Salvadoran Name Generator
Full names from El Salvador, most with both surnames
Browse 500 Salvadoran full names written the way El Salvador writes them: one or two given names with both family surnames in most entries, and the short everyday form with one surname in the rest. Expect entries like José Roberto López Morales, Nubia Henríquez Guardado and Michelle Zablah Handal.
About Salvadoran names
A Salvadoran full name has two surnames. The first comes from the father and the second from the mother, so María Elena González Henríquez is the daughter of a González and a Henríquez and her brothers and sisters carry the same pair. Everyday speech trims this to one given name and the paternal surname. Many married women add "de" and the husband's surname in social use, as in Cristina Galdámez de Castillo.
Compound given names are a national habit: José, Juan, María and Ana are rarely left alone, which gives José Roberto, Juan Carlos, María Elena and Ana Gloria. Older country names follow the saints' calendar (Santos, Tránsito, Leocadia, Epifanio). Since the 1980s English-origin names such as Kevin, Bryan, Wendy and Katherine have become common, often spelled by ear, as in Brayan or Stefany.
Hernández, Martínez and López lead the surname tables, but Menjívar, Landaverde, Guardado and Galdámez are closely tied to Chalatenango in the north, and Argueta and Chicas to the east. A small group of families descends from Palestinian Christians who arrived around 1900, which is where Handal, Simán, Hasbún and Zablah come from. Nawat, the language of the Pipil, survives mostly in place names such as Cuscatlán and Suchitoto, so this list does not try to rebuild Nawat personal names.
How to choose Salvadoran names
- Choose the form for the setting: all four parts for documents, school rolls and formal introductions, and one given name with the first surname for dialogue, as in Axel Orellana.
- Let the given name show the generation. Epifanio or Leocadia suits a grandparent, José Roberto or Ana Gloria someone born in the middle of the last century, and Kevin, Brayan or Wendy someone born after 1985.
- Build families correctly. Full siblings share both surnames in the same order, and a child takes the first surname of each parent, father's first.
- Keep the accents and the local spellings. Menjívar, Galdámez and Henríquez carry an accent, and El Salvador favors Vásquez, Velásquez and Cortez with a z.
- Common pairings belong to many living people. Before you publish a name on a character or a project, search the full name yourself.
Frequently asked questions
How do Salvadoran surnames work?
Everyone has two: the father's first surname, then the mother's first surname. Juan Carlos Recinos Melara would be called Juan Carlos Recinos in daily life, and his children would pass on Recinos, not Melara. Women keep both of their surnames when they marry, and some add "de" plus the husband's surname in social use.
Why do some Salvadorans have Arabic surnames?
Palestinian Christians, many from the Bethlehem area, settled in El Salvador in the late 1800s and early 1900s and went into trade. Their family names became part of the country, which is why the list has entries such as Amín Safie Simán, Teresa Handal Menjívar and Carolina Hasbún Méndez. The given names in these families are mostly Spanish today.
Is it Salvadoran, Salvadorean or El Salvadorian?
Salvadoran is the usual English adjective, and Salvadorean and Salvadorian are accepted variants. "El Salvadorian" is an informal form that many people type into a search box, and it means the same thing. In Spanish the word is salvadoreño or salvadoreña.
Are these the names of real people?
No entry is meant to name a particular person. Every given name and surname here is in real use in El Salvador, the list was drafted by combining them, and we tried to leave out the full names of well-known public figures. With names this common, some living people will share a combination, so treat any match as a coincidence.
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All 500 Salvadoran names
A: 43 names
- Abelino Velásquez Granados
- Abraham Nasser Ramos
- Adalberto Romero Gómez
- Agapito Rivas Flores
- Agustín Rivera Erazo
- Alba Sigüenza Escobar
- Alejandra Batarsé Abullarade
- Alejandra Rubí Lizama Quintanilla
- Alejandro Arístides Arévalo Vásquez
- Alexander Rivas Rivera
- Alfredo Salume Charur
- Allison Alvarenga Cienfuegos
- Allison Contreras Zelaya
- Alonso Delgado Solórzano
A, continued
- Ambrosio Galeas Menjívar
- Amín Safie Simán
- Amparo Menjívar Cuéllar
- Ana Cecilia Ibarra Guzmán
- Ana Cristina Salume Ramos
- Ana Gloria Mata Medina
- Ana Idalia Rivas Guillén
- Ana Ivonne Zaldívar de Yanes
- Ana Lilian Funes Herrera
- Ana Mercedes Molina Ascencio
- Ana Mirian Maravilla Argueta
- Ana Patricia Mármol López
- Ana Ruth Artiga Ponce
- Ana Silvia Hernández Ayala
A, continued
- Anastasio Colocho García
- Anderson Hernández Contreras
- Andrea Alexandra Serpas Herrera
- Andrea Damaris Fuentes
- Andrés Santos Saravia
- Ángela Rivas Vásquez
- Ángelo Ochoa Lemus
- Anthony Eliseo Herrera
- Anthony Isaac Galán Cáceres
- Antonia Pineda Landaverde
- Ashley Orellana
- Ashley Yamileth Guevara Arévalo
- Atilio Montoya Alvarenga
- Axel Orellana
- Axel Serrano Pineda
B: 13 names
- Baltazar Aparicio Portillo
- Bertha Salmerón Cáceres
- Blanca Emérita Leiva Rojas
- Blanca Estela Minero Pleitez
- Blanca Lidia Lemus González
- Blanca Mirian Rodríguez
- Brayan Emanuel Henríquez
- Brayan Vladimir Durán Martínez
- Brenda Lisseth Portillo Murcia
- Brenda Rocío Guardado
- Bryan Esaú González Aparicio
- Bryan Rubén García
- Byron Ayala Moreno
C: 29 names
- Camila Estefanía Pérez Cárcamo
- Camila Jazmín González Vásquez
- Candelaria Zelaya Galdámez
- Carlos Alberto Díaz García
- Carlos Humberto Menjívar Bernal
- Carlos Mauricio Vanegas Chávez
- Carlos Rodolfo Laínez Domínguez
- Carmen Beatriz Guevara
- Carmen Elena Escalante Chávez
- Carolina Hasbún Méndez
- Carolina Zaldaña
- Catalina Guevara Granados
- Celina Galán Monterrosa
- César Isidro Henríquez
C, continued
- Christopher Emanuel Lovo Morales
- Christopher Geovanny Cabrera
- Christopher Josué Ortega
- Cindy Lisseth Escobar
- Cindy Melissa Carballo Contreras
- Cipriana Quijada Urías
- Cipriano Alvarenga Aguilar
- Claudia Arévalo Hernández
- Claudia Borja Henríquez
- Claudia Ester Rivas
- Concepción Portillo Velásquez
- Cristian Abel Tejada
- Cristian Velásquez Argueta
- Cristina Galdámez de Castillo
- Cristóbal Vásquez Maravilla
D: 28 names
- Dagoberto Cruz Montano
- Dalila Zaldaña
- Daniel Isaías Galdámez Ruiz
- Daniela Peña Cruz
- Daniela Sarahí Méndez
- Danilo Palacios Quinteros
- Darwin Andrés Sibrián Quintanilla
- Darwin Ismael Aguilar Melgar
- Darwin Rafael Aguilar
- David Josafat Novoa
- David Mateo Fuentes Ortez
- Dayana Lazo Pérez
- Delmy Angélica Rodríguez Flamenco
- Delmy del Tránsito Gámez
D, continued
- Denis Erazo
- Denis Saúl Ventura Paniagua
- Dennis Villacorta Bran
- Diana Julissa Medrano Monterrosa
- Diana Meybelin Contreras Barrera
- Diego Abel Linares Vásquez
- Diego Steven Guevara Murillo
- Dinora Angélica Belloso de Gutiérrez
- Dionisia Fuentes Quintanilla
- Dionisio Argueta Mancía
- Dora Zelaya Ramírez
- Doris Pocasangre Beltrán
- Douglas Alfonso Molina Quintanilla
- Douglas Stanley Villatoro Menjívar
E: 35 names
- Edenilson Pérez Platero
- Eder Interiano Salinas
- Eder Portillo Ayala
- Edgardo Calderón Bolaños
- Edith Ayala Madrid
- Eduardo Dada Bahaia
- Edwin Alexis Arteaga Mariona
- Efraín Rodríguez Majano
- Elías Zablah Morales
- Elmer Eliú Trejo
- Elmer Rafael Pérez Nolasco
E, continued
- Elsa Lilian Medina de Merino
- Elsa Soriano Rubio
- Elvis Serpas Vásquez
- Emely Orellana
- Emely Paola Henríquez Duarte
- Emérita Ramírez de Henríquez
- Emerson Geovanny González Jovel
- Emerson Mayorga
- Emeterio Rivera Villatoro
- Emilia Cabrera Ramírez
- Engracia Alvarenga Escobar
- Epifanio Galdámez Menjívar
E, continued
- Erick Iván Martínez Galdámez
- Erick Osorio
- Esaú Zepeda
- Esteban Ayala Mejía
- Eugenia Godínez de Ortiz
- Eulalia Guardado Díaz
- Eulalio Orellana Argueta
- Eusebio Alvarenga Landaverde
- Evangelina Peña Monge
- Evelyn López Argueta
- Ever Orellana Salinas
- Ezequiel Villeda
F: 19 names
- Farid Hirezi Rivera
- Fátima Burgos Franco
- Fátima Estefanía Velásquez
- Fátima Núñez Zelaya
- Faustina Zelaya Rivera
- Felipe Ventura Oviedo
- Fernanda Landaverde
- Fernando Ábrego Rodríguez
- Fernando Eliú Guandique Escalante
F, continued
- Fidel Cea Fuentes
- Fidelina Landaverde Amaya
- Flor Aracely Carranza
- Flor Haydée Santos de Martínez
- Flor Soriano Deras
- Florencio Argueta Portillo
- Florentina Pérez Saravia
- Franklin Misael Borja Ramírez
- Fredy Ramírez Martínez
- Fulgencio Alvarenga Martínez
G: 27 names
- Gabriel Adonay Castillo
- Gabriel Jacir Kattán
- Gabriela Ivette Serrano Lara
- Génesis Calderón Barillas
- Génesis Noemí Estrada
- Génesis Patricia González
- Gerardo Cerén Alvarado
- Germán Lozano Andrade
- Gerson Adonay Chinchilla Montoya
- Gerson Ariel Vásquez Sandoval
- Gerson Levi Quijada Zelaya
- Gilberto Menjívar Avelar
- Giovanni Santos
G, continued
- Gladis Judith López
- Gladis Mancía Molina
- Glenda Alemán Márquez
- Glenda Arely Segovia
- Gloria Francisca Montes de Melara
- Gloria Magdalena Quintanilla de Valencia
- Gloria Marina Belloso Zamora
- Gloria Yaneth Mayorga Velásquez
- Gonzalo Reyes Fajardo
- Gregoria Pineda Tobar
- Gregorio Landaverde López
- Guadalupe Gómez de Magaña
- Guillermo de Jesús Ortiz
- Gustavo Rauda Rivera
H: 16 names
- Harold Portillo Arévalo
- Harold Santamaría
- Héctor Orlando Gutiérrez
- Heidi Madelyn Cerna Castaneda
- Heidi Noemí Mejía Minero
- Henry Ramírez Guardado
- Henry Zúniga
- Herbert Méndez Yanes
H, continued
- Herbert Moisés Barahona
- Heriberto Gallegos Valladares
- Herminia Portillo Guevara
- Hernán Girón Anaya
- Hortensia Escobar Joya
- Hugo Castro Barrera
- Hugo Rolando Bran
- Hugo Tulio Linares
I: 15 names
- Imelda Solís Ascencio
- Ingrid Gabriela Pleitez Meléndez
- Ingrid Galdámez
- Iris Saraí Umaña Leiva
- Iris Sofía Campos Vaquerano
- Irma Emilia Hernández de Mármol
- Irma Lourdes García Dubón
- Irma Maribel Marroquín
- Irvin Adrián Regalado Díaz
- Irvin Josafat Alvarado Ortega
- Irvin Omar Araujo Pérez
- Isaac Lemus Sandoval
- Isabel Hasbún Mejía
- Ivette Sánchez Campos
- Ivonne Alas Solórzano
J: 45 names
- Jacinta Guevara Hércules
- Jacinto Villalta Cartagena
- Jacobo Simán Galdámez
- Jacqueline Rivera Zúniga
- Jairo Carballo Pineda
- Jairo Peraza Pacheco
- Jason Fabricio Romero Cabrera
- Jason Natanael Quinteros Ascencio
- Jason Rubén Platero Ponce
- Jazmín Viera
- Jefferson Joel Orantes Ayala
- Jennifer Cerén Ayala
- Jessica Cornejo Romero
- Jessica Sarahí Salazar Manzano
- Jimmy Peña Melara
J, continued
- Joaquín Renderos Fuentes
- Johanna Beltrán Colindres
- Jonathan Sebastián Cortez Figueroa
- Jorge Alberto Santos Serrano
- José Adán Alvarado Machado
- José Adolfo Nolasco Ramírez
- José Amílcar Sánchez Valdez
- José Antonio Blanco Sigüenza
- José Balmore Guerra Parada
- José David Flores Villanueva
- José Ernesto García Cardoza
- José Guillermo Guevara Salmerón
- José Israel Chinchilla Murcia
- José Luis Gómez Galdámez
- José Manuel Bermúdez Arriaza
J, continued
- José Mauricio Arias Escobar
- José Osmín Miranda Escobar
- José Rigoberto Nieto Navarro
- José Roberto López Morales
- José Wilfredo Ortez Ramírez
- Josué Edenilson Campos Larín
- Juan Antonio Villalobos Guevara
- Juan Carlos Recinos Melara
- Juan Emilio Avilés
- Juan José Villanueva Quijano
- Juana Portillo Ayala
- Julia Alas Calles
- Julia Josefina Serrano de Flores
- Julio César Campos Landaverde
- Julio Ovidio Cerna Flores
K: 16 names
- Karim Charur Hernández
- Karla Cuéllar
- Karla Vargas Barrera
- Katherine Domínguez
- Katherine Valentina Espinoza Andrade
- Katya Fernanda Carranza Cortez
- Katya Griselda Guerra Chávez
- Katya Rocío Membreño Nieto
K, continued
- Keiry Santos Castro
- Kelly Portillo Guevara
- Kenia Funes
- Kenia Raquel Rodas Ortiz
- Kevin Hidalgo Reyes
- Kevin Zelaya
- Kimberly Henríquez Cerritos
- Krissia Judith Zamora Quijano
L: 19 names
- Leandro Guevara Reyes
- Leila Hirezi Morales
- Leocadia Rivera Coreas
- Leslie Lourdes Chávez
- Leslie Mena Aguilar
- Leticia Quezada López
- Lidia Antonia Márquez
- Lidia Marina Landaverde
- Lorena Belén Pocasangre Rodríguez
L, continued
- Lucio Flores Cruz
- Luis Alfredo Gallegos Melara
- Luis Ángel Deras
- Luis Arturo Mariona Echeverría
- Luis Ernesto Canales Henríquez
- Luis Fernando Kattán Daboub
- Luis Francisco Gutiérrez Ramos
- Luis Reynaldo Cortez
- Luz Imelda Reyes
- Luz Roxana Montes de Salguero
M: 55 names
- Macario Fuentes Canales
- Magaly Salazar
- Manuel Salomón Granados
- Marcela Vanessa Zelaya Guandique
- Marcelino Valladares Cea
- Marco Antonio Ascencio Portillo
- Marcos Oviedo Sorto
- María Arely Flores Urbina
- María Concepción Landaverde Guardado
- María del Carmen Cabrera Turcios
- María Elena Batarsé Jacir
- María Elena González Henríquez
- María Esperanza Landaverde Caballero
M, continued
- María Ester Bonilla Joya
- María Guadalupe Luna Tejada
- María Isabel Martínez Castillo
- María José Guardado Álvarez
- María Luisa Calles Henríquez
- María Magdalena García Alvarado
- María Milagro Pineda Najarro
- María Rubidia Flores Polanco
- María Teresa Escobar López
- María Victoria Pérez Cárcamo
- Maribel Amaya Argueta
- Mariela Anaya Padilla
- Mario Ernesto Pineda Lara
- Mario Evelio Flores Miranda
M, continued
- Mario Napoleón Guardado
- Maritza Díaz Zelaya
- Marlene Bonilla Campos
- Marlon Alexander Gómez Melara
- Marta Abullarade Vásquez
- Marta Alicia Lemus Batres
- Marta Lidia Menjívar Quintanilla
- Martín Herrera Umanzor
- Marvin Benjamín Argueta Ulloa
- Marvin Eduardo Iraheta
- Maximina Cruz Henríquez
- Máximo Mazariego Melara
- Mayra Morales Garay
- Mayra Yamileth Peña
M, continued
- Medardo Ochoa Guevara
- Mélida Beltrán Guardado
- Melissa Daniela Viera Menjívar
- Melvin Girón Arévalo
- Meybelin Mendoza
- Michelle Alexandra Madrid
- Michelle Zablah Handal
- Miguel Ángel Flores Rivas
- Miguel Aurelio Batres
- Milton Iván Fajardo
- Milton Moisés Escobar Martínez
- Mirna Hernández Urías
- Mirna Marisol Orantes de Rodríguez
- Morena Haydée Rauda Benítez
N: 19 names
- Nadia Simán Portillo
- Nancy Aracely Coto Escobar
- Nancy Mariela Ortiz Valencia
- Nancy Nayeli Landaverde Barrera
- Natanael Rivas
- Nathaly Abigail Posada
- Nathaly Nicole Pérez
- Nathaly Padilla Menjívar
- Natividad Alvarenga Chávez
N, continued
- Nelson Enrique Ortiz Mena
- Nelson Ulises Pérez Guzmán
- Nicolás Panameño Benítez
- Nicole Ramos Valle
- Nidia Ayala Álvarez
- Nohemy Ventura Pérez
- Norma Medrano de Mata
- Norma Tamayo Flamenco
- Norman Granados Guardado
- Nubia Henríquez Guardado
O: 7 names
- Ofelia Sánchez Alvarenga
- Orbelina Mejía de Sibrián
- Óscar Armando García Guardado
- Óscar Handal Ramírez
- Osmar Palacios Guardado
- Oswaldo Eliseo Mira Arteaga
- Otoniel Santos
P: 5 names
- Pablo Maldonado Cortez
- Paola Dayana Paniagua Velásquez
- Pastora Cartagena Pérez
- Pedro Inocente Canjura
- Pilar Guevara Rivera
R: 32 names
- Ramiro Melara Ibarra
- Ramona Quintanilla Dubón
- Raúl Arnoldo Franco
- Raúl Evelio González
- Rebeca Margarita Portillo Parada
- Reina Dolores Polanco de Castro
- Reina Isabel Galdámez Molina
- Reina Luz Navarro de Salguero
- René Noé Huezo Hernández
- René Ramón Rivas Guardado
R, continued
- René Vidal Ramírez Merino
- Reynaldo Majano Argueta
- Ricardo Leonel Serrano Castro
- Roberto Hasbún Castro
- Roberto Lisandro Tamayo Lizama
- Rodrigo Sosa Larios
- Roger Melara Crespín
- Roger Orellana
- Ronald Aarón Melara Alvarenga
- Rony Gálvez
- Rony García Luna
R, continued
- Rosa Beatriz Menjívar Colindres
- Rosa Consuelo Aguilar Ramos
- Rosa Dolores Zavala de Mira
- Rosa Elvira Menjívar Galdámez
- Rosa Lidia Meléndez Castillo
- Rosa María Solís Landaverde
- Rosa Marlene Rodríguez de Callejas
- Rosario Hernández Hércules
- Rosendo Lazo Orellana
- Roxana Calderón de Liévano
- Rutilio Membreño Rosales
S: 26 names
- Samira Bahaia Dada
- Samuel Giovanni Vásquez Cañas
- Sandra Elizabeth Navarro Rodríguez
- Sara Cecilia Orellana
- Sara Samour Molina
- Sara Yaneth Lemus de Umanzor
- Saraí Quintanilla
- Sebastiana Landaverde Mixco
- Sigfredo Peña Landaverde
- Silverio López Galdámez
- Silvia Eugenia Montano
- Simeón Guillén Ruano
- Sofía Magaly Melara Lovo
S, continued
- Sofía Stefany Bautista Contreras
- Sonia Elizabeth Rivera Argueta
- Sonia Otilia Cruz
- Sonia Otilia Sánchez Romero
- Sonia Rubidia Bonilla de Gálvez
- Soraya Daboub Samour
- Stanley Córdova
- Stephanie Damaris Figueroa Najarro
- Stephanie Orellana
- Steven Fabricio Bermúdez
- Steven Otoniel Guzmán Maldonado
- Sulma Turcios Centeno
- Susana Rugamas de Figueroa
T: 12 names
- Tania Esmeralda Monge Echeverría
- Tatiana Dalila Cruz Quintanilla
- Tatiana Marisol Olmedo Urquilla
- Telma Durán Guzmán
- Teodoro Ventura Interiano
- Teresa de los Ángeles Vaquerano de Zelaya
- Teresa Dinora Godínez de Navarro
- Teresa Handal Menjívar
- Teresa Ruth Blanco
- Timoteo Alfaro Amaya
- Tomás Santos Ayala
- Tránsito Rivas Romero
V: 13 names
- Valeria Abigail Vega Zelaya
- Valeria Griselda Vides
- Valeria Maricela Rodríguez Quintanilla
- Vanessa Lissette Serrano Díaz
- Verónica Marcela Hernández Claros
- Vicenta Ruano Quintanilla
- Víctor Manuel Machado Centeno
- Víctor Safie Nasser
- Víctor Tulio Contreras
- Vilma de la Paz Posada Caballero
- Vilma Lissette Orellana
- Violeta Juárez Góchez
- Virginia Reyes Vigil
W: 6 names
- Walter Alemán Guzmán
- Wendy Ramos Bonilla
- Wilber López Valle
- William Núñez Ventura
- Wilson Ezequiel Claros Bonilla
- Wilson Javier Bernal Cabrera
X: 3 names
- Xiomara Azucena Tobar Duarte
- Xiomara Esmeralda Mejía
- Xiomara Eunice Santos Orellana
Y: 11 names
- Yancy Cisneros
- Yancy Recinos Osorio
- Yanira Campos de López
- Yanira Villacorta Gómez
- Yasmín Giacomán Alvarenga
- Yesenia Chacón de Vides
- Yesenia Vega Barillas
- Yolanda Celina Escobar
- Yolanda Deras Torres
- Yonatan Ascencio Rodas
- Yusef Zablah Giacomán