Consuela is a variant of Consuelo — from the Spanish *consuelo* ("consolation, comfort") — a Marian title referring to **Nuestra Señora del Consuelo** (Our Lady of Consolation). **A top-1000 US baby name in the early 20th century in Hispanic communities**. **The name carries deep significance in Catholic devotion across Spain, Mexico, and Latin America — the Virgin of Consolation is the patroness of multiple cities including Sucre (Bolivia) and various Augustinian communities worldwide**. **Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877-1964)** — American-British heiress; her 1895 arranged marriage to the 9th Duke of Marlborough was one of the most-famous transatlantic "dollar princess" matches of the Gilded Age; she later became a campaigner for women's rights and social welfare. **George Sand's novel *Consuelo* (1842-1843)** — a sweeping romance about an 18th-century Venetian opera singer; one of the most-widely-read French novels of the 19th century. **Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901-1979)** — Salvadoran-French writer; wife of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and the inspiration for the rose in *The Little Prince* (1943). **Consuelo Velázquez (1916-2005)** — Mexican composer of "Bésame Mucho" (1940) — one of the most-recorded songs in the history of Latin music.
Featured throughout Hispanic Catholic tradition and Gilded Age history.
Consuela reduces to eight — the number of consolation.