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The earliest documented Basque surnames occur on Aquitanian inscriptions from the time of the Roman conquest of Hispania and Gallia Aquitania.For the most part these can be easily identified with modern or medieval Basque surnames, for example ENNECONIS (the personal name Eneko plus the Latin genitive ending -IS, stem augmented by -N) > Enekoitz.
Iñaki, a neologism created by Sabino Arana meaning Ignatius, to be a Basque name analog to "Ignacio" in Spanish, "Ignace" in French, and "Ignazio" in Italian, and an alternative to the names Eneko and Iñigo. [7] Javier, from a placename possibly derived from Basque etxe berri, meaning 'new house' or 'new home'. [8]
On the basis of that putative root, Arana proposed the name Euzkadi for an independent Basque nation, composed of seven Basque historical territories. Arana's neologism Euzkadi (in the regularized spelling Euskadi) is still widely used in both Basque and Spanish since it is now the official name of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country ...
In current Basque Basque land, originally meaning Basque-race land. The term was created as “Euzkadi” by Sabino Arana in the late 19th century, [ 11 ] who felt that “Euskalerria”, “Vascongadas”, “Vasconia” or other terms did not properly reflect the idea of separate Basque race identity [ 12 ] and the ensuing distinctive ...
Recently, Basque names without a direct equivalent in other languages have become popular, e.g. Aitor (a legendary patriarch), Hodei ("cloud"), Iker ("to investigate"), and Amaia ("the end"). Some Basque names without a definable meaning in Spanish are unique to the Basque language, for instance, Eneko, Garikoitz, Urtzi.
Ochoa (Basque: Otxoa or Otsoa) is a Spanish [1] surname of Basque origin common throughout Spain, France, the Americas, and the Philippines.It is a surname of patronymic origin; it was originally a given name in Medieval Spain.
It may have been a Basque surname "Gaztea" which later was Castilianized in the medieval Kingdom of Castile to become "García".. It is attested since the High Middle Ages north and south of the Pyrenees (Basque Culture Territories), with the surname (and sometimes first name too) thriving, especially in the Kingdom of Navarre, and spreading out to Castile and other Spanish regions.
Unai is a Basque male given name, which means "cowherd". [1] It is one of the most popular first names for boys in the Basque Country. [2] [3] The name may refer to: Spanish football players. Unai Alba (born 1978) Unai Albizua (born 1989) Unai Bilbao (born 1994) Unai Bustinza (born 1992) Unai Elgezabal (born 1993) Unai Emery (born 1971) Unai ...