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".
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").
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").
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.