Gender Feminine
Usage Spanish (Canarian)
Meaning & History
This name may come from Guanche masculine agent noun *wazimar meaning "strong, sturdy, powerful, able."Canarian historian, doctor and poet Antonio de Viana (1578-1650?) used this name in his poet epic, Antigüedades de las Islas Afortunadas (published in 1604), referring to the daughter of the king (mencey) of Anaga (on the island of Tenerife) who was assumed to go by this name.