A hypocoristic is a pet name or term of endearment. In the context of people's given names, they are sometimes also referred to as a diminutive, a nickname, a pet name or "short for...". As in "Tony" is short for Antonio.
This page will collect hypocoristics for Spanish given names, from anywhere that the Spanish language is spoken. Almost any Spanish name can have a hypocoristic formed by adding/changing the ending to '-ito' for male names and '-ita' for female names. (This list will tend to exclude these more obvious hypocoristics and focus on other kinds.)
Note 1: Some names have more than one hypocoristic.
Note 2: In Spanish, double names or compounds (e.g. José María) can have their own hypocoristics distinct from those for the individual parts (e.g. Chema for José María, but Pepe for José and Mary for María).
Male names marked with m, female names with f.
- Ale for Alejandra f
- Alex for Alejandro m
- Beto for Roberto, or Alberto m
- Bea for Beatriz f
- Bety for Beatriz f
- Cacho for Carlos m
- Camucha for Carmen f
- Carmela for Carmen f
- Carmelina for Carmen f
- Carmencho for Carmen f
- Carmenchu for Carmen f
- Carmenza for Carmen f
- Carmita for Carmen f
- Carmucha for Carmen f
- Caty for Catalina f
- Chabela for Isabel f
- Charo for Rosario f
- Chava for Salvador
- Cheché for José m
- Checo for Sergio m
- Chela for Graciela, Marcela f
- Chelo for Consuelo f
- Chema for José María m
- Chente for Vicente m
- Cheo for José m
- Chendo for Rosendo m
- Chepa for Josefa f
- Chía for Lucía f
- Chicho for Francisco m
- Chío for Cecilio m
- Chucho for Jesús m
- Chuy for Jesús m
- Cony for Concepción f
- Concha for Concepción f (NB: in some places, 'concha' is slang for vagina)
- Cunshi for Concepción f
- Curro for Francisco m
- Ely for Elisabeth f
- Fito for Adolfo m
- Fucho for Rafael m
- Gabi for Gabriel m, Gabriela f
- Goyo for Gregorio m
- Jashi for Jacinto m, Jacinta f
- Juancho for Juan José m
- Lalo for Eduardo m
- Lety for Leticia f
- Lola for Dolores f
- Lulú for Lourdes f
- Lupe for Guadalupe f
- 'Maité or Mayte for María Teresa f
- Malena for María Elena f
- Manolo for Manuel m
- Maribel for María Isabel f
- Mary for María f
- Mecha for Mercedes f
- Memo for Guillermo m
- Merche for Mercedes f
- Moncho for Ramón m
- Nacho for Ignacio m
- Nando for Fernando m
- Neto for Ernesto m
- Nines for Ángeles f
- Oché for Rafael José m
- Paco for Francisco m
- Pancho for Francisco m
- Paquita for Francisca f
- Pepe for José m
- Perico for Pedro m
- Pili for Pilar f
- Pina for Josefa f
- Pita for Guadalupe f
- Poncho for Alfonso m
- Quique for Enrique m
- Quico for Francisco m
- Rulo for Raúl m
- Tina for Agustina, Cristina, Ernestina, Florentina, Valentina etc. f
- Tony for Antonio m
- Toño for Antonio m
- Toya for Victoria f
- Vicky for Victoria f
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