ABERRIAfBasque (Rare, Archaic) Coined in the 19th century, this name means "fatherland; homeland". It was in use until 1939. After the Spanish Civil War, however, women answering to Aberria were forced to change their name due to its "conflict-laden meaning".
AGERmBasque Famous bearer of this name is Spanish professional footballer Ager Aketxe.
AGERKUNDEfBasque (Rare) Derived from Basque agerkunde "appearance, apparition; revelation; Epiphany", Agerkunde is the Basque equivalent of Spanish Epifanía and French Épiphanie (compare also English Epiphany).
AGERNEfBasque (Modern, Rare) Derived from Basque agertu "to reveal; to appear", this name is a fairly recent coinage (most likely by Sabino Arana) intended as a variant of Agerkunde.
AGINARTEfBasque (Rare) Taken from the name of an ancient monastery near Ihabar (in the general area of Navarre). This monastery doesn't exist anymore, however it is known that García Sánchez III of Navarre made a donation to it in 1025.
AGIRIfBasque (Rare) Taken from the name of an ancient village that disappeared around the 1300s. Today, Agiri is the name of a mountain peak.
AGIRREfBasque From the name of a town in the Basque region of Spain.
AHUÑAfBasque (Rare), Basque Mythology From the name of a mountain in the Basque region of Spain whose Basque name Ahuñamendi is derived from Basque ahuña "small goat" and mendi "mountain".... [more]
AIAfBasque (Rare) From the name of a town in the Basque region of Spain.
AITZOLmBasque Used by the Basque writer and Catholic priest José de Ariztimuño Olaso (1896-1936), who was killed by the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Aitzol was a pseudonym possibly taken from letters in his surname, (A)r(iz)timuño (Ol)aso; or perhaps Aitzol came from the hypothetical Basque place name h(aitz ol)a meaning "quarry, stonemason's workshop" from the words haitz "rock, stone" and ola "workplace, factory".
AITZURIAGAfBasque From the name of a little village near Lizoain (in the general area of Navarre) that disappeared shortly after the 13th century.
AIZAfBasque (Rare), Medieval Basque Feminine form of Aizo, first recorded in Leire in 1127. Its (rare) modern usage might occasionally be influenced by the surname Aiza, meaning "cliff" or "rock" in Basque.
ALBIAfBasque, Spanish (Latin American) Taken from the name of a grotto in the Aralar Range in the Basque Mountains where a dolmen was discovered in 1915, as well as from the name of a suburb of Bilbao where Sabino Arana Goiri was born. Goiri was a writer, creator of the Basque flag, founder of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and is generally considered "the father of Basque nationalism".
AMUNAfBasque, Medieval Basque Medieval Basque name of unknown origin and meaning common in Navarre, where it was first recorded in 1033, and in Alava, where it was first recorded in 932.
ATERBEfBasque Derived from Basque aterbe/aterpe "shelter; refuge", this name is sometimes understood as a Basque equivalent to Spanish Amparo.... [more]
AURIAfAncient Roman, Basque Means "golden" in Latin. From the Latin aurum 'gold'. See: Aurelia. The gens Auria was a Roman family at Larinum in southern Italy, known chiefly from Cicero's oration, 'Pro Cluentio'.
BAKENEfBasque (Modern, Rare) Female name coined by Sabino Arana Goiri who derived it from the Basque word bake meaning "peace". It is sometimes understood as a Basque equivalent of Irene.
BEGOÑAfSpanish, Basque A shortened form of the title Nuestra Señora de Begoña (“Our Lady of Begoña”), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, ultimately from the place name Begoña.
BELTZANEfBasque Derived from the Basque adjective beltz "black; dark" in combination with the feminine name suffix -ne.
ERRUKIAfBasque (Rare) Derived from Basque erruki "mercy; compassion; sympathy", this name is used as one of the Basque equivalents to Spanish Piedad.... [more]
EUNATEfBasque From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain where there is a Romanesque church dedicated to the Virgin Mary (the Church of Santa María de Eunate), located on the Way of St. James, a Catholic pilgrimage route.
IBÓNmBasque Ibón is the Aragonese term for small mountain lakes of glacial origin in the Pyrenees, generally above 2,000 m. Ibón stems from the Basque word ibai (river), which originally designated hot springs.
IZADIfBasque Derived from Basque izadi "nature; forest".
IZARAfBasque (Rare), French (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare) In the Basque country and French-speaking areas, this name is now generally considered a variant of Izar and Izarra. There is, however, another theory which derives Izara from izar, the Pyrenean French cognate of French isard "chamois".... [more]
IZASKUNfBasque From the name of a Basque village where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary, possibly meaning "broom above (the) valley" from Proto-Basque izatz "broom (shrub)", k "above" and un "valley"... [more]
IZEImBasque Directly taken from Basque izei "fir tree".