Behind the Name: Comments for the name Arantxa

Comments for ARANTXA:

It is a short form of the Basque name "Arantzazu". Anyway, the meaning remains the same. It makes reference to the Virgin of the bush. [noted -ed]

-- Sephaerdie 12/6/2004

Famous bearer: tennis player Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (b. 1971).

-- alberto 12/10/2004

It comes from a legend, where a shepherd who was looking for a stray sheep found a figure of the Virgin Mary amongst some thorned bushes. Surprised, he exclaimed "Arantzan zu?" -'You, amongst the thorns?'-

-- Airienn 9/25/2007

Pronounced ah-RAHNT-shah.

-- erb816 5/11/2009

A Spanish woman I knew pronounced Arantxa something like a-RAN-cha. We (English speakers) always had difficulty pronouncing it the way she and her Spanish friends did.

-- Anonymous User 11/19/2009

Arantxa Rus (b. 1990) is a Dutch tennis player.

-- overtheclouds 10/1/2012

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