Hi!! Greetings from Girona, Catalunya!
My name is Joan and is a very common name in my country. I'm a boy, and Joan is a male name in my country. When I travel to UK a lot of people tell me: Ohhh, like Joan Collins!!
Well, In Catalunya you can find a lot of Jordi, Pep, Pau, Pol, Pere for the boys and a lot of Anna, Carme and Maria for the girls. Some surnames like Fuster, Flequer, Pagès refer to professions.
My first surname is Martínez and it tells that my father's family comes from Spain. My second surname, Roca, means rock.
Jonhatan, Jennifer, Joshua, Kevin, Mohamed, Fatima, Manolo, Paco are very popular names of the new catalan people.
In Catalan we have a lot of pet names, like: carinyo, merdufa, bolet... and a lot more!!