Guanche Submitted Names

Aberbekeye m Guanche
Variant of Aberbequeye.

Aberbequeye m Guanche
From Guanche *aberəwwi-keyyă, meaning "dented skull". Alternatively, it may mean "swarthy".

Abián m Guanche (Hispanicized), Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Abian.

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.

Abtejo m Guanche
Variant of Autejo.

Acaime m Guanche
From Guanche *akăyəm, meaning "small".

Acaimo m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian, Rare)
Variant of Acaime.

Acaymo m Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Variant of Acaime or else of Akaymo.

Achosman m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche man from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia.

Achuteyga m Guanche

Achutindac m Guanche

Acoidan m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Acoraida m & f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Borne by a Guanche ambassador from Tamarán (modern-day Gran Canaria). It is now used as a feminine name.

Adama m Guanche

Adargoma m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Derived from Guanche *addar-guma "backs like cliffs".

Adasat m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Meaning unknown. It was borne by a Guanche man from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia.

Adassa f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
From Guanche *sseḍs, meaning "laughter".

Addananasa m Guanche

Addasarne m Guanche

Adejare m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *adăɣar "favourite".

Adeun m Guanche
Borne by a notable Guanche ambassador from Gran Canaria.

Adexe m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Derived from the name of a menceycato (kingdom) located in Tenerife, meaning "mountainous massif". It is called Adeje in modern days.

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.

Adjoña m Guanche
Variant of Adxoña.

Aduanich m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Borne by a 10-year-old Guanche boy sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1497.

Aduen m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Adeun.

Adxoña m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *aḍəhuni meaning "strong man" or "proud man". It was borne by the mencey (leader) of Abona, Tenerife, at the time of the conquest carried out by the Crown of Castille... [more]

Afche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *afššeš "big-headed".

Afur m Guanche
Derived from Latin *fŭrnus "kiln".

Agacaise m Guanche

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". This name was applied to the Guanche leader Mayantigo after having lost his arm during a battle.

Agarfá m Guanche

Agarfú m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *agărăffu, meaning "knelt; bowed".

Agoney m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Name of a Guanche warrior in the Canarian island of La Gomera. It was revived in the 1980's.

Aguabanahizan m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *awabanahizan, meaning "son of the climber".

Aguaberque m Guanche
Means "swarthy" in Guanche.

Aguaboregue m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *awaboreg, meaning "son of the proud".

Aguachiche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awašîš, meaning "son of brightness".

Aguacoramas m Guanche

Aguacoromos m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awakoromos, meaning "son of the wrinkled".

Aguahuco m Guanche
Means "illegitimate son" in Guanche.

Agualeche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awaleš, meaning "committed; upright; telling".

Aguamuge m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awamuh, meaning "son of the mumbling".

Aguamuje m Guanche
Means "seer; sage" in Guanche.

Aguanahuche m Guanche
Derived from Guanche awanaɣuš, meaning "son of the cutter".

Aguanauche m Guanche
Variant of Aguanahuche.

Aguassona m Guanche

Ahuteyga m Guanche
Borne by a notable Guanche ambassador from Gran Canaria.

Aigaheme m Guanche
The name of a Guanche man from La Palma who was christened in Seville.

Airam m Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Name of a Guanche man baptised in Seville in the 15th century, of unknown meaning. This name had revivals the 1980's and the 2000's.

Aja m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *axxa, meaning "enormous animal".

Akaymo m Guanche
Means "swarthy" in Guanche.

Alby m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Derived from Guanche *alby, meaning "colossus, giant". Alternatively, it might be a corruption of Mahy.

Alguasega m Guanche
Borne by a 26-year-old Guanche man sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Altahaý m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *altăɣ, meaning "favorite".

Altini m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *allətin, meaning "moles, birth marks".

Alzaro m Guanche
The name of a 12-year-old Guanche boy sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1497.

Amaluige m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *amalwi, meaning "exhausted man".

Amqor m Guanche
Means "big" in Guanche.

Añaterve m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Possibly means "fast" or "swarthy" in Guanche. It was borne by an acting mencey (leader) of Tenerife at the time of the conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castille.

Ancor m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Amqor.

Aniagua f Guanche
Variant of Hañagua.

Añofo m Guanche
Borne by a king of the island of El Hierro.

Araquisguan m Guanche
The name of a Guanche man from La Palma who was christened in Seville.

Aregoma f Guanche
From Guanche *arəgum, meaning "pronounces sentences".

Aridani m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Meaning uncertain; possibly a variant of Aridane.

Artemi m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Means "noble lineage" in Guanche.

Aruma f Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Name borne by a Guanche woman baptised in Seville the 15th century. Its meaning is unclear, although it is often alleged to mean "the one related to a Christian", possibly for being daughter or spouse of a Christian man... [more]

Arume f Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Name borne by a Guanche woman baptised in Seville the 15th century. Its meaning is unclear, although it is often alleged to mean "the one related to a Christian", possibly for being daughter or spouse of a Christian man... [more]

Atabara m Guanche

Atasar m Guanche

Atazaicate m Guanche

Atchen m Guanche
Meaning unknown. It was borne by a king of Lanzarote, who was considered a traitor for reaching an agreement with French conqueror Gadifer de la Salle.

Atguaxona m Guanche
Variant of Aguassona.

Atogmatogma m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche prince from Benahoare (modern-day La Palma).

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.

Attasat m Guanche

Attemisa m Guanche

Attidamana f Guanche
From Guanche *atti-idamman, meaning "transmits legacy". This was the name of Gumidafe's wife.

Atxoña m Guanche
Variant of Adxoña.

Auago m Guanche

Augerón m Guanche

Autejo m Guanche

Autindana m Guanche

Autinmara m Guanche

Azano m Guanche

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.

Azuguahe m Guanche
Variant of Azuquahe.

Azuquahe m Guanche
Means "ruddy" in Guanche. It was borne by a Guanche leader from La Palma.

Badamohet m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche warrior from Tenerife.

Badayco m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Badeñol m Guanche

Baraso m Guanche

Bayanor m Guanche

Bediesta m Guanche
Borne by two princes from La Palma.

Belicar m Guanche
The name of a Guanche mencey (leader) from Tenerife.

Belmaco m Guanche

Benahuya m Guanche
Meaning unknown. It was borne by a Guanche man from La Palma who was christened in Seville.

Benajuya m Guanche
Variant of Benahuya.

Bencharo m Guanche
Variant of Beneharo.

Benchomo m Guanche
Variant of Bencomo.

Bencomo m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Derived from Guanche benčom meaning "ambitious" or benchomo meaning "the greatest". It belonged to the penultimate mencey (leader) (1423-1495) of Taoro, Tenerife.

Benitomo m Guanche
Variant of Bencomo.

Benrimo m Guanche
Variant of Benrimon.

Benrimon m Guanche
Means "son of the lame, son of the crippled" in Guanche.

Bentacayce m Guanche

Bentagaire m Guanche
Variant of Bentaguaire.

Bentagay m Guanche
Variant of Bentayga.

Bentagoje m Guanche
Variant of Bentagoyhe.

Bentagoyhe m Guanche

Bentaguaire m Guanche
Means "from the land of the noble" in Guanche.

Bentakayze m Guanche

Bentayga m Guanche
Means "mountain range" in Guanche.

Bentehuí m Guanche
Variant of Bentejuí.

Bentor m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Means "place of invocation" in Guanche or else means "tumbled". It was borne by the last mencey (leader) of Taoro, Tenerife (1463-1495), the son of Bencomo.

Benza m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche noble from Tenerife.

Betzenhuya m Guanche

Caitafa m Guanche
Borne by a guaire (adviser) from the island of Tamarán (modern-day Gran Canaria).

Caluca m Guanche

Carejo m Guanche

Carujame m Guanche

Casatari m Guanche

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.

Chambeneder m Guanche

Chanona f Guanche (Rare)
Feminine form of Guañon.

Chemida m Guanche

Chimayo m Guanche

Chimboy m Guanche

Chimenchia m Guanche
Means "people of the mencey (leader)" in Guanche.

Chincanayro m Guanche

Chiurrón m Guanche
Meaning unknown. It was borne by a Guanche indigene from the island of Gran Canaria, who was known for his longevity.

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").

Cotán m Guanche

Cunacén m Guanche

Dailos m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
The name of an indigene from La Palma who was christened in Seville.

Dalios m Guanche

Dararapa m Guanche

Deyantigo m Guanche

Deyantigot m Guanche
Variant of Deyantigo.

Dolatelac m Guanche

Echentire m Guanche
Variant of Echenvite.

Echenvite m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche prince from La Palma.

Egenenacar m Guanche

Egonaiga m Guanche
Of Guanche origin, meaning unknown. This was the name of a Canarian chieftain, uncle of Tenesor. He was also known under the name Guayasen.

Ehedey m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Echedey.

Eiunche m Guanche
Means "ominous" in Guanche.

Enebie m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Ergual m Guanche
Name borne by a Guanche man from La Palma who was christened in Seville.

Felgeda f Guanche
From Guanche *fəlɣăd-(a), meaning "clear-headed". This was the name of a woman who was baptized in Seville around 1427.

Gadargón m Guanche

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.

Garehagua m Guanche

Garfa m Guanche
Borne by a chieftain of Telde, Gran Canaria.

Gayfa m Guanche

Gazmira f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
From Guanche *gazmir, meaning "reed".

Geneto m Guanche

Geronte m Guanche
Borne by the father of Guanche leader Tenesor.

Ginamar m Guanche

Gomidafe m Guanche
Variant of Gumidafe.

Guadafrá m Guanche
Variant of Guadarfía.

Guadarfía m Guanche
Borne by a king of Lanzarote at the time of the conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castille.

Guadenya m Guanche
Borne by an 8-year-old Guanche boy sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1495.

Guahuco m Guanche
Variant of Aguahuco.

Guanarame m Guanche
Variant of Guanareme.

Guanareme m Guanche

Guanarteme m Guanche
Means "son of Artemi" in Guanche.

Guanhaben m Guanche

Guanimence m Guanche
Means "son of the mencey (leader)" in Guanche.

Guaniquiar m Guanche

Guañón m Guanche
Variant of Guañon.

Guañon m Guanche
From Guanche *wahnūn, meaning "well-mannered one".

Guantegina m Guanche
Means "son of Tejina" in Guanche.

Guatacuperche m Guanche
Variant of Hautacuperche.

Guayadeque m Guanche

Guayanfanta f Guanche
From Guanche *wayya-n-fanṭaz, meaning "proud" (literally "spirit of vanity").

Guayasen m Guanche

Guayonja m Guanche

Guayre m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Derived from Guanche guayre, which denoted a type of captain or tribal chief in the island of Gran Canaria. The word may ultimately come from Berber amgar, meaning "great, old; chief" or ggwair, meaning "superior person, notable".

Guetón m Guanche
Means "young branch" in Guanche.

Guize m Guanche
The name of a king of Maxorata, located in the northern part of the island of Fuerteventura.

Gumidafe m Guanche
From Guanche *gummăḍ-axf, meaning "hunchback" (literally "deformed head"). This was the name of a Guanche warrior from Gran Canaria.

Hacomar m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Haineto m Guanche

Hama m Guanche

Hauche m Guanche

Hautacuperche m Guanche
Meaning uncertain, possibly means "bearer of happiness", "born with a good omen" or "lucky". This was the name of a Guanche warrior, known for killing the Spanish governor and conquistador of La Gomera, Hernán Peraza, when he attended an appointment made by his lover Iballa.

Heneto m Guanche

Himar m & f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Name of a Guanche person as reported by Canarian historian Gregorio Chil. It probably comes from the toponym of a valley named Himar (modernly called Jinámar) in the Canary Islands.

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.

Hupalupa m Guanche
Meaning uncertain. It was borne by a Guanche chief who took part in the murder of Spanish conquistador Hernán Peraza, alongside Hautacuperche... [more]

Hupalupal m Guanche
Variant of Hupalupa.

Ibaute m Guanche

Ico f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
From Guanche *iqqu, meaning "paleness" (literally "nausea").

Idubaren m Guanche

Igalgan m Guanche

Imobach m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Possibly derived from an unattested place name in the island of Tenerife. Alternatively, it may be derived from the name of a Berber title, itself allegedly derived from Berber imâwgen, meaning "man who stops" or Tuareg amâhagah (plural form imûhagh), meaning "noble man".

Ione m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Iruya m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche man christened in Seville.

Jacomar m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Hacomar.

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.

Jinamar m Guanche
Variant of Ginamar.

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.

Magek m Guanche
Variant of Magec.

Maham m Guanche

Mahy m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Mancanaifo m Guanche

Maninidra m Guanche
Possibly means "splendor of the lineage" in Guanche. Maninidra was the name of a Guanche guayre (leader) from Gran Canaria and a close relative to the guanarteme (king) Tenesor Semidán... [more]

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.

Maxerco m Guanche

Mayantigo m Guanche
Means "piece of heaven" in Guanche. Mayantigo was the name of a Guanche leader from the island of La Palma at the time of the European conquest, at the end of the 15th century. He was later known as Aganeye.

Mayantigot m Guanche
Variant of Mayantigo.

Mídeno m Guanche (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Mídeno.

Miguan m Guanche

Nairam m Guanche
Variant of Naira 2.

Nareme m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Meaning unknown. It was borne by a Guanche man from La Palma who was christened in Seville.

Nenedam m Guanche

Nuhazer m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche indigene sold at the slave market in Valencia.

Olora m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche indigene from Gran Canaria sold at the slave market in Valencia.

Orchena f Guanche
From Guanche *oršena, meaning "young woman". This was the name of Tenesoya's maid.

Ossinissa m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *ussiniẓẓa, meaning "he who makes fair reasoning". This was the name of a king from the island of El Hierro in the mid-15th century.

Oto m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian, Rare)
Borne by a 6-year-old Guanche boy sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1497.

Pelicar m Guanche
Variant of Belicar.

Ramagua f Guanche
From Guanche *ramag, meaning "thunder".

Ruymán m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Meaning unknown. It was borne by a Guanche prince from the island of Tenerife.

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.

Tanausú m Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Name of a Guanche ruler from the island of La Palma, known for his fierce resistance against the Castillians during the conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. This name had a revival in the 1980's.

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.