Consuelo is a female given name meaning "solace" or "consolation" in Spanish (a reference to Mary, mother of Jesus, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo i.e.

Our Lady of Consolation Our Lady of Consolation or ''Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted'' (Latin: ) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It dates back to the second century and is one of her earliest Marian titles of honor. The title ''Comforter of the ...

Notable people named Consuelo

* Baby Consuelo, Brazilian performer and composer * Consuelo Crespi (1928–2010), American-born Italian countess and editor of ''Italian Vogue'' * Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901–1979), wife of novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry * Consuelo Hernández (born c. 1952), Colombian/American poet and writer *

Consuelo Mack Consuelo Mack (née Cotter, born 30 November 1949 in New York, New York) is an American business news journalist and host of ''WealthTrack'', a news program presented by WLIW-TV in New York City, distributed by American Public Television, and air ...

, journalist *

Consuelo Moreno-López A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has lived to or passed their 110th birthday. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Anderson ''et al.'' concluded that supercentenarians live a life t ...

(1893–2004), a supercentenarian *

Consuelo Portela Audet Consuelo Portela Audet (1885–1959), commonly called La Bella Chelito and La Chelito, was a Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer from the early 20th-century, and a theater business owner. She was a pioneer in the genre of picaresque cuplé. Biogra ...

(1885–1959), Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer *

Consuelo Silva Chelo (Consuelo Silva) was a popular singer of Mexican bolero music who had a long career, spanning from the 1930s to the 1980s. She was born in 1922. She belongs to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early life She was born in Brownsville, Texas, ...

, Texas-born singer in the Mexican ranchera genre *

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 marriag ...

, Duchess of Marlborough (1877–1964), a member of the Vanderbilt family *

Consuelo Velázquez Consuelo Velázquez Torres (August 21, 1916 in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco – January 22, 2005, Mexico City), also popularly known as Consuelito Velázquez, was a Mexican concert pianist and composer. She was the composer of famous Mexican ballads ...

(c. 1916 – 2005), Mexican songwriter *

Consuelo Yznaga, Duchess of Manchester Consuelo Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (1853 – 20 November 1909), née María Francisca de la Consolación "Consuelo" Yznaga (also spelled Iznaga by some sources), was a Cuban American heiress who married George, Viscount Mandeville, in ...

(1858–1909)

Fictional characters

* Consuelo, mother of the protagonist in '' Nahuel and the Magic Book'' * Consuelo, member of the ensemble in ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid- ...

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