Guanche Submitted Names

Guanche names are used by the indigenous Guanche people of the Canary Islands.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Aberbequeye m Guanche
From Guanche *aberəwwi-keyyă, meaning "dented skull".

Abian m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
From Guanche *abbian, meaning "thief". This was the name of a pre-Hispanic warrior from Telde (Gran Canaria) who was known for stealing cattle.

Acaime m Guanche
From Guanche *akăyəm, meaning "small".

Acaimo m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian, Rare)
Variant of Acaime.

Acaymo m Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Variant of Acaime.

Adargoma m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian, Rare)
Derived from Guanche *addar-guma "backs like cliffs".

Adassa f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
From Guanche *sseḍs, meaning "laughter".

Adejare m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *adăɣar "favourite".

Adisoda f Guanche
From Guanche *adis-uda, meaning "satisfied belly" (stopped giving birth). This was recorded as the name of a 30-year-old Guanche woman who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Adxoña m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *aḍəhuni "strong man" or "proud man".

Afche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *afššeš "big-headed".

Afur m Guanche
Derived from Latin *fŭrnus "kiln".

Agacensie m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *ag ăsănsĭhe or *ag ăsănsĭhu, meaning "son of hospitality".

Agalaf m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *agalaf, meaning "hidden".

Aganeye m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *azgan-ey, meaning "one-armed".

Agarfú m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *agărăffu, meaning "knelt; bowed".

Aguabanahizan m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *awabanahizan, meaning "son of the climber".

Aguaboregue m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *awaboreg, meaning "son of the proud".

Aguachiche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awašîš, meaning "son of brightness".

Aguacoromos m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awakoromos, meaning "son of the wrinkled".

Agualeche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awaleš, meaning "committed; upright; telling".

Aguamuge m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awamuh, meaning "son of the mumbling".

Aguanahuche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awanaɣuš, meaning "son of the cutter".

Aja m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *axxa, meaning "enormous animal".

Alby m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *alby, meaning "colossus, giant". Alternatively, it might be a corruption of Mahy.

Altahaý m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *altăɣ, meaning "favorite".

Altini m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *allətin, meaning "moles, birth marks".

Amaluige m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *amalwi, meaning "exhausted man".

Aniagua f Guanche
Variant of Hañagua.

Aregoma f Guanche
From Guanche *arəgum, meaning "pronounces sentences".

Attagares f Guanche
From Guanche *hata-tagarest, meaning "here is the frost". This was recorded as the name of a 5-year-old Guanche girl from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Attanatda f Guanche
From Guanche *hata-tanaṭda, meaning "here is the (personified) authority". This was recorded as the name of a 35-year-old Guanche woman from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Attidamana f Guanche
From Guanche *atti-idamman, meaning "transmits legacy". This was the name of Gumidafe's wife.

Azemeyeguegua f Guanche
From Guanche *aẓămăy-əgiwa, meaning "sutures wounds" (literally "cut-sewer"). This was recorded as the name of a 30-year-old Guanche woman from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Chabuta f Guanche
From Guanche *tabuḍt, meaning "navel". This was recorded as the name of a 12-year-old Guanche girl from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1495.

Chanona f Guanche (Rare)
Feminine form of Guañon.

Cobura f Guanche
From Guanche *kăbūr, meaning "swaying" (literally "slow jog"). This was recorded as the name of a 10-year-old Guanche girl from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1495.

Collarampa f Guanche
From Guanche *kuyya-ar-affaw, meaning "Venus (planet)" (literally "vertex down to dawn").

Dalios m Guanche

Felgeda f Guanche
From Guanche *fəlɣăd-(a), meaning "clear-headed". This was the name of a woman who was baptized in Seville around 1427.

Gara f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Derived from Guanche *gar "height", and taken from place name Garajonay. According to an unattested local legend, Gara and Jonay were a pair of young Guanche lovers who died together in a joint suicide at Garajonay peak.

Gazmira f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
From Guanche *gazmir, meaning "reed".

Guañon m Guanche
From Guanche *wahnūn, meaning "well-mannered one".

Guayanfanta f Guanche
From Guanche *wayya-n-fanṭaz, meaning "proud" (literally "spirit of vanity").

Gumidafe m Guanche
From Guanche *gummăḍ-axf, meaning "hunchback" (literally "deformed head"). This was the name of a Guanche warrior from Gran Canaria.

Huertaya f Guanche
From Guanche *wər-tayyat, meaning "without support". This was recorded as the name of a 12-year-old Guanche girl from La Palma who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1497.

Ico f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
From Guanche *iqqu, meaning "paleness" (literally "nausea").

Itaiza m Guanche

Janequa f Guanche (Rare)
From Guanche *jəneqa, meaning "hopeless". This was recorded as the name of a 9-year-old Guanche girl from La Palma who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Madaya f Guanche, Berber (Archaic)
From Guanche *madăyya, meaning "beautiful thing to see". Besides the Canary Islands, this name was also used in Northern Africa.

Mati f Guanche
From Guanche *măttəy, meaning "wanders". This was recorded as the name of a 7-year-old Guanche girl from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1495.

Mídeno m Guanche (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Mídeno.

Orchena f Guanche
From Guanche *oršena, meaning "young woman". This was the name of Tenesoya's maid.

Ramagua f Guanche
From Guanche *ramag, meaning "thunder".

Tagayacte f Guanche (Rare)
From Guanche *tagayakt, meaning "farmer". This was recorded as the name of a 22-year-old Guanche woman who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Tamonante f Guanche
From Guanche *tamannant, meaning "woman who knows to read" (literally "she who spells"). Tamonante was the daughter of Tibiabin, a priestess.

Tazaguisa f Guanche
From Guanche *tazagzaw, meaning "immature" (literally "green"). This was the name of a woman who was baptized in Seville around 1427.

Tazirga f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian, Rare)
From Guanche *tazirga, meaning "she who leads to the water".

Tenefira f Guanche
From Guanche *tenăfirah, meaning "huffs". This was the name of a woman who was baptized in Seville around 1427.

Teneriste f Guanche
From Guanche *tennerist, meaning "she rests". This was the name of a woman who was baptized in Seville around 1427.

Tentagays f Guanche (Rare)
From Guanche *te-n-tagayəst, meaning "great bustard". This was recorded as the name of a 20-year-old Guanche woman who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Tibiabin f Guanche
From Guanche *tibəyt-abən, meaning "prayer". In Guanche folklore, this was the name of Tamonante's mother.

Tinabuna f Guanche (Rare)
From Guanche *ti-n-abuna, meaning "beautiful" (literally "goodness").

Tindara f Guanche
From Guanche *te-n-dara, meaning "she from the small village".

Tinguafaya f Guanche (Rare)
From Guanche *ti-n-ggafayah, meaning "climber".

Tinguaro m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Derived from Guanche *ti-n-əgraw, meaning "meeting cave". Alternatively, it may be derived from *ti-n-ahwaru "first one's land".

Tinizara f Guanche (Rare)
From Guanche *tinzar, meaning "promontories" (literally "noses").

Yballa f Guanche
Variant of Iballa.

Yco f Guanche
Variant of Ico 2.

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