Ainara
Borrowed from Basque Ainara, itself from ainara (“swallow”), a variant of enara.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
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Ainhoa
Borrowed from Basque Ainhoa. Shortened from Virgen de Ainhoa (“Virgin of Ainhoa”), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, from the place name Ainhoa.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aitor
Borrowed from Basque Aitor, coined by Agosti Xaho.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Aketx
From Basque aketz (male boar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends X
Aketza
From a male given name from Aketx, in turn, derived from Basque aketz (male boar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Amaia
From Spanish Amaya, coined by Francisco Navarro Villoslada from Basque amai (“ending”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Amaya
Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”). Originally coined by Francisco…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Arantxa
Borrowed from Basque Arantxa.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Eder
From Basque Eder.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Eñaut
From Basque Arnaut.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Galder
From Basque galdera (“question”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Iñaki
Borrowed from Basque Iñaki, corresponding to Spanish Ignacio. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰγνάτιος (Ignátios). Coined by Sabino Arana, from Latin Ignatius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Ioritz
Alternate form of Joritz, in turn derived from Basque iori (abundant, rich).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Javier
Borrowed from Basque Xabier, ultimately from Basque etxeberria (“the new house”). a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque], equivalent to English Xavier
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Joritz
Derived from Basque iori (abundant, rich).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Ksawery
Borrowed from Latin Xaverius, borrowed from Basque Xabier, from etxe + berri.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Maite
Borrowed from Basque Maite.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Mikel
Borrowed from Basque Mikel. Borrowed from Latin Michael.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Nekane
Borrowed from Basque Nekane.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Sancho
Borrowed from Spanish Sancho. Borrowed from Basque Santxo. Alternatively, possibly from the Late Latin Sānctius, from Latin sānctus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Xavier
Toponymic surname of a 16th-century saint born in the Kingdom of Navarre, Francis de Xavier, from a place name in the Kingdom of Navarre, originally from Basque Xabier. Doublet…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R