Consuelo (name)
Consuelo is a female given name meaning "solace" or "consolation" in Spanish (a reference to the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo i.e. Our Lady of Consolation). [1] It is sometimes misspelled as "Consuela" in the English-speaking world. People with the name include:
- Consuelo Yznaga, Duchess of Manchester (1858–1909)[2]
- Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877–1964), member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family
- Consuelo Moreno-López (1893–2004), a supercentenarian
- Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901–1979), wife of novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Consuelo Velázquez (c. 1916 – 2005), Mexican songwriter
- Consuelo Crespi (1928–2010), American-born Italian countess and editor of Italian Vogue
- Consuelo Hernández (born c. 1952), Colombian/American poet and writer
- Consuelo Silva, Texas-born singer in the Mexican ranchera genre
- Baby Consuelo, Brazilian performer and composer
- Consuelo Mack, Journalist
References
- ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/consuelo
- ↑ "LORD MANDEVILLE'S WEDDING". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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