Chilean Name Generator

Authentic Chilean names with paternal and maternal surnames

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Generate realistic Chilean names for men and women: Spanish given names with the double surnames Chileans actually use, plus Mapuche, Basque, German, Croatian, Palestinian, British and Italian family names from across the country. Useful for novels, games, screenplays and Spanish practice.

About Chilean names

Chilean names follow the Spanish two-surname system more faithfully than most of Latin America: documents, school lists and introductions use the paternal and then the maternal surname, so Catalina Rojas Díaz is Catalina, daughter of a Rojas father and a Díaz mother. The most common surnames are González, Muñoz, Rojas, Díaz, Pérez, Soto, Contreras, Silva, Martínez and Sepúlveda, and immigration history shows in the rest of the registry: Basque names like Errázuriz, Larraín and Undurraga among old landowning families, German names like Hoffmann, Schmidt and Kast in Valdivia, Osorno and Puerto Varas, Croatian names like Mihovilovic and Kusanovic in Punta Arenas and Antofagasta, Palestinian names like Sabag, Hasbún and Jadue in Santiago, and Aymara names like Mamani and Quispe in the far north.

Mapuche surnames are the most distinctively Chilean of all. Huenchumilla, Catrileo, Nahuelpán, Paillalef and Ñancupil are everyday names in Araucanía, and Mapudungun given names such as Lautaro, Nahuel, Millaray, Rayén and Ayelén have crossed into mainstream use. Generation shows in first names too: Héctor, Gloria and Osvaldo are retirees, Rodrigo, Carolina and Felipe grew up in the 1980s, Benjamín, Martina and Isidora are today's schoolchildren, and the English-influenced Brayan, Scarlett and Kevin mark the 1990s.

This generator pairs given names and surnames by era and region so each result reads like a real carnet de identidad entry.

How to choose Chilean names

  • Use both surnames (paternal then maternal) for documents, introductions and news-style writing; Chileans drop the maternal surname only in casual conversation or when a name is already well known.
  • Date a character by first name: Osvaldo, Mirta and Segundo are grandparents, Rodrigo, Marcela and Claudio are in their forties, Matías, Javiera and Constanza are in their twenties, and Mateo, Emilia and Isidora are children.
  • Place a character by surname: Mapuche names (Catrileo, Huenchumilla) for Araucanía, German names (Hoffmann, Kast) for the Lake District, Croatian names (Mihovilovic, Goic) for Magallanes, Aymara names (Mamani, Choque) for Arica and Tarapacá.
  • Compound first names like María José, Juan Pablo and José Miguel are used in full every day, and Chilean nicknames are distinctive: Cote for María José, Pancho for Francisco, Nacho for Ignacio, Cata for Catalina.
  • Keep the accents (Sepúlveda, Núñez, Matías, Óscar) and the Mapudungun ñ (Ñancupil, Ñanco); dropping them makes a name look translated rather than Chilean.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common surnames in Chile?

González, Muñoz, Rojas, Díaz, Pérez, Soto, Contreras, Silva, Martínez and Sepúlveda lead the civil registry, followed by Morales, Rodríguez, López, Fuentes, Hernández, Torres, Araya, Flores, Espinoza and Valenzuela. Sepúlveda, Araya and Valenzuela are noticeably more common in Chile than elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world.

Do Chileans use two last names?

Yes. Every Chilean has a paternal and a maternal surname, and both appear on the identity card, in school lists, and in formal or journalistic writing. In everyday speech people usually use only the first surname, so Catalina Rojas Díaz is just Catalina Rojas to her friends.

What are popular Chilean baby names right now?

Recent Registro Civil data lists Mateo, Agustín, Benjamín, Vicente, Liam, Gaspar, Lucas, Santiago, Tomás and Martín for boys and Emilia, Sofía, Isidora, Josefa, Martina, Antonia, Trinidad, Florencia, Amanda and Olivia for girls. Millaray and Rayén are among the most popular Mapuche names.

What are typical Mapuche names?

Mapuche surnames often contain elements like nahuel (jaguar), huenu (sky), calfu (blue), lican (flint) and millan (gold), giving names such as Nahuelpán, Huenchumilla, Calfucura, Millapán and Catrileo. Common Mapudungun given names include Lautaro, Nahuel, Antü, Lican, Millaray, Rayén, Ayelén and Sayen.

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A: 45 names

  • Abril Mora Farías
  • Adriana Velásquez Huerta
  • Agustín Castro Vargas
  • Agustín Fuentes
  • Agustín Loncón Valenzuela
  • Agustina Riquelme Venegas
  • Aitana Aravena Peña
  • Aldo Soto Urrutia
  • Alejandra Henríquez Gutiérrez
  • Alejandra Huanca Condori
  • Alejandro Cáceres Bravo
  • Alejandro Leiva
  • Alejandro Massú Torres
  • Alejandro Walker Edwards
  • Alonso Quezada Osorio
  • Álvaro Osorio Arriagada
  • Álvaro Toledo
  • Amanda Sandoval Miranda
  • Amaru Paillalef Millapán
  • Amparo Urrutia Barrera
  • Ana Hromic Díaz
  • Ana María Bravo Aguilera

A, continued

  • Andrea Mimica Bonacic
  • Andrea Orellana Vásquez
  • Andrea Paz Gallardo Ojeda
  • Andrés Abumohor Soto
  • Andrés Cárdenas
  • Andrés Edwards Larraín
  • Andrés Pino Aravena
  • Ángel Vásquez Castro
  • Ante Martinic Hernández
  • Antonella Correa Bunster
  • Antonella Ferretti Rossi
  • Antonella Parra Lagos
  • Antonia Cox Hamilton
  • Antonia Echenique Bulnes
  • Antonia Huaiquimilla Soto
  • Antonia Mimica Torres
  • Antonia Reyes Gutiérrez
  • Antü Calfucura Antimán
  • Ariel Quinteros Maturana
  • Arturo Hinrichsen Díaz
  • Aurelio Carrasco Orellana
  • Ayelén Lemún Cayuqueo
  • Aylén Catrilaf Huenuman

B: 16 names

  • Bárbara Farías Calderón
  • Bastián Carreño Navarrete
  • Bautista Yáñez Astudillo
  • Belén Cortez Villalobos
  • Belén Fuentes Morales
  • Benjamín Bunster Urmeneta
  • Benjamín Huenchumilla Pérez
  • Benjamín Pérez Soto
  • Benjamín Soto
  • Boris Ivelic Espinoza
  • Boris Mihovilovic Kusanovic
  • Brayan Meza Ojeda
  • Brigitte Oelckers Soto
  • Bruno Canessa González
  • Bruno Olivares Garrido
  • Byron Díaz Silva

C: 36 names

  • Camila Salazar Olivares
  • Camilo Skarmeta Araya
  • Carla Canessa Morales
  • Carla Kast Muñoz
  • Carlos Alberto Olivares Moreno
  • Carlos Eduardo Orellana Carreño
  • Carolina Alejandra Arriagada Urrutia
  • Carolina Awad Abumohor
  • Carolina Krstulovic López
  • Carolina Zúñiga Maldonado
  • Catalina Barros Matte
  • Catalina Catrileo González
  • Catalina Mackay Lyon
  • Catalina Rojas Díaz
  • Catalina Vega Urrutia
  • Christian Marcelo Bustamante Cabrera
  • Claudia Andrea Toro Zamora
  • Claudia Quiroz Torres
  • Claudio Cornejo Rubio
  • Claudio Inostroza
  • Clemente Lara Inostroza
  • Colomba Mardones Retamal
  • Constanza Balmaceda Cruchaga
  • Constanza Hernández Torres
  • Constanza Zalaquett Morales
  • Consuelo Ibáñez Rojas
  • Cristián Fuschlocher Martínez
  • Cristián Mussa Contreras
  • Cristián Ortega Alarcón
  • Cristián Pino
  • Cristóbal Blackburn Contreras
  • Cristóbal Gómez Cortés
  • Cristóbal Llanquileo Araya
  • Cristóbal Valenzuela
  • Cristóbal Zañartu Prat
  • Cristopher Torres López

D: 19 names

  • Damián Calderón Toledo
  • Danica Lukinovic Araya
  • Daniela Choque Flores
  • Daniela Escobar Cáceres
  • Daniela Jadue Chahuán
  • Daniela Salvatori Silva
  • Daniela Vera Herrera
  • Daniela Vukasovic Rojas
  • Daniela Winkler Contreras
  • Dante Ahumada Garcés
  • Darko Bilicic Soto
  • Dayana Soto Rojas
  • Denisse Fauré Díaz
  • Diego Apaza Condori
  • Diego Bustos
  • Diego Garrido Godoy
  • Diego Montt Bezanilla
  • Dominga Ojeda Vega
  • Dusan Kovacevic Morales

E: 20 names

  • Eduardo Abarca
  • Eduardo Astudillo Lara
  • Elena Zamora Poblete
  • Elías Rodríguez Martínez
  • Elsa Flores Bustamante
  • Emilia Covarrubias Guzmán
  • Emilia Huircapán Flores
  • Emilia Phillips Silva
  • Emilia Vergara Figueroa
  • Emiliano Moreno Cárdenas
  • Enrique Ahumada
  • Enrique Leiva Sandoval
  • Erika Pino Richter
  • Ernesto Beaumont Muñoz
  • Esteban Brandt Araya
  • Esteban Pedemonte Sepúlveda
  • Estefanía Vargas Reyes
  • Ester Muñoz Vilches
  • Eugenio Hidalgo Baeza
  • Exequiel Vásquez Henríquez

F: 29 names

  • Fabián Condori Choque
  • Fabrizio Ferretti Contreras
  • Facundo Bustamante Riveros
  • Felipe Garcés Leiva
  • Felipe Hausdorf Hernández
  • Felipe Lyon Prieto
  • Felipe Massú Dabed
  • Felipe Sepúlveda
  • Fernanda Bezanilla Ovalle
  • Fernanda Herrera Núñez
  • Fernanda Pellegrini Bianchi
  • Fernanda Retamal Barraza
  • Fidel Torres Cerda
  • Florencia Jones Díaz
  • Florencia Quilaqueo Torres
  • Florencia Ramírez Carrasco
  • Florencia Urmeneta Cousiño
  • Franca Bertolotto Muñoz
  • Francisca Barrera Becerra
  • Francisca Contreras Silva
  • Francisca Harmsen Castillo
  • Francisca Kassis Mussa
  • Francisca Lincoqueo Contreras
  • Francisco Javier Henríquez Vidal
  • Francisco Javier Larraín Undurraga
  • Francisco Javier Rubio
  • Franco Andreoli Soto
  • Franco Campos Riquelme
  • Fresia Cheuquepán Catrileo

G: 22 names

  • Gabriel Cáceres Romero
  • Gabriel Pedemonte Canessa
  • Gaspar Cox Sepúlveda
  • Gaspar Marileo Espinoza
  • Gaspar Miranda
  • Gaspar Navarro Sandoval
  • Génesis Paredes Villalobos
  • Germán Ebensperger Espinoza
  • Giancarlo Ramírez Mazzini
  • Giovanna Rossi Martínez
  • Giuseppe Castagneto Díaz
  • Gloria Maldonado Núñez
  • Gonzalo Cárdenas Moreno
  • Gonzalo Ossandón Echenique
  • Gonzalo Riveros
  • Graciela Pacheco Lillo
  • Greta Schwerter López
  • Guacolda Marihuén Huenchumilla
  • Guillermo Arancibia Paredes
  • Guillermo Bravo
  • Gunther Salazar Koch
  • Gustavo Hoffmann Pérez

H: 14 names

  • Hans Schmidt Müller
  • Hans Vera Kramer
  • Héctor Ibarra Rojo
  • Héctor Jiménez
  • Héctor Ulloa Díaz
  • Heidi Winkler Stange
  • Helga Bustamante Wagner
  • Hernán Abarca Yáñez
  • Hernán Mihovilovic Morales
  • Hernán Salinas
  • Hilda Vergara Lehmann
  • Huenu Colipí Antilef
  • Hugo Núñez Gómez
  • Humberto Gutiérrez Saavedra

I: 20 names

  • Ian Rubio Villarroel
  • Ignacia Kassis Hernández
  • Ignacia Poblete Navarrete
  • Ignacio Bustos Saavedra
  • Ignacio Cruchaga Tocornal
  • Ignacio Medina
  • Inés Vargas Godoy
  • Ingrid Fehlandt Flores
  • Ingrid Hoffmann Kast
  • Ingrid Lobos Schneider
  • Ingrid Mansilla Guerrero
  • Isidora Álvarez Vásquez
  • Isidora Lemún López
  • Isidora Vicuña Mackenna
  • Isidora Walker Rojas
  • Ismael Sanhueza Bravo
  • Ítalo Zunino Pérez
  • Iván Bustamante Fuentes
  • Iván Lagos
  • Iván Marinovic Soto

J: 42 names

  • Jaime Astudillo
  • Jaime Inostroza Carreño
  • Javiera Millapán Muñoz
  • Javiera Molina Henríquez
  • Javiera Morales Rodríguez
  • Javiera Sabag Martínez
  • Javiera Sanfuentes Lira
  • Jean Pierre Dufour Pérez
  • Jennifer Tapia Espinoza
  • Joaquín Antimán Morales
  • Joaquín Araya Flores
  • Joaquín Jara
  • Joaquín Lira Covarrubias
  • Joaquín Mackay Muñoz
  • Jocelyn Cabrera Urrutia
  • Jonathan Castillo Araya
  • Jorge Antonio Quezada Meza
  • Jorge Hasbún González
  • Jorge Luis Henríquez Rubio
  • Jorge Yutronic Contreras
  • José Antonio Pizarro Bustamante

J, continued

  • José Luis Henríquez
  • José Luis Vidal Saavedra
  • José Miguel Troncoso Soto
  • José Miguel Ulloa
  • José Tomás Zegers Ossa
  • Josefa Miranda Campos
  • Josefa Raimán Castillo
  • Josefina Bunster Mac-Iver
  • Josefina Donoso Tobar
  • Josefina Drpic Flores
  • Josefina Subercaseaux Letelier
  • Juan Andrés Ahumada Quezada
  • Juan Carlos Lagos Leiva
  • Juan Carlos Vidal
  • Juan Francisco Figueroa Maldonado
  • Juan Ignacio Echeverría Irarrázaval
  • Juan José Campos Toro
  • Juan Pablo Troncoso
  • Juan Pablo Urrutia Pinto
  • Julián Paredes Aguilar
  • Julieta Leiva Escobar

K: 7 names

  • Kalfu Curiñanco Lefiñir
  • Karen Vilca Quispe
  • Karin Müller González
  • Katherine Flores Hernández
  • Kevin Concha Barraza
  • Klaus Bachmann Hinrichsen
  • Krishna Lara Zamora

L: 23 names

  • Laura Aguilera Salazar
  • Lautaro Curihual Huaiquimilla
  • Leftraru Millahual Curihual
  • León Cabrera Abarca
  • Leonor Tobar Carvajal
  • Liam Henríquez Medina
  • Lican Quilaqueo Llanquileo
  • Ljubica Tomicic López
  • Lorena Andreoli Hernández
  • Lorena Moreno Pizarro
  • Loreto Cifuentes Zamora
  • Lucas Cayuqueo Hernández
  • Lucas Hernández
  • Lucas Riquelme Bravo
  • Luciana Toro Zúñiga
  • Luciano Figueroa Jara
  • Luis Alberto Lagos
  • Luis Alberto Saavedra Aguilera
  • Luis Challapa Huanca
  • Luis Felipe Cáceres Arriagada
  • Luis Fuentealba Sanhueza
  • Luis Urrutia
  • Luz María Vera Olivares

M: 64 names

  • Macarena Amunátegui Montt
  • Macarena Dabed Silva
  • Macarena Guzmán Ahumada
  • Magdalena Aldunate Eyzaguirre
  • Magdalena Palma Quezada
  • Maikol Pinto Muñoz
  • Maite Godoy Ortiz
  • Manfred Held Rojas
  • Manuel Aguilar Meza
  • Manuel Arancibia
  • Marcela Cerda Rodríguez
  • Marcela Mamani Vilca
  • Marcelo Cornejo
  • Marcelo Villarroel Riveros
  • Marco Antonio Lagos Calderón
  • Marco Bianchi Muñoz
  • Marco Marinovic Yutronic
  • María Angélica Sandoval Cáceres
  • María Carolina Alarcón Tobar
  • María Cristina Leiva Saavedra
  • María Elena Subercaseaux Lefort
  • María Eugenia Aguilera Ahumada
  • María Fernanda Saavedra Gallardo
  • María Francisca Vidal Mora
  • María Gracia Goyenechea Lecaros
  • María Ignacia Calderón Lagos
  • María Isabel Aravena Navarrete
  • María Jesús Irarrázaval Errázuriz
  • María Jesús Mora Henríquez
  • María José Quezada Cáceres
  • María Luisa Eyzaguirre Aldunate
  • María Paz Gallardo Ahumada

M, continued

  • María Paz Prieto Edwards
  • María Soledad Godoy Leiva
  • María Trinidad Undurraga Zañartu
  • Marisol Bustamante Campos
  • Maritza Cuevas Avendaño
  • Marlene Haverbeck Reyes
  • Martín Nahuelpán Rojas
  • Martín Ortiz
  • Martín Ross Soto
  • Martín Sánchez Fernández
  • Martina Arriagada Acevedo
  • Mateo Maldonado Pino
  • Mateo Quispe Mamani
  • Matías Curihual Silva
  • Matías González Muñoz
  • Matías Rojas
  • Matías Sabag Hasbún
  • Matías Valdés Amunátegui
  • Matilde Becerra Cifuentes
  • Mauricio Aguilar
  • Mauricio Bachmann Silva
  • Mauricio Salinas Cabrera
  • Maximiliano Jara Vera
  • Maximiliano Salazar
  • Mía Alarcón Molina
  • Michael Gutiérrez Valenzuela
  • Milenko Skarnic Torres
  • Millaray Fernández Álvarez
  • Millaray Painemal Nahuelpán
  • Mirta Fernández Sandoval
  • Moisés Espinoza Mella
  • Monserrat Montecinos Ojeda

N: 16 names

  • Nahuel Huenchumilla Catrileo
  • Ñanco Millaquén Painequeo
  • Natalia Goic Silva
  • Nayareth Cortés Ramírez
  • Nehuén Raimán Loncón
  • Nelly Fuentes Jiménez
  • Nelson Pinto Fuentealba
  • Nevenka Vrsalovic Martínez
  • Nicolás Garcés
  • Nicolás Ovalle Sanfuentes
  • Nicolás Romero Aguilera
  • Nicolás Sabioncello Hromic
  • Nicolás Yáñez Kukuljan
  • Nicole Petit-Laurent Rojas
  • Nicole Rivas Silva
  • Nicole Salah Rojas

O: 8 names

  • Olivia Vidal Parra
  • Orlando Rodríguez Rivas
  • Óscar Andrés Maldonado Lara
  • Óscar Bustamante
  • Óscar Jiménez Sepúlveda
  • Osvaldo Godoy Tapia
  • Osvaldo Sandoval
  • Otto Kiefer Morales

P: 25 names

  • Pablo Awad López
  • Pablo Kusanovic González
  • Pablo Osorio
  • Pablo Riveros Riquelme
  • Pamela Arriagada Olivares
  • Paola Andrea Riquelme Becerra
  • Paola Pedemonte Rojas
  • Pascuala Villalobos Montecinos
  • Patricia Toro Figueroa
  • Patricio Bauer Castro
  • Patricio Ross Jones
  • Patricio Toledo Gallardo
  • Patricio Villarroel
  • Paula Bonacic Martínez
  • Paulina Appel Torres
  • Paulina Peña Orellana
  • Paulina Yarur Díaz
  • Paz Carvajal Mora
  • Pedro Concha Arancibia
  • Pedro Letelier Dubois
  • Pedro Pablo Cousiño Goyenechea
  • Pedro Pablo Núñez Aravena
  • Pelantaro Nahuelhual Huentelaf
  • Pierina Duhalde González
  • Pilar Venegas Toro

R: 36 names

  • Rafael Meza Salinas
  • Rafaela Saavedra Guzmán
  • Ramón Carmona Oyarzún
  • Ramón Pizarro
  • Ramón Sandoval Vargas
  • Raúl Aguilera
  • Raúl Olivares Cortés
  • Rayén Lincoqueo Ñancupil
  • Renata Gallardo Palma
  • Renato Pizarro Navarro
  • Renato Salvatori Andreoli
  • Renzo Cánepa Rojas
  • Ricardo Bianchi López
  • Ricardo Carrasco Sánchez
  • Ricardo Ewert Soto
  • Ricardo Olivares
  • Ricardo Pizarro Fernández
  • Rocío Acevedo Bustamante
  • Rodolfo Schmidt Rojas
  • Rodrigo Alejandro Moreno Yáñez
  • Rodrigo Irarrázabal Vicuña
  • Rodrigo Jadue Sepúlveda
  • Rodrigo Mamani Quispe
  • Rodrigo Medina Vidal
  • Rodrigo Ortega
  • Rodrigo Sabioncello Hernández
  • Rolando Godoy
  • Rolando Lagos Flores
  • Rolf Kuschel Valenzuela
  • Romina Pastene Silva
  • Romina Pellegrini Díaz
  • Rosa Tapia Lagos
  • Rosario Barraza Cortez
  • Rubén Ahumada Godoy
  • Rubén Saavedra
  • Ruth Rojas Troncoso

S: 17 names

  • Santiago Lagos Bustos
  • Sayen Huircapán Marileo
  • Scarlett Sanhueza Mardones
  • Sebastián Chahuán Muñoz
  • Sebastián Errázuriz Larraín
  • Sebastián López Fuentes
  • Sebastián Morales
  • Sebastián Phillips Blackburn
  • Segundo Castillo Quiroz
  • Sergio Bravo Concha
  • Sergio Fuentealba
  • Sergio Radonic Muñoz
  • Simón Carreño Cornejo
  • Sofía Bravo Vergara
  • Sofía Vilches Mardones
  • Sonia Sepúlveda Ulloa
  • Sven Carrasco Berger

T: 13 names

  • Tatiana Krstulovic Vukasovic
  • Teresa Cortés Pizarro
  • Thiago Orellana Ortega
  • Tomás Edwards González
  • Tomás Gutiérrez
  • Tomás Guzmán Barros
  • Tomás Paillalef Díaz
  • Tomás Valenzuela Tapia
  • Tomás Zalaquett Yarur
  • Trinidad Mac-Iver Morales
  • Trinidad Ortiz Pizarro
  • Trinidad Painemal Tapia
  • Trinidad Tocornal Valdés

U: 1 name

  • Úrsula Oelckers Fuschlocher

V: 15 names

  • Valentina Calfucura Sepúlveda
  • Valentina Espinoza Castillo
  • Valentina Hamilton Martínez
  • Valentina Salah Araya
  • Valeria Leiva Muñoz
  • Valeska Stange Sepúlveda
  • Verónica Saavedra Castillo
  • Vesna Goic Radonic
  • Vicente Martínez Sepúlveda
  • Vicente Matte Correa
  • Vicente Ñancupil Martínez
  • Vicente Pérez
  • Víctor Aguilera Vera
  • Víctor Cáceres
  • Violeta Navarrete Donoso

W: 4 names

  • Walter Jara Braun
  • Werner Kiefer Schwerter
  • Wilson Díaz Ibáñez
  • Wladimir Fuentes Pardo

X: 2 names

  • Ximena Aravena Carrasco
  • Ximena Schwenke Álvarez

Y: 5 names

  • Yasna Sepúlveda Contreras
  • Yerko Ostoic Flores
  • Yerko Yáñez Becerra
  • Yesenia Chambe Mamani
  • Yohana Ponce Barrientos

Z: 1 name

  • Zvonimir Marusic Contreras