Editing Spanish naming customs (section)

==== Galician given names and nicknames ====
Some common Galician names are:<ref>{{cite book|last=Feixó Cid|first=Xosé|title=Dicionario Galego dos Nomes|year=2003|publisher=Xerais|isbn=978-84-9782-052-3|language=gl}}</ref>

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* ''Afonso'' [m]: nicknames ''Fonso'', ''Pocho''.
* ''Alberte'' [m] ''Alberta'' [f]: ''Berto'', ''Berta''.
* ''Alexandre'' [m]: ''Xandre'', ''Álex''.
* ''Anxo'' [m]: ''Xeluco''.
* ''Antón'' [m], ''Antía'' [f]: ''Tonecho''.
* ''Artai'' [m].
* ''Brandán'' [m], ''Brenda'' [f] (Celtic origin, "distinguished warrior)
* ''Baldomero'' [m]: ''Mero''
* ''Brais'' [m]
* ''[[Breogán]] '' [m] (name of a mythological Galician Celtic warrior).
* ''Carme'' [f]: ''Carmiña'', ''Mela'', ''Carmela'', ''Carmucha'', ''Carmuxa''.
* ''Catarina'' [f]: ''Catuxa''.
* ''Cibrao'',''Cibrán'' [m] (Greek origin meaning "Cypriot")
* ''Edelmiro'', ''Delmiro'' [m]: ''Edel'', ''Miro''.
* ''Erea'' [f] (Greek origin meaning "peace")
* ''Estevo'' [m]
* ''Fernán'' [m]
* ''Francisco'' [m]: ''Farruco'', ''Fran''.
* ''Icía'' [f]
* ''Iago'' [m]
* ''Loaira'' [f] (Galician for "first sun rays that peep through the clouds after the rain")
* ''Lois'' [m]: ''Sito''
* ''Lúa'' [f] (moon)
* ''[[Maeloc]]'' [m] (brythonic origin)
* ''María'' [f]: ''Maruxa'', ''Marica''.
* ''Manuel'', ''Manoel'' [m]: ''Manolo'', ''Lolo''.
* ''Olalla'', ''Baia'' [f]
* ''Paio'' [m]
* ''Paulo'' [m], ''Paula'' [f]
* ''Roi'' [m]
* ''Sabela'' [f]: ''Beluca''
* ''Tareixa'' [m]
* ''Uxío'' [m] ''Uxía'' [f]
* ''Xavier'' [m]
* ''Xacobe'' [m]
* ''Xaquín'' [m]: ''Xocas''.
* ''Xela'' [f]
* ''Xián'' [m]
* ''Xoán'', ''Xan'' [m]
* ''Xosé'' [m]: ''Che'', ''Pepe''.
* ''Xurxo'' [m]
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Nicknames are usually obtained from the end of a given name, or through derivation. Common suffixes include masculine -iño, -ito (as in ''Sito'', from ''Luisito''), -echo (''Tonecho'', from ''Antonecho'') and -uco (''Farruco'', from ''Francisco''); and feminine -iña, -ucha/uxa (''Maruxa'', ''Carmucha'', from ''Maria'' and ''Carme''), -uca (''Beluca'', from ''Isabeluca''), and -ela (''Mela'', from ''Carmela'').