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Basque Masculine Names

The names listed here are used in the Basque Country (northern Spain and southern France).

AINGERU   m   Basque
Basque form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

AITOR   m   Basque
Possibly means "good fathers" from Basque aita "father" and on "good"... [more]

ALESANDER   m   Basque
Basque form of ALEXANDER

AMETS   m & f   Basque
Means "dream" in Basque.

ANDER   m   Basque
Basque form of ANDREW

ANDONI   m   Basque
Basque form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTTON   m   Basque
Basque form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARGI   m   Basque
Means "light" in Basque.

ARGIDER   m   Basque
Derived from Basque argi "light" and eder "beautiful".

ARKAITZ   m   Basque
Means "rock" in Basque.

ARRATS   m   Basque
Means "afternoon, dusk" in Basque.

BAKAR   m   Basque
Means "alone" in Basque.

BALENDIN   m   Basque
Basque form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

BASAJAUN   m   Basque
Means "lord of the woods" from Basque baso "woods" and jaun "lord"... [more]

BEÑAT   m   Basque
Basque form of BERNARD

BIKENDI   m   Basque
Basque form of VINCENT

BITTOR   m   Basque
Basque form of VICTOR

DANEL   m   Basque
Basque form of DANIEL

EDER (2)   m   Basque
Means "handsome, beautiful" in Basque.

EDORTA   m   Basque
Basque form of EDWARD

EDUR   m   Basque
Means "snow" in Basque... [more]

EGUZKI   m   Basque
Means "sun" in Basque.

EKAIN   m   Basque
Means "June (the month)" in Basque.

EKAITZ   m   Basque
Means "storm" in Basque.

ENDIKA   m   Basque
Basque form of HENRY

ENEKO   m   Basque
Possibly derived from the old Basque name Ennecus (of unknown meaning)... [more]

ERLANTZ   m   Basque
Means "glow, shine" in Basque.

ERRAMUN   m   Basque
Basque form of RAYMOND

ESTEBE   m   Basque
Basque form of STEPHEN

EZTEBE   m   Basque
Basque form of STEPHEN

FRANTZISKO   m   Basque
Basque form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

GAIZKA   m   Basque
Means "saviour" in Basque.

GANIX   m   Basque
Basque form of JOHN

GARAILE   m   Basque
Means "victor" in Basque.

GORKA   m   Basque
Basque form of GEORGE

GOTZON   m   Basque
Means "angel" in Basque.

GURUTZ   m   Basque
Means "cross" in Basque.

GUTXI   m   Basque
Possibly means "little" in Basque.

HARKAITZ   m   Basque
Variant of ARKAITZ

HODEI   m   Basque
Means "cloud" in Basque.

IGON   m   Basque
Means "ascension" in Basque.

IKER   m   Basque
Means "visitation" in Basque... [more]

IMANOL   m   Basque
Basque form of EMMANUEL

IÑAKI   m   Basque
Basque form of IGNATIUS

ION   m   Basque, Romanian
Basque and Romanian form of JOHN

ITZAL   m   Basque
Means "shadow" in Basque.

IZOTZ   m   Basque
Means "ice" in Basque.

JAKES   m   Basque
Basque form of JACOB (or JAMES).

JOKIN   m   Basque
Basque form of JOACHIM

JON (1)   m   Scandinavian, Basque
Scandinavian and Basque form of JOHN

JOSEBA   m   Basque
Basque form of JOSEPH

JOSEPE   m   Basque
Basque form of JOSEPH

JOSU   m   Basque
Basque form of JESUS

JULEN   m   Basque
Basque form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

KEMEN   m   Basque
Means "courage, vigour" in Basque.

KEPA   m   Basque
Basque form of CEPHAS

KERMAN   m   Basque
Basque form of Germanus (see GERMAIN).

KOLDO   m   Basque
Short form of KOLDOBIKA

KOLDOBIKA   m   Basque
Basque form of LOUIS

LUKEN   m   Basque
Basque form of Lucianus (see LUCIAN).

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARKEL   m   Basque
Basque form of Martialis (see MARTIAL).

MARKO   m   Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Finnish, Basque
Cognate of MARK

MARTZEL   m   Basque
Basque form of MARCELLUS

MATIA   m   Basque
Basque form of MATTHEW

MATTIN   m   Basque
Basque form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MATXIN   m   Basque
Basque diminutive of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MIKEL   m   Basque
Basque form of MICHAEL

MITXEL   m   Basque
Basque form of MICHAEL

NIKOLA (1)   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Basque
Cognate of NICHOLAS

OROITZ   m   Basque
Means "memory" in Basque.

ORTZI   m   Basque
Means "sky" in Basque.

PATXI   m   Basque
Basque form of FRANCIS

PEIO   m   Basque
Basque form of PETER

PERU   m   Basque
Basque form of PETER

SENDOA   m   Basque
Means "strong" in Basque.

TXOMIN   m   Basque
Basque form of DOMINIC

UNAI   m   Basque
Means "cowherd" in Basque.

XABIER   m   Basque, Galician
Basque and Galician form of XAVIER

XANTI   m   Basque
Basque form of SANTIAGO

XIMUN   m   Basque
Basque form of SIMON

ZERU   m   Basque
Means "sky" in Basque.

ZIGOR   m   Basque
Means "punishment" in Basque.

ZORION   m & f   Basque
Means "happiness" in Basque.

ZUZEN   m   Basque
Means "just, fair" in Basque.

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