Consuelo

Consuelo is a female given name meaning "solace", "hope" and "consolation" in Spanish (a reference to the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo i.e. Our Lady of Consolation). It is sometimes misspelled as "Consuela" in the English-speaking world. People with the name include:

  • Consuelo Yznaga del Valle, Duchess of Manchester (1858–1909)
  • 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.
  • Baby Consuelo, Brazilian performer and composer

In the arts:

  • Consuelo (novel), a novel by George Sand
  • "Consuelo," a song by Belle and Sebastian from their 2002 album Storytelling
  • Consuela, a character in Family Guy
  • "Coneseula" a song by T.Rex - written by Marc Bolan.

A place:

  • Consuelo, San Pedro de Macorís, a municipality in the San Pedro de Macorís province of the Dominican Republic

Famous quotes containing the word consuelo:

    Time is strange. A moment can be as short as a breath, or as long as eternity.
    Ardel Wray, and Edward Dien. Jacques Tourneur. Cemetery Gatekeeper, The Leopard Man, talking to Consuelo (1943)