Consuelo is a female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
meaning "solace" or "consolation" in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
(a reference to
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo i.e.
Our Lady of Consolation).
Notable people named Consuelo
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Baby Consuelo, Brazilian performer and composer
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Consuelo Crespi (1928–2010), American-born Italian countess and editor of ''Italian Vogue''
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Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901–1979), wife of novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Consuelo Hernández (born c. 1952), Colombian/American poet and writer
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Consuelo Mack, journalist
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Consuelo Moreno-López (1893–2004), a supercentenarian
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Consuelo Portela Audet (1885–1959), Cuban-born Spanish
cuplé
The cuplé was a popular risqué Spanish theatre song style in the late years of the 19th century. From 1893–1911 the songs were a feature of the "género ínfimo" (lowest type) cabaret theatre sung by solo female singers, or men in drag, and a ...
singer
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Consuelo Silva, Texas-born singer in the Mexican ranchera genre
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Consuelo Vanderbilt
Consuelo Vanderbilt-Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt; March 2, 1877 – December 6, 1964) was a socialite and a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. Her first marriage ...
, Duchess of Marlborough (1877–1964), a member of the Vanderbilt family
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Consuelo Velázquez (c. 1916 – 2005), Mexican songwriter
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Consuelo Yznaga, Duchess of Manchester (1858–1909)
Fictional characters
* Consuelo, mother of the protagonist in ''
Nahuel and the Magic Book
''Nahuel and the Magic Book'' ( es, Nahuel y el Libro Mágico) is a 2020 Chilean-Brazilian animated fantasy-adventure coming-of-age film produced by Carburadores, co-produced by Chilean Punkrobot Studios and Brazilian Levante Films and directed ...
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* Consuelo, member of the ensemble in ''
West Side Story
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Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...
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References
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Spanish feminine given names