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Basque Names

by Higuma Kanora

12/13/2019, 5:47 PM

What are your favorite Basque names? What do you think of these:

Lorea
Zuriñe
Albane
Udane
Maialen
Ainhoa
Ederne
Aroa
Esti
Euria
Silbane
Ainara
Hirune

Ekain
Ekaitz
Erramun
Iñaki
Eder
Argi
Luken
Arkaitz
Eneko
Sendoa
Erlantz
Lander
Ximun

note on Basque: the 'h' is silent, 'x' makes a 'sh' sound, 'tz' and 'ts' make a soft 'ch' sound, and names ending in '-e' sound like 'eh'

#Basque

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- Zina

12/14/2019, 12:59 AM

I like the look of them even just as a collective, my favourites are:

Luken
Lander
Eder
Hirune

- Cinnabar

12/13/2019, 7:56 PM

I love Basque names. Some of them are so lovely and light, and some of them look like a mouth full of marbles. I like that many of the names have nature meanings, and I like Basque forms of common European names. Of the ones you listed, my favorites are Maialen (LOVE), Ainara, Esti, Eder, Erramun, and Iñaki. I also like:

Alaia
Amaia
Irati
Izar
Katalin
Miren
Naia
Nerea

Beñat
Ibai
Julen
Petri

- noel (glaucous)

12/13/2019, 6:51 PM

My reaction to most of them is neutral because I'm not familiar with them.

These are my favorites of the ones you listed:

Zuriñe
Udane
Ederne
Aroa
Silbane
Hirune

Argi
Luken
Sendoa

From other ones on the website, I like Basajaun (m), Zorion (m/f), and Edurne (f).

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