Nicaraguan Name Generator
Nicaraguan full names with both surnames
Nicaraguan full names with one or two given names and both surnames, such as José Adán Téllez Urbina, Scarleth Membreño Zeledón and Byron Centeno Baltodano. The list covers the Pacific side, the northern highlands, old Granada and León families and the Caribbean coast.
About Nicaraguan names
A Nicaraguan's legal name has one or two given names followed by two surnames, the father's first and then the mother's. If you came for last names, read the final two words of each entry: José Adán Téllez Urbina is filed under Téllez, and Urbina is his mother's family. Alongside the López, Hernández and Martínez found all over Latin America, the list leans on surnames that are especially characteristic of the country: Téllez, Urbina, Zeledón, Blandón, Rugama, Membreño, Centeno, Jarquín, Mairena and Sequeira.
Surnames can place a character. Lacayo, Cuadra, Sacasa, Pasos and Balladares are old families of Granada and León. Zeledón, Blandón, Rizo and Castilblanco are common in the northern highlands. On the Caribbean coast, where English has long been spoken, families carry names such as Hodgson, Downs, Cunningham and Hooker, set in the same two-surname order.
Given names show age. Grandparents are Petrona, Salvadora, Apolonio or José Dolores, and devotional names such as María Auxiliadora and Concepción de María remain in use. Their children's generation answers to Bayardo, Fanor, Danilo, Ligia, Nubia or Ivania. After that come English-origin and newly coined names, among them Yader, Yahoska, Scarleth, Heyling, Darling and Byron, and today's children are Mateo, Santiago, Sofía and Valentina.
How to choose Nicaraguan names
- In daily life a Nicaraguan goes by given name and first surname, so Scarleth Membreño Zeledón signs as Scarleth Membreño. Keep the full form for documents, ceremonies and formal introductions.
- Build a family by keeping the two surnames and changing the given name. Full siblings share both surnames in the same order, while each parent shares only one of them with the child.
- Let the surname suggest a home region: Lacayo or Cuadra hints at Granada, Balladares or Herdocia at León, Rizo or Castilblanco at the north, and Hodgson or Cunningham at the Caribbean coast.
- Match the given name to the birth year. A Petrona or an Apolonio is a grandparent, a Bayardo or a Nubia is middle-aged, and a Yader or a Heyling was most likely born after 1980.
- Keep the accents. Téllez, Zeledón, Blandón, Jarquín and Gaitán carry them on Nicaraguan documents, and they tell a reader where the stress falls.
Frequently asked questions
What are common Nicaraguan last names?
The most common are shared with the rest of Latin America: López, Hernández, Martínez, García, González, Pérez and Rodríguez. The ones that sound most Nicaraguan are Téllez, Urbina, Zeledón, Blandón, Rugama, Membreño, Centeno, Jarquín, Mairena, Sequeira and Baltodano. You will find them here in pairs such as Yahoska Blandón Rugama and Byron Centeno Baltodano.
How do surnames work in Nicaragua?
A child takes the father's first surname followed by the mother's first surname, and both are part of the legal name. Women generally keep their own two surnames after marriage. That is why every entry here ends in two family names, as in Luz Marina Blandón Zeledón.
Why do some Nicaraguans have English surnames?
Nicaragua's Caribbean coast was tied to Britain and the English-speaking Caribbean for centuries, and English is still spoken there. Families from towns such as Bluefields carry English surnames in the Spanish two-surname order, as in Alvin Hodgson Downs and Sheila Downs Taylor. A small share of this list comes from that tradition.
Are names like Yahoska and Yader really used in Nicaragua?
Yes. From about the 1980s many parents chose English-origin names or newly coined ones, often starting with Y or ending in -ling or -eth. Yader, Yahoska, Scarleth, Heyling, Keyling and Junieth are everyday names there, and the list gives them ordinary surnames, as in Heyling Urbina Sequeira.
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All 500 Nicaraguan names
A: 46 names
- Aarón Rayo Paguaga
- Abelardo Rizo Castilblanco
- Abigail Urcuyo Pavón
- Adela Sansón Madriz
- Adilia Blandón Centeno
- Adrián Buitrago Vallejos
- Agustín Lazo Martínez
- Agustín Vega Barberena
- Aitana Poveda Calero
- Alba Luz Narváez Guadamuz
- Alba Useda Carranza
- Alcides Mairena Hernández
- Alejandro Mendieta Tórrez
- Alexa Peralta Salgado
- Alfredo Benard Barberena
- Allison Betanco Garmendia
- Álvaro José Cuadra Vivas
- Alvin Hodgson Downs
- Amado Altamirano Meza
- Amalia Carazo Hurtado
- Amanda Castilblanco Irías
- Ana Cecilia Urroz Icaza
- Ana Isabel Pasos Benard
A, continued
- Ana Julia Cajina Toruño
- Ana Lucía Suazo Collado
- Ana María Castrillo Sirias
- Ana Sofía Guido Talavera
- Andrés Guido Romero
- Andrés Sacasa Gurdián
- Ángel Gabriel Lazo Mendieta
- Ángela Parrales Baltodano
- Anselmo Obregón Tablada
- Apolonio Sobalvarro Aráuz
- Aracely Pineda Chavarría
- Arístides Cantarero Baldizón
- Arlen Villagra Peralta
- Arlene Wilson Coleman
- Arnoldo Matus Ruiz
- Ascensión Collado Sarria
- Ashley Pavón Quiroz
- Ashly Galeano Castellón
- Aura Estela Espinal Galo
- Aura Lila Bojorge Carcache
- Auxiliadora Castillo Rizo
- Axel Artola Castilblanco
- Azucena Lovo Villagra
B: 13 names
- Bayardo Téllez Guevara
- Beatriz Barberena Oyanguren
- Benito Huete Morales
- Bernabé Landero Casco
- Bernarda Bojorge Vado
- Bernardino Munguía Carrión
- Bernardo Aburto Ramírez
- Bismarck Siles Hernández
- Blanca Nubia Rostrán Dolmus
- Blanca Rosa Obregón Callejas
- Britany Meneses Poveda
- Bruno Zepeda Granados
- Byron Centeno Baltodano
C: 20 names
- Camila Valentina Siles Tijerino
- Camilo Vado Pichardo
- Cándido Tardencilla Ticay
- Carla Bush Tinkam
- Carlos Alberto Maltez Ocón
- Carlos Andrés Olivas Villalta
- Carlos Manuel Garmendia Galeano
- Carmen Gago Guadamuz
- Carmen María Midence Irías
- Carol Britton Wilson
- Carolina Solórzano Abaunza
- Catalino Paguaga Gadea
- Cecilia Bermúdez Wheelock
- Clemencia Urtecho Vijil
- Concepción de María Arróliga Huete
- Concepción Villagra Cerna
- Coralia Maltez Marenco
- Crescencio Espinal Potoy
- Cristhian Arcia Martínez
- Cristina Isabel Delgadillo Palma
D: 26 names
- Daisy Davis Archibold
- Damaris Toruño Carballo
- Dania Palacios Rostrán
- Daniel Isaac Lovo Bendaña
- Danilo Urbina Fonseca
- Danna Quiroz Castrillo
- Darling Téllez Mairena
- Darwin Zeledón Amador
- Dayana Castrillo Sevilla
- Daysi Montalván Briones
- Deborah Lewis McCoy
- Delia Amador Aragón
- Denis Úbeda Castillo
- Derek Arcia Sobalvarro
- Deyanira Bendaña Fajardo
- Diego Alejandro Chévez Montalván
- Digna Somarriba Ocón
- Dinorah Artola Castrillo
- Dolores Castellón Ordóñez
- Dolores Zelaya Bolaños
- Dominga Mairena Soza
- Domingo Arróliga Rodríguez
- Donald Baltodano Parrales
- Douglas Rugama Medina
- Dwight Green Thomas
- Dylan Robleto Oporta
E: 41 names
- Eddy Maradiaga Peralta
- Edgard Soza Ramírez
- Eduardo Taylor Flores
- Eduardo Vijil Bermúdez
- Edward Ellis Bent
- Edwin Marenco Reyes
- Elba Midence Calero
- Elena Mántica Bárcenas
- Elia María Cantarero Soza
- Elías Carranza Useda
- Elías Irías Espinal
- Eliezer Rizo Collado
- Elmer Ocón Gutiérrez
- Elsa Duarte Lazo
- Elvis Membreño Lorío
- Emérita Cajina Chévez
- Emigdio Vallecillo Zepeda
- Emilia Cuadra Zavala
- Emiliano Ocón Somarriba
- Emilio Tercero González
E, continued
- Emily Picado Gaitán
- Emma Potoy Largaespada
- Encarnación Briones Machado
- Engel Téllez Tablada
- Engracia Talavera Videa
- Enmanuel Videa Morales
- Enrique Horvilleur Lacayo
- Erick Valdivia Moreno
- Erling Vallejos Sarria
- Ernestina Treminio Lovo
- Ernesto Cajina Vallejos
- Errol Simmons Wright
- Erwin Traña López
- Esperanza del Socorro Tardencilla Useda
- Esteban Abaunza Herdocia
- Eugenia del Carmen Carballo Machado
- Eulogio Largaespada Galo
- Eusebia Jarquín Matus
- Evaristo Hurtado Loáisiga
- Eveling Gaitán Narváez
- Evenor Centeno Salazar
F: 17 names
- Fanor Blandón Dávila
- Fátima Conrado Mendieta
- Federico Robelo Herdocia
- Felipa Tijerino Toruño
- Felipe Pasos Urtecho
- Félix Pedro Picado Rizo
- Fernanda Sofía Sirias Conrado
- Fernando Zavala Urtecho
- Fidelina Corea Medrano
- Filemón Avendaño Urcuyo
- Flor de María Aburto Parrales
- Francis Carballo Palma
- Francisca Bendaña Arcia
- Francisca Talavera Tercero
- Francisco Javier Avendaño Poveda
- Franklin Vado Pérez
- Freddy Parrales García
G: 17 names
- Gabriela Wheelock Sacasa
- Gael Traña Cajina
- Génesis Baldizón Moncada
- Geraldine Avendaño Gadea
- Germán Somarriba Ulloa
- Gerson Rizo Cruz
- Gilberto Guadamuz Gago
- Gioconda Arcia Pavón
- Glen Hooker Forbes
- Glenda Castilblanco Meneses
- Gonzalo Icaza Terán
- Grace Omeir Brautigam
- Gregoria Picado Siles
- Gregorio Alaniz Poveda
- Grethel Alaniz Dolmus
- Guillermo Vanegas Sánchez
- Gustavo Sequeira Suárez
H: 14 names
- Hanna Sevilla Carballo
- Hansel Chévez Ruiz
- Harold Mairena Balmaceda
- Harvin Obregón Olivas
- Haydée Loáisiga Tinoco
- Hazel Dormus Reñazco
- Hazel Hansack Omeir
- Heriberto Báez Bravo
- Hermógenes Suárez Amador
- Hernán Pallais Portocarrero
- Heyling Urbina Sequeira
- Hilario Dormus Quiroz
- Holman Conrado Machado
- Humberto Robleto Gutiérrez
I: 17 names
- Ian Matus Arróliga
- Idania Montalván Toruño
- Ignacia Ráudez Dolmus
- Ignacio Bolaños Vega
- Iker Videa Cantarero
- Ileana Videa Moncada
- Indalecio Salgado Buitrago
- Indiana Ráudez Chévez
- Indira Chévez Munguía
- Inés Vivas Gurdián
- Isabel Buitrago Robelo
- Isabella Sequeira Jarquín
- Isaías Castilblanco Herrera
- Isayana Cajina Parrales
- Isidro Navarrete Jirón
- Ivania Rostrán Lovo
- Ivy Humphreys Sambola
J: 47 names
- Jacqueline Barahona Betanco
- Jahaira Sobalvarro Soza
- Jairo Gadea Irías
- Janeth Sobalvarro Garmendia
- Jared Soza Landero
- Jasser Urbina Callejas
- Jazmina Treminio Rizo
- Jefferson Sequeira Granados
- Jennie Sambola Williams
- Jeyson Artola Rodríguez
- Jimena Lacayo Montealegre
- Joaquín Navas Cuadra
- Johana Soza Delgadillo
- Jorling Villalta Cerna
- José Adán Téllez Urbina
- José Andrés Cerna Ulloa
- José Ángel Castilblanco Rayo
- José Antonio Vallecillo Sarria
- José Benito Matus Treminio
- José Daniel Fajardo Olivas
- José Dolores Vanegas Mairena
- José Esteban Talavera Tórrez
- José Francisco Barahona Medrano
J, continued
- José Luis Vallejos Granados
- José Manuel Castellón Buitrago
- José Ramón Meneses Berríos
- José Santos Jarquín Oporta
- José Tomás Membreño Lovo
- Josefa Narváez Aburto
- Josefina Madriz Castellón
- Josué David Toruño Midence
- Juan Bautista Picado Rayo
- Juan Carlos Briones Cerna
- Juan de Dios Sequeira Lazo
- Juan Diego Machado Guillén
- Juan José Ñurinda Ticay
- Juan Pablo Ulloa Lorío
- Juan Ramón Altamirano Siles
- Juana Francisca Videa Casco
- Juana Potoy Ticay
- Judith Thomas Allen
- Julián Ñurinda Potoy
- Julio César Ráudez Reñazco
- Julio Portocarrero Navas
- Junieth Jarquín Robleto
- Justina Altamirano Rayo
- Justo Rufino Granados Orozco
K: 11 names
- Karelia Hurtado Casco
- Karen Videa Casco
- Karla Cantarero Barahona
- Katherine Delgadillo Baldizón
- Kathya Largaespada Galo
- Kenia Rayo Navarrete
- Kenneth Salgado Suazo
- Kevin Rigby Watson
- Keyling Centeno Picado
- Kiara Medrano Briones
- Kimberly Calero Jirón
L: 26 names
- Lenín Lovo Sánchez
- Leonardo Sarria Medina
- Leoncio Barahona Sevilla
- Leonel Delgadillo Juárez
- Leonor Mayorga Icaza
- Leonor Midence Betanco
- Leopoldo Jarquín López
- Lesbia Rostrán Castellón
- Lester Collado Sirias
- Leyla Landero Dormus
- Liam Tercero Huete
- Lidia Esperanza Pavón Suazo
- Ligia Ráudez Vallecillo
- Lilliam Bendaña Artola
- Lorenzo Lovo Paguaga
- Lorna Forbes Gordon
- Lucas Aráuz Tardencilla
- Lucía Sacasa Icaza
- Luciana Galo Avendaño
- Lucila Vanegas Guido
- Luis Alberto Betanco Arcia
- Luis Ángel Ordóñez Pichardo
- Luis Fernando Aburto Altamirano
- Luis Manuel Calero Munguía
- Luz Amanda Oporta Robleto
- Luz Marina Blandón Zeledón
M: 55 names
- Macario Delgadillo Medrano
- Manuel Salvador Traña Vado
- Manuel Selva Zelaya
- Marbely Centeno Rugama
- Marcia Irías Ponce
- Marcio Ocón Granados
- Marco Antonio Landero Soza
- Margarita Terán Balladares
- María Auxiliadora Lacayo Cuadra
- María Auxiliadora Mendieta Robleto
- María Celeste Berríos Vallecillo
- María Concepción Guido Bendaña
- María de los Ángeles Gaitán Potoy
- María del Carmen Guillén Medina
- María del Socorro Pichardo Balmaceda
- María Elena Baldizón Aráuz
- María Fernanda Villagra Ordóñez
- María Isabel Moncada Peralta
- María José Salgado Zepeda
- María Lourdes Úbeda Lanuza
- María Magdalena Hurtado Urcuyo
- María Mercedes Tijerino Balladares
- Mario Putoy Ñurinda
- Maritza Aráuz Alaniz
- Marjorie Baldizón Lanuza
- Marling Oporta Matus
- Marlon Hodgson Zamora
M, continued
- Marlon Picado Meza
- Marta Ñamendi Putoy
- Martha Lorena Somarriba Marenco
- Marvin Acuña Alaniz
- Maryuri Midence Arcia
- Massiel Huete Aburto
- Mateo Téllez Blandón
- Mathías Narváez Vanegas
- Matías Parrales Ráudez
- Mauricio Bojorge Balmaceda
- Mauricio Gurdián Zavala
- Maximiliano Tablada Meza
- Maynor Guillén Ordóñez
- Mayra Vallejos Zamora
- Melany Jirón Fajardo
- Melba McCoy Hodgson
- Melvin Robleto Mayorga
- Mercedes Carrión Hernández
- Mercedes Herdocia Buitrago
- Mercedes Membreño Zambrana
- Meyling Vanegas Tercero
- Mía Ticay Hurtado
- Miguel Ángel Paguaga Gadea
- Mileydi Briones Galeano
- Milton Jarquín Guevara
- Miriam Villagra Téllez
- Mirna Paguaga Avendaño
- Moisés Traña Villalta
N: 18 names
- Nahomy Loáisiga Meneses
- Napoleón Gaitán Pérez
- Nelson Narváez Fonseca
- Nereyda Betanco Montenegro
- Néstor Maltez Guillén
- Nicolás Conrado Callejas
- Nicolás Rizo Rostrán
- Nicolasa Zeledón Rizo
- Nidia Irías Hurtado
- Noel Aráuz Baldizón
- Noel Membreño Espinoza
- Nohemí Lanuza Molina
- Norlan Vallecillo Munguía
- Norling Arróliga Lazo
- Norman Cuthbert Dixon
- Norvin Ulloa Buitrago
- Nubia Chévez Salgado
- Nydia Morgan Robinson
O: 10 names
- Octavio Balladares Pallais
- Octavio Narváez García
- Ofelia Quiroz Moreno
- Olga Poveda Maliaño
- Omar Treminio Conrado
- Orlando Sequeira Castillo
- Oscar Danilo Tórrez Lanuza
- Osman Pichardo Zepeda
- Oswaldo Talavera Medina
- Ovidio Picado Reyes
P: 11 names
- Pánfilo Garmendia Palma
- Pastor Moncada Galeano
- Pastora Urbina Robleto
- Pedro Antonio Villalta Amador
- Pedro José Largaespada Loáisiga
- Pedro Pablo Tercero Vílchez
- Petrona Gaitán Ñamendi
- Petrona Rayo Chavarría
- Pilar Bárcenas Horvilleur
- Porfirio Cerda Aburto
- Porfirio Meneses Peralta
R: 30 names
- Rafael Ángel Sobalvarro Cantarero
- Rafael Urcuyo Carazo
- Rafaela Rostrán Reñazco
- Ramiro Oyanguren Jerez
- Ramiro Siles Mayorga
- Ramón Antonio Dormus Jirón
- Ramón Marín Abaunza
- Ramona Arróliga Tercero
- Raymond Allen Ellis
- Regina Dolmus Navarrete
- Reina Isabel Siles Gadea
- Renata Reñazco Barahona
- Reyna Tardencilla Largaespada
- Reynaldo Tapia Tardencilla
- Reynaldo Tijerino Lorío
- Ricardo Montealegre Sansón
- Rigoberto Marenco Cerda
- Rodrigo Lacayo Solórzano
- Róger Sobalvarro Tinoco
- Róger Zeledón Rivas
- Ronald Matus Dávila
- Rosa Amelia Conrado Cerda
- Rosa Amelia Landero Jarquín
- Rosa Argentina Centeno Rugama
- Rosa Emilia Montalván Chévez
- Rosario Icaza Benard
- Rosibel Potoy Espinal
- Rubén Marín Miranda
- Rupert Campbell Brooks
- Ruth Mendieta Conrado
S: 28 names
- Salomé Zambrana Delgadillo
- Salomón Pavón Berríos
- Salvador Jerez Mayorga
- Salvadora Téllez Sequeira
- Samuel Vado Treminio
- Sandra Wilson López
- Santiago Urbina Centeno
- Santos Benavídez Peralta
- Santos Montalván Artola
- Sara Valentina Munguía Obregón
- Saturnino Calero Suazo
- Sayda Altamirano Siles
- Scarleth Membreño Zeledón
- Sebastián Úbeda Bojorge
- Sergio Montenegro Dávila
- Sheila Downs Taylor
- Sherman Williams Morgan
- Sheyla Tardencilla Potoy
- Shirley Cunningham Hooker
- Silverio Miranda Báez
- Silvia Elena Navarrete Sevilla
- Silvio Rugama Flores
- Sobeyda Talavera Úbeda
- Sofía Argüello Lacayo
- Sofía Zeledón Membreño
- Stephanie Moncada Urcuyo
- Sugey Espinal Ticay
- Suyén Mendieta Guido
T: 13 names
- Tatiana Fajardo Medrano
- Teodora Huete Traña
- Teodoro Castrillo Munguía
- Teófilo Urbina Vargas
- Teresa Avilés Selva
- Teresa de Jesús Alaniz Quiroz
- Thelma Bravo Marín
- Thelma Ticay Aguirre
- Thiago Marenco Maltez
- Tomás Parrales Obregón
- Tomasa Rugama Úbeda
- Toribio Fajardo Sirias
- Trinidad Mendieta Parrales
U: 1 name
- Ulises Oporta Cruz
V: 12 names
- Valentina Rugama Mairena
- Valeska Tijerino Marenco
- Víctor Hugo Collado Tablada
- Víctor Manuel Zambrana Artola
- Victoria Casco Alaniz
- Victoria Castellón Oyanguren
- Victorina Oporta Lazo
- Victorino Carballo Olivas
- Vilma Aragón Duarte
- Vilma Galo Bolaños
- Violeta Casco Benavídez
- Vladimir Toruño González
W: 11 names
- Walkiria Bojorge Ocón
- Walter Tercero Rivas
- Wendy Navarrete Zambrana
- Wesley Coleman Sinclair
- Wilber Lazo Flores
- Wilfred Howard Rigby
- Wilfredo Herrera Úbeda
- Wilfredo Úbeda Amador
- William Guido Espinoza
- Wilmer Aburto Salazar
- Wiston Blandón Cerda
X: 2 names
- Ximena Gadea Dormus
- Xiomara Gadea Pineda
Y: 11 names
- Yader Castellón Berríos
- Yadira Dolmus Herrera
- Yahaira Cunningham Rivera
- Yahoska Blandón Rugama
- Yamileth Landero Aráuz
- Yaoska Castilblanco Videa
- Yaritza Cantarero Rayo
- Yelba Maltez Traña
- Yesenia Benavídez Olivas
- Yessenia Paguaga Irías
- Yolaina Somarriba Vado