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 [ 3 syll. gua-da-lu-pe, gu-adal-upe ] The girl name Guadalupe is also used, though less frequently, as a boy name. It is pronounced GWAADahLUWP or GWAADahLUWPey KEY. Guadalupe's origin is Arabic, and its use, English and Spanish. The name Guadalupe means 'wolf river'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name as a given name. See Guadalupe for more info. Forms of the name include the Spanish names Guada, Guadaloupa, Guadaloupe, Guadalupana, Guadalupi, Guadelupe, Guadolupa, Guadolupe, Lupeta, and Lupina. Other variants of Guadalupe include the Spanish pet form Lupe and the English and Spanish pet form Lupita. Guadalupe is a popular baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only modest use. At the height of its usage in 1997, 0.074% of baby girls were named Guadalupe. It had a ranking of #209 then. The baby name has seen a drop in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #296 with a usage of 0.054%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Although there were times from 1901 to 1910 that Guadalupe was more popular with boys, today it is used more commonly as a girl name. There were 7 times more girls than boys who were named Guadalupe in 2006. Baby names that sound like Guadalupe include the Spanish Guadelupe, the Spanish Guadolupe, the Dutch and French Godelieve, the Spanish Guadaloupe, the Spanish Godeliva, the Spanish Guadalupi, the Spanish Guadolupa, and the Spanish Guadaloupa. KEY: Pronunciation for Guadalupe: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
