Two of my cousins that are siblings are named Asier(the beginning) and Amaia (the end).

@rwv3n

Ай бұрын

wow i love this!

There's a few very popular names missing in your list. My aunt Begoña would have had something to say. Izaskun is a sister of Amaya and Estíbaliz Uranga and all three sang in the most famous basque group ever (Mocedades ) whose hit song "Eres tú" I'm pretty sure you're familiar with. When the band went their separate ways Estíbaliz formed a duo with her husband and under the name Sergio y Estíbaliz had a few big hits, like " Búscame" or "Volverás." Aranzazu or short Arancha is one of the top Basque names too and was popularized by Arancha Sanchez-Vicario the best Spanish female professional tennis player Spain has ever produced. On a different subject I live in LA too and when traveling north I have often stopped at one of 3 or 4 great Basque restaurants in Bakersfield about 100 miles north of here. The was a special visa category for Basque shepherds and many immigrated into that area. They're excellent!!!

My name, Aranza, got me into the history and culture of the Basque Country. It is a variation of Aranzazú. I believe it is originally written with a t before the z. When I was a child I didn't really like my name, for being different and strong, through the years I've come to love it for its uniqueness, character, and history. It has also been a topic of conversation when I have met people from Sapin.

Hi, I really fell in love with the name Miren 😍 greatings from Sicily! 🌹

I love that because I live on the Isle of Man everyone tells my name is unusual and very pretty! :) There where 3 Amaia’s in my class at school and one of them was my bestie, so my teacher of English gave me my nickname Orma :)

I'm from Iparralde and in my family as well we give everyone a code name 😃 Thanks for your work

My second daughter’s name is Naiara. We have been told that our family’s origins are from the Basque Country, however at some point in time fled Spain and ended up in Cuba, where the name was supposedly changed to “De Cuba”. Later part of the family left to Venezuela, and a part of the family later ended up here in Aruba. The original family name apparently was Levie or Le Vie. We do not know if this story is true, but it sure sounds interesting at least. Anyway, that’s why we named our daughter Naiara. Loved your video and loved the fact that Naiara is your favorite Basque name. ❤️

@zarapapazyan4580

Жыл бұрын

Most probably name Naiara is coming from Armenian Naira or Nairi,country Armenia in ancient bookes sometimes was called land of Nairi

Hi! Maybe someone told you this before, but just in case..😁 My name is Maialen and it's pronounced like Mai-A-len instead of Mai-a-LEN Same with MAI-der instead of mai-DER Hope it's helpfull! Great job!

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Not where my family is from :)

@MaialenAlonsooficial

3 жыл бұрын

This represent me 🤗🤗

Am so enjoying your channel. Thank you for sharing your lovely culture. Keep it up!

Thank you for your presentation I have enjoyed it and the one on last names why they were recommended this morning I have no idea 🤷🏼‍♀️ I have subscribed and I look forward to seeing you again!

I was surprised to hear you were in Elizondo, not many people visit unless they have family. I lived just outside of there for a couple of years. Lovely town. wonderful people. During my wanderings I came across a young girl (16ish) tending bar in what was then the town of Fuenterabbia, now Hondarribia, named Maite. I immediately fell in love with the name especially when she translated it into Spanish for me.

Hi! An "Eider" here. Another version of the origins of this name (because it's not clear it comes from gaelic) is that it's just a variation from "Eder" =beautiful. By the way, Eder is "unisex" name, but Eider is only for girls.

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for adding on! That makes a lot of sense

Heh, it's not easy introducing yourself to English speakers as an Ainhoa, they always be like "... You know what?"

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Oh noooo, I never thought of that but I totally hear it now: "I know a..." That must be so annoying!

@missmcinnes

3 жыл бұрын

In Australian we would hear it as "I know her"

@MISTYEYED.

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO

You are extraordinary...thank you Bea

how cool - love your channel. I actually googled basque first names about 1 month ago.

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence!

What an enlightening video! I thought it was beautiful when you mentioned Mother Mary. And the swallow story to start off spring caught my attention. Every year, swallow bird migrate to St Joseph's basilica. How coincidental! I feel connected to different spiritual walks, and am RH negative. I'm sure you know about that, too. Appreciate the information.

thanks for sharing ane, love your channel; actually my favs from your list either uxue = dove or lorea = flower if i had to give my daughter a basque name i would choose iruna, after the wonderful city (pamplona in spanish) and the restaurant that used to be in harvard square though their actual names, mara and kira, may not need too much modification to sound basque! best wishes from hk

Super cool video. It must have been really difficult to get a short list because there are a lot of cool names in Basque. Perfect explanations of each of them. :)

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I agree that there are some great names. I only talked about the top 25, but people suggested 70+ names.

Ainhoa is very very popular. I know at least 20 Ainhoa's

@-a5330

2 жыл бұрын

I love that name!! In fact I want to save it for a future daughter.

@anaibarangan4908

8 ай бұрын

It is, and I love the names Ainhoa, Amaya. There's other names, because can also be named after the town Iranzazu, near the town of Ainhoa. I love Iranzazu.

omg the WHOLE time i was waiting for Naiara and a bit sad it didn't come up in the top 25. But gladly I stayed until the very end of your video :) I got to know an amazing and inspiring Yoga teacher called Naiara during my time in Zarautz and it really got stuck in my head!

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you stuck around until the end too! And happy to hear I'm not the only one who likes that name :)

@ericapullins6179

3 жыл бұрын

That is my cousin's name ❤

Amaia - Super Interesting! - mmm, 'the end' could it be linked to the idea of 'completion', 'wholeness', also a bit 'holiness', 'perfection' - this relates more to pre-christian women-goddess cults and spring up here and there in some ancient spiritual traditions (kind of uniting all three aspects of feminine trinity + the 'mysterious' 'non-seen' forth aspect, which is 'activated' after culture-specific initiation rituals)... And also sounds a bit close to 'beloved' in Romanic languages - that's super cool #1 name, congrats) #perfect choice

EskerickAsko, for your work preserving our collective memories. Damiana Uberuaga

I had a Basque friend in university called Olatz. Is that a form of Alaitz? Nice video. Some beautiful names here. Thank you.

Hi, this is was so delightful! Thank you. I have to chuckle because I am Cuban or Spanish descent and nicknames for people is very common. Sometimes it can be a bit offensive but only good naturdly. Good job!

You should listen to La Oreja de Van Gogh with Amaia Montero...its one of the most beautiful bands in Spanish

I'm from basque country, and my wife's name is Manttoni (it comes from Miren-Anttoni). The whole family, and friends always abbreviate it to "Man". Sometimes english speakers look at me weird when I call her "Man".

G'Day Thanks so much for this video (and channel) I am in a medieval group (SCA) and we make a medieval persona for ourselves. I chose to make my persona's mother Basque about 20 years abo. I chose her name to be Belladonna deBilbo though she was not from Bilbao but Bayonne and married my Bristol ship builder father sometime mid 15th century. I am so glad of your video as her name is now Maider but known officially by the French and English people ruling the area as Belladonna (Beautiful woman) I am joyful for your video.

@missmcinnes

3 жыл бұрын

Now I just need some boy names for my uncles who were Bayonnese shipwrights

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

@@missmcinnes boy names coming next week!

I miss seeing you, so you have a new channel

Thank you for all of this. I worked in San Sebastian in the early 70's. You remind me forcibly of my gorgeous Basque students and how much I miss them. Especially Maite... my wife pulled me away after a couple of years, otherwise I would still be there!

Two of the names you mentioned became very popular here in Brazil even among people without Basque roots. Maite benefited from being also a Native Tupi name and that of a very famous TV soap opera actress in the 80-90 decades, so it has been mainstream for some 30 years now. But Naiara really surprised me for again it became fashionable without apparent reason some 35 years ago and I thought it African or maybe a contraction of the more common Ana and Yara names. It is usually written Nayara in Brazil and it is the name of a very good young friend of mine. 😊

Very cool channel !! Jaime G Lanz !🙋🏻‍♂️🇲🇽59 years ( Lanz near Navarra)

Loved Itxaso, because I love the sea.

Nowadays, Ainhoa is quite popular in Spain among non-Basque people. I'm amazed *Arantxa* didn't make the cut...

Regarding Mari being the Basque goddess name, I wonder if there could there be a connection to ancient Egyptian "meri" meaning "holy" or "blessed", it was used with their goddess names as in "Isis-meri", it is also very likely the origin of Mary, instead of a Hebrew derivation.

@KristinaTurnerAquarius

2 жыл бұрын

Marie is my middle name and I have French Basque traces. Anna is also a family name.

My niece, 10 years old, her name is Kattalin, and in her school there are at least two more little girls with the same name. She told me that with one t, the name is of gipuzkoa origin. Catalina, the Spanish name is also coming back

Are you going to do another video on this?

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't have anything planned, but people seem to be really enjoying these videos. Might have to do another one with the other names that were suggested :)

It's so interesting to discover names or words from our romanian language in your basque language. Mirai would have the same significance here in Romania, Kattalin (Catalin, Catalina) is an old school romanian name that used to be very common. I also noticed words from basque language that seem to have the same root like words in our romanian language. Romanian language is somehow a latin language but there are I would say 50% of old words which come directly from the dacians and some of them I hear in your language. Also the pronunciation and sound of basque language is exactely the same as in our romanian language, which I have never seen anywhere else in Europe.

First Comment!!! 🌴

My daughter's name is Julene and my son´s is Eneko. (I´m fron Barakaldo).

@julenefernandez3399

3 жыл бұрын

Really wow, my name is Julene and My brother is called Eneko

@ra1279

3 жыл бұрын

I have a cousin named Eneko.

Amaia 💕 such a pretty name

Waw you speak very well basque by the way im from basque country and my name is Begoña

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Begoña is a very nice name :)

@strangerthings-ol5wl

3 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque thank you😘

My favourite Basque name is Ihintza, which in Spanish is Rocío, dew.

Amaia comes from a novel, Amaya o los vascos en el siglo viii. The main characters are Amaya (in fact the end would be Amaiera not Amaia) and Asier( hasiera is the begining).

I'm the top one! Amaia.

When I was living just outside Tolosa some years ago my Basque host told me that my name, Andrea, was a Basque name meaning woman of the house. I love that!

May i ask if there us any chance Basque made it to the coast of Scotland? My grandmother's name we spelled Adah, but we seemed to pronounce it as your Einah? Curious?

Hello! I’m not basque at all, but I do have an interest in the history if the nation, country, language etc. I did meet a lovely basque girl once in Prague, her name was Aiala.

@criptomonedasyat9327

2 жыл бұрын

Aiala is the name of a valley in the province of Bizkaia where river Nerbioi flows through, to Bilbao and the sea. Beautiful green valley.

@ladyknitsalot3493

2 жыл бұрын

@@criptomonedasyat9327 oh, thank you :)

Janire

Pulled into a parking lot and as I was getting out of my car a woman pulled into the parking space in front of me. White Rolls, beautiful woman dressed in white. Her license plate was DELIAH. That shocked me because I named my daughter that after a dream! I asked her if she knew what nation the name came from. Turns out she is 100% Basque and said it was a traditional girls name.

I just came across with this video. I don't tend to write comments but I wanted to explain something as a basque girl. There are two ways of writing Itsaso. The "right" way of writing this name is Itsaso as if you look up on the dictionary you will find it with an S not an X. So, Itsaso= sea/ocean Itxaso=is just a girl name. I had so many """discussions""" about which one was the best/real/nicest one with a friend called Itxaso when we were young and if you haven't guessed ye,t my name is Itsaso 😂😂 Cool video btw

Amaia or Amaya is very popular, Amaya Uranga is a very famous Basque singer, as is her sister Estibaliz. I expected Aranza of Arancha to make the list too. My daughter is Amaía, Galician name that means long hoped for daughter.

12:24 I never knew my cat could actually teleport

I am surprised that Arantza ( or Arantzazu variation) hasn't showed in the list . or Begoña or even Olatz

@marceloorellana5726

3 жыл бұрын

I love Begoña.

Izaro 😍

I have a good friend here in Scotland who is called Naiara. She is quite as beautiful as the name. I would say that it is the nicest Basque girl's name I have encountered. I like Leire as well.

I love Izar, which means star :)

What about Aránzazu?

My name Idoia is frome a little town in Nafarroa called Isaba, where a Virgin appeared. My daughters are named Nerea eta Izaro 😃

I was born in Chile and my parents named my Itxiar Patricia, my surname is Soto. I believe Itxiar is a Basque name.

@sarribel

2 жыл бұрын

Itziar, a coastal locality in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa.

Surprised josune or nekane werent on the list

Olaia, Maddi, Jare

Fascinating and super interesting. I’m not Basque. My Last name (Carvallo) is Galician-Portuguese. I grew up in Caracas, Venezuela in the Parroquia La Candelaria where there were many immigrants from Spain (Galicia, Canary Islands, Catalonia and el País Vasco), Portugal (Madeira Island mainly) and Italy. In school I was aware of most non Castilian last names although some Portuguese names were not obvious and I attributed them as being Spanish (Abreu, Silva). Now, names like Gutiérrez, Ibarra, Izturiz and Ochoa were so common, I attributed them as being Castilian like most last names in Venezuela. The father of our country had a Basque last name (Simón Bolívar) but I did not know that until later in my life. Bolívar is less common but again I thought it was of Castilian origin. As for Basque girl first names the only one I recognize is Maité. Emphasis on the last syllable. But I thought it was a native non-Hispanic Venezuelan name. Short for María Teresa makes sense though like Marisol is short for María Soledad. In short, like Galicians, Basques are well represented in this corner of South America. Thank you for your work. One more thing, Amaya is a last name too in Venezuela. I have a couple of good friends from high school: Alicia and Mireya Medina Amaya

Hi guys. Im not a spanish speaker so please help with the pronounciation of the name Axpe. Thank yoy

Number 9 sounds like xitlalli in nahuatl

My name is Katrina(meaning pure) and I am b-rh negative my mother's oldest and my mom's 4th child is my sister Latana(meaning my little sunflower)(different father) is also rh- but is O-.. out of my mom's 4 kids(1boy 3girls) and my dad's 7 kids(4girls 3boys) are the only ones that have the RH- factor.. but our great-grandmother on mom's side her name was Kathleen. Just really wished I had more answers... still unsure of everything since finding out that I am a INFJ-T hiyoka empath while being a Libra-sun and Aquarius-moon and having RH- Bloodline with B-type.. can anyone help

What about Julene

Do Basque people have a version for a name Nathalie ?

@user-jo6zt8xm6e

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.l.7929 wow, thanks

I fell in love with the name Mirai and was told the meaning is Miracle. Is that accurate? I also named my daughter this name based on that meaning but I switched the spelling to Marai ❤️

@Nigganomi

9 ай бұрын

Do you know the more popular names for girls in Albanian south are Mira and the north are Mara this is the truth of this beautiful name thet mean a lot to this language.

My favourite name is ILAZKI (Also Ilargi, it means moon)

Oso politte da gure hizkuntzari buruzko kanalak ikustea. Eider=Eder. Berdina da.

I like "Edurne"....means Snow ❄️

Kaixo maitia!, my last name is Etxeberria. Y no sé si, Izaskun es, o sigue siendo un nombre que se usa en Euskal Herria tanto como me gusta. Saludos desde El Reino Unido. Eskerrik asko zure kanalagatik.

Gora Euskal Herria!

Great job Anne Marie

I heard Garcia is a Basque name. That's my grandfather's last name. My blue-eyed grandfather's family is from the province of Biscaya. ❤

I knew all names you said. Very common here in the Basque country. I never heard about Kattalin. It is a surprise to me. My mothers name is Lorea and my aunt is Maite. My niece is called June. My grandmother was Petra.

@raulgonzales1374

2 жыл бұрын

"Petra" is a very common name in the Hispanic culture, used a lot in Texas.

Are most basques bilingual? That is they can read or understand French or Spanish depending on which side of the border they are located?

@HellaBasque

2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays, yes :) If they speak Basque at all, that is

@sarribel

2 жыл бұрын

Most of us speak English As well. Regards from euskal herria.

My name is Lorea Maite Elordi. My father was a professional jai alai player. He passed 13 years ago but entire family honor our basque heritage! Thanks for doing this.

@user-zp5tb7ew6v

8 ай бұрын

ESKERRIK asko

I'm Basque-American and have never actually met a prospective Basque woman in real life (i.e. enigma). There are just so few out there that it wasn't in the cards for me. I still fantasize about it though and your female names give me plenty to dream about at night. :)

Named our daughter Mari

My daughter is named Amaia

Arantxa is also a beautiful name.

@KennedieDavis

2 жыл бұрын

Arantxa is one of my favorites. ❤️

My name is top 5 i'm surprised :)

Is Vasquez a Basque name or is it Spanish for someone who is Basque? Also, someone from Argentina told me that the Basque there are famous for being stubborn. Maybe that trait helped keep their language distinct from other languages.

@SleekMinister

2 жыл бұрын

1, 2, 3 sounds like what, be, hey you

@fernandoaldekoa2436

2 жыл бұрын

Vasquez (Vázquez) is not a basque surname.

@Eight-PointedStars

2 жыл бұрын

@@fernandoaldekoa2436 Perhaps the genetics search companies do a lot of guessing, and seeing this last name prompted them to get creative. They play with the small percentages. They changed the Irish and Italian to Basque and Portuguese. Now I'm disillusioned and confused.

Is "hella" meaning hello ir its just a kind of slang?

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Hella is a slang word that means "very." So Hella Basque means Very Basque :)

@akerbeltz9193

3 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque thankies, so not relación with hellacopters!?;? 😄😄😄

Leire!! That's my name, but it's spelt with a y, so Leyre ♡

Saioa

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh that's another cool one

@brookesanders1156

2 жыл бұрын

My first born is Saioa 💗

what about the name "Olatz" dont really know if its basque but i know too many basque girls called olatz, was wondering

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Olatz is a Basque name. It's associated with some churches in the Basque Country dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but I'm not sure if it has a direct translation.

@quironura

3 жыл бұрын

There is no accurate translation from Olatz. Endika de Mogrobejo, a basque writer, explains that names or surnames with the particle -Ola(tz) come from places wich a close relation with iron, smithy, forge and ironworks.

Is the ring in the nose something typical of the Vasque country?

I can’t believe Aintzane or Naroa isn’t on this list!

Alazne

Maite is my name! ❤ Begoña is my daughter’s name

Nerea izena da Berezi

My favorite Basque girl name( can also be for boy) = Izar = Star

Gerezi is cherry!!

How do we find our original Basque name

Amaia is like Emma which means complete.

Atsegina da ikustea zuek duzuen interesa gure kulturarekiko, eskerrik mil aunitz egiten duzun lanarengatik.😎👍

Surprised Edurne didn't make the list.......

I’m Alaitz🤣🥰