In Hispanic cultures, devotion to the Virgin Mary has left a distinctive mark on women’s names. Many names—Pilar, Camino, Socorro, Amparo, Consuelo, Angustias, Dolores, or Remedios (Pillar, Path, Help, Protection, Comfort, Sorrows or Remedies)—come from Marian titles and invocations that gradually moved from churches and religious imagery into everyday life. To someone outside the Hispanic world, these names can sound unusual, even mysterious, because they began as ordinary words rather than…