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in reply to a message by elbowin
It is very likely one of the names invented by Sabino Arana (who aspired to create truly Basque names ex novo, thinking that the Spanish language had corrupted Basque onomastics) or inspired by his work. For example, it would be extremely unlikely that Cephas had evolved into Kepa naturally, but there's no need to it because it was created by Arana from scratch.
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Arana lists it as the Basque equivalent of Spanish Marcial (i.e. Martial) or Marcelo. I think the entry here should be updated to reflect this, with a note explaining it was coined by Arana.
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