Consuelo (name)

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).

People with the name include:

• Consuelo Yznaga, Duchess of Manchester (1858–1909)[1]
• Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough (1877–1964), a member of the 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
• Consuelo Silva, Texas-born singer in the Mexican ranchera genre
• Baby Consuelo, Brazilian performer and composer
• Consuelo Mack, Journalist

One of the female ensemble characters in West Side Story is called Consuelo.