85%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Basque Pronounced Pron. neh-KA-neh [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "sorrows" in Basque. It is an equivalent of Dolores, coined by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names. PopularityDetails Last ranked #430 in 2010 Spain (by decade) Categories feelings, grief, sadness