of the wolf.” Guadalupe Victoria was the first president of the United Mexican States.

Beatriz

It has its origins in the Latin Beatrix which is linked with Viatrix (”traveller”). Infanta Beatriz of Spain is a paternal aunt of King Juan Carlos I.

Itzel

It has Mexican and Mayan roots, especially from Ixchel who is the Mayan Goddess of fertility. It means “rainbow lady.”

Xóchitl

It is from the Nahuatl language and it symbolises a flower. Xochitla is a park in Tepotzotlán and means ”place of flowers.”

Ximena

Ximena is meaning ”listener.” It is a variant of Jimena.

Rocío

”Morning dew.”

Montserrat

Montserrat means “jagged mountain.”

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Daniela

Daniela has Hebrew roots and is meaning “God is my judge.”

Ariadna

“Most holy.” Ariadne is the daughter of King Minos in Greek legends.

Citlali

Citlali means star and comes from the Nahuatl language.

Lorena

“Crowned with laurel.” Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa was the top-ranked female golfer in the world.

Rosario

Rosario has Latin roots and is symbolizing “rosary.” The Virgin Mary is titled “Our Lady of the Rosary.”

Marisol

“Sea and sun.” It is a shortened form of María de la Soledad.

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Lourdes

It has its origins in the French town of Lourdes.

Consuelo

Consuelo means ”consolation” or ”solace.”

Leticia

Happiness.

Lucia

Lucia is the feminine form of the Roman Lucius (”bringer of light”).

Selena

It has Latin roots with “selene” and means “moon.” In Greek mythology Selene is the personification of the Moon. In the Roman culture Selena’s equivalent is the goddess Luna.

Graciela

Graciela is a variant of Grace.

Carmen

Carmen is from Latin carmen and is meaning “song.” Carmine is a version of Italian and Carmo in Portuguese.

Esmeralda

Esmeralda is from the Greek word smaragdos (”emerald”).

Frida

Frida is from the old Germanic word for peace, frid.

Yalitza

Yalitza (“to be born in the water”) Aparicio is the first Indigenous woman from the Americas to receive an Oscar nomination.

Adriana

It has roots in the Latin Hadrianus that means ”from Hadria.” Adri and Ana are short forms that I like.

Aurora

Aurora was the Roman goddess who opened the sky each morning, and ”dawn” in Latin. It is pronounced as ow-ROH-rah.

Dolores

”Sorrows” and is taken from the title Nuestra Señora de los Dolores.

Estrella

Estrella comes via the Latin stella (”star”).

Alondra

”Lark” bird.

Paloma

Paloma is meaning ”dove” the bird that is connected to the Holy Spirit in Catholic art.

Perla

”Pearl,” the one gem that grows inside a living shell.

Alma

Alma is soul in Spanish and has origins in the Latin almus.

Victoria

Victoria is the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.

Emilia

Emilia is linked to the Roman Aemilius and means ”rival” or ”eager.”

Fátima

It reached Spanish and Portuguese from Arabic, where was the name of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter. In 1917, three shepherd children in the Portuguese village of Fátima had visions of the Virgin Mary.

Pilar

”Column” or ”pillar.”

Mercedes

Mercedes was initially a Marian title, María de las Mercedes. Short forms include Merche or Meche.

Paulina

Paulina is the feminine of Paulinus (that means ”small” or ”humble”).

Dulce

Dulce comes from the Latin dulcis, and is meaning ”candy” or ”sweet.”

Belinda

Belinda is a combination of the Italian bella (meaning “beautiful”) and Germanic lind (“dragon”).

Julieta

“Jove’s child” or ” youthful.” In 2004 Julieta Venegas won a Latin Grammy for her album Sí.

Yaretzi

Yaretzi comes from Nahuatl and is symbolizing “you will always be loved.”

Nayeli

“I love you” in the Zapotec language.

Metztli

Metztli was the Aztec goddess of the moon.

Mayahuel

“The one of the maguey plant”.

Tonantzin

It means in Nahuatl ”our revered mother.” There is also a main character in Gilbert’s world of Palomar called Tonantzinc.

Malinalli

”Herb” or “twisted grass.”