How To Know If Your Name Is Basque

Do you have a Basque last name? With so many people researching their ancestry these days, I'm sharing some tips for how you can figure out if your last name might be of Basque origin. I hope these ideas help you in your search, and check out the links below for some extra resources on learning more about Basque surnames.
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[@juandeabasolo7297]

Si te interesa puedes consultar el siguiente libro : ETIMOLOGÍAS DE APELLIDOS VASCOS de ISAAC LOPEZ-MENDIZABAL , es el más completo compendio de apellidos vascos, así como sus orígenes.

[@kaizokudude]

For Acadians, if your last name is Basque then you have a Basque last name. It's as simple as that. Other than the occasional Bastarache, most of the patronyms got changed to Basque.

[@MigueldeVascoEspana]

Kaixo! I come from a Basque family who migrated to the Philippines from Guipuzkoa in the 1800’s. Ynchausti, Yrrizari, Larrauri are our family’s last names.

[@HowToMindCraftsbySabrina]

My last name is Irizarry which is a variation of Yrrizari. In my research I've seen so many places, schools, streets with the name. It's awesome!

[@josephpreciado0149]

Thank you for this channel. My family and I just took the Ancestry DNA Tests and my daughter’s came back with Basque. My wife’s came back too, but she did not have it, so we are waiting to see how much Basque is in my DNA. 🙏🏾

[@crod6431]

Many Basques have last names ending "egui". My paternal grandfather immigrated to Puerto Rico from Basconia. Examples would be Cristina Saralegui and Eduardo Berasategui.

[@tikki6033]

Last names wirh Garay at the end are also Basque. ❤ Garay in Basque means "height" or "peak". We are said to be from Iparralde, the north eastern part of the Basque Country.

[@ajax196]

rlly cool, my last name in mungaray very similar to yours :-)

[@michellepaz875]

I wonder if Rebay is at all related to this

[@maelleffo1574]

Buber's basque page surnames was very helpful, found my last name Oreamuno very easily . Thank you so much for posting it and for this channel . Sincerely, proud subscriber ! 😉

[@Astepatatimekvarn]

Another great production

[@HellaBasque]

Thanks!

[@alfredogimenez334]

for example Jiménez which is a very common spanish last name, comes originally from Navarra and therefore, in my opionon, also a basque last name. The Jiménez Dynasty were the founder of the Kingdom of Pamplona/Navarra.....what do you guys think ?

[@adolfobriceno1635]

Thanks. I love all your videos and this one was not the exception. Would you make a video reacting to the movie "Ocho apellidos vascos"? When I was in the Basque Country I made it to Zumaia and dine with my friends at the restaurant where the movie was shot.

[@fiddypesos]

Lots of Mi'kmaq (native) people on the east coast have the last name Basque

[@darkmaddness1]

Renteria here been following the family lineage...I am learning how much basque I am

[@jo3y1286]

I didn’t see ‘Haro’ nor ‘Lara’ ? Interesting site, never the less . Thanks for sharing!

[@tlkey5173]

Larronde is my maiden, my grandfather is from Espelette.

[@tlkey5173]

Thank you. My father said our last name originated from a location. This makes my heart smile. My grandfather passed when I was little.

[@SpiderManpeterxxxparker]

My surname comes from a town in the Basque country, Ayala/Aiara, it translates to "the side of the slope"

[@moe8577]

What’s up !!! I’m ayala too

[@beadingbusily]

In Northern CA there used to be a Navarro River, in Mendocino County. Interesting.

[@grantrounseville2330]

Hi sister from a fellow basque in the Sierra mountains of northern California

[@siomaraalonso361]

Etcheverry, which I was told means "New house" my grandfather was born in a little village called Zuraide.

[@IWasLikeEmilio]

BETI Athletic!

[@darrowcelaya8409]

I checked Ancestry and my last name Celaya is the Castilian version of Zelaia', a habitational name in Biscay province, Zelaia in the Basque Country, zelai meaning of 'field' or 'meadow'. I always wondered while my last name Celaya didn't translate to anything in Spanish.

[@DJArmando77]

Mine is "Salazar" my line goes back to the town of Salazar in Navarre and the kings that ruled the area. Are we also mixed with the Visigoths?

[@santiagovelasquez9153]

My last name is Velasquez, which according to some sites is of basque origin. And I have quite some physical traits that can be related to basques. I was also born in the Antioquia region of Colombia, which based on some research is one of the largest basque diaspora of the world! I hadn't realized that when I speak in the spanish accent from this region I actually use words in Euskara! Such as "Ama" or "Ma" when referring to my mum. Do you think it is possible that I have basque ancestry?

[@sandraalgandar7052]

I took a DNA test and came back with some low concentration of Basque. Always wondered with last names like Algándar and Burciaga. Oddly enough, im also O Rh- this is interesting findings lol

[@lydialostaunau79]

I'm also a Burciaga and just took a DNA test

[@jorgesuescun5983]

0:23 I was born in Colombia and raised in America when I was 17. I decided to leave home for Alaska to fish king crab in the bering sea. The last thing my Dad said to me was Son you are originally from the mountains of Spain. I thought that was a strange thing to tell me at time but I believe we are Basque. What do you think ?

[@bench7434]

My last name Chevarie is the French Canadian adaptation of my first ancestors name Antoine etcheverry from les îles de la madeleine (magdalena island)Québec , i know that he was a whalers from Bayonne France , my two grandmothers were turbide which is also a French adaptation of iturbide another basque origin family name.

[@RobertKearl-Outdoor-Adventures]

It's been Sayed my grand pa migrated from Zamora Spain with the last name Castano from what Google says it's chestnut in meaning

[@koldoascunce2706]

I saw you in the Euskal televista ETB

[@HellaBasque]

Was I on there again?? How fun! Send me a link if you have one :D

[@HellaBasque]

@@biussius Bravo, you even found the interview I did in 2014! :D

[@fredysierra9382]

I have a good bunch of basque ancestors that came to Colombia in the 17th and 18th century.

[@daliafellows]

Last Name on my Father's side ZARATE... There's a community on there.. I'm interested in learning and searching.

[@aulestiastudio]

AULESTIA. Mi ancestor came from the small town of Aulestia en Bizcaya

[@rockinghorsefly]

Thank you so much for this video!! I asked this question a while back and am so glad to see you really listen to your viewers... You're so awesome! My last name is Ulibarri.. I think it's new village?

[@OutlawRhaco]

You are close, but it means "new villa". Its origin is from Bizkaia.

[@ildabarrios3350]

My last name is Renteria, I researched it and is basque close to Rome/ france

[@mariauriz2868]

My last name is Uriz comes from Navarra I think is: Citizen also is the name of small town in Navarra. Thank you neska always good and very informative.

[@koldoascunce2706]

Indeed Uriz is s small lovely village in the Arce valley in Nafarroa

[@mariauriz2868]

@@koldoascunce2706 thank you nice of you 😍

[@papobisc9339]

Milesker ainitz!

[@anthonysoares9936]

I don't know why your videos have popped up in my feed:however they are interesting! Just for snitz and giggles, I put my surname in a Portuguese to Basque translator, it came up with "soinua", so I did Basque to English and it said means "sound", interesting. I tried some other root words and it just repeated with same spelling, so apparently no translation, interesting. Far as I know, no Basque in DNA, Paper trail does not show any either. Interestingly my surname is eerily similar to "Soreasu" from Buber's Basque Page, which does not result in a translation in the Basque to English translator. According to BBP Soras, means "prairie" and su/zu or tzu means abundance or plenty, HMMM, more interesting possibilities to the history of my surname.

[@isabellaleon2253]

What about the surname Liñán? It runs on my dad's side... I looked it up and it's commonly found in basque country.

[@Blu3Strang3r]

Not Basque but I lived in Donostia for about 8 years, and whenever a small child would ask my name and I would tell them (my name being Bianca) they would always give me a funny look. Well it turns out my name sounds indistinguishable from the words "bi hanka" which means "two legs". Children always picked up on this a lot faster than adults. Also due to this similarity, whenever I was in school my name would be spelled "Bianka" with a k on the roll call. I kinda like "Bianka" though since it's almost like my little Basque nickname.

[@roxyaedoo]

My family names are towns in Bizkaia (Ahedo and Urrexola) but I’ve never known the meaning 😅

[@jokina9289]

Hi! I can help (i am basque and so is my mother language). URREXOLA means “nut-place” or a place/fabric where they produce nuts. OMG, i know this sounds so weird to english american ears 🤦🏻‍♂️!! But that’s what URREXOLA could mean. By the way AHEDO is not a basque name.

[@lindasmith3087]

I have an uncommon last name that is from a town of Zarate in the Basque country. It is Ruiz de Zarate. I am having a very hard time finding the history of the name.

[@vanessasour1775]

Hi, I don’t know if you could help me. My grandfather surname is Baroco. I can’t find the origin of his surname anywhere. He was from Granada. When I use the Geneanet it shows that very few people have this surname documented in Granada (which is my family) I can’t find it anywhere in the south of Spain (from Geneanet map) but it showed that it was documented in Laroque des Alberes ( Pyrenees region) during 1700 and , Beaucaire (FR), Vollone (FR), Dalacourt (FR), during 1800, and Markina-Xemein region (Spain. basque) LaGuardia region (basques), San Vicente de la Barquera. (Spain), Pombal(PT), Arles (pyrenee), Quillan (Pyrenees) and Granada during 1900. His grandfather surname was Baroco Alaniz. But I don’t know if is possible that it was a variation of Alaiz. When he migrated to another country he said his last name is Vasco (but I think he tried to explain that his surname it’s basque origin, and then they put his surname as Vasco and not Baroco). But this is just and hypothesis. Someone told me Baroco it’s a common Spanish surname, but I can’t find anything about.

[@loraineochoa3096]

Mine is Ochoa or Otxoa means "wolf"

[@Javi.ac32]

Ayala from the province of Álava

[@alcastle8480]

I just found out my last name is a small town in the Basque countryside. Aldana.

[@jokina9289]

@Vincent E. Aldana could be translated into “by the slope” in basque language.

[@josephanthro]

I'm pretty sure my Basque great grandfather's surname was Spanish, but it's so rare- de Nava- because any time I search social media for how common the last name is, I only find people in the Philippines.

[@eimere]

The Philippines was a spanish colony, so no surprise. But "de Nava" is common also in Spain, not sure if it's related to the Basque Country or not

[@oliviaarteaga4092]

Arteaga -oak place

[@ArtCastaneda]

Mendoza ( Mendi Hotza) in da house!!!!!!

[@GhostRanger5060]

How much have Basque names and language influenced Portugal?

[@vn773]

Im Navarro so maybe

[@Iabeyta814]

My last name is Abeyta. When I google search it, it says it is Basque origin and a variant of Abieta. But when I try to dig deeper into the name's origin I cannot find anything about it or a connection to Basque origin. Do you know anything about this surname?

[@derlingerardclair6252]

Is Castaye a Basque surname?It,s a family name on my late maternal Great-Grandmother Victoria Penier,s side.Please,I really would like to know,my friends.

[@solshadow]

Are the last names gonzalez & sauceda basque

[@jocelynarancibia9429]

Hi I figure out my last name is Basque origins, I Chile there a lot of this last names

[@general11]

Why does Buber's page have an asterisk on some of the names?

[@levinasun]

Through research I've found that my first name is said to be Basque, and to mean "love" or "loveable". It's Maite, but I'm not it's true. Is It? (:

[@altxorable]

Maite is a verb meaning “to love” so Maite is for sure Basque. I live in the Basque Country,

[@HellaBasque]

Yes! A very common and beautiful name :)

[@joecaboto747]

Yes it does mean love. Such a beautiful name.

[@lukasmaks9617]

I know a lady who went to the same university as I who had that name, and she also told me that it meant "love."

[@theartchannel6016]

Actually yes, it’s my aunts name!

[@friskyfox3180]

My great-great grandmother's first name sounds very French and her last name sounds like Anglo-Saxon even though she is Basque. It's Euzide Abshire.

[@yossarian6799]

Euzide sounds more Basque, but you'd have to ask someone more familiar with Basque. It's not French, nor is it a galllicized Greek name, which was very fashionable in the 1800s (my mére-mére's name was Aglaia). Abshire is unique to the Lafayette area. It is a local corrupted form of the German name "Abscher." The Abshires and Hofpauirs descend from a group of German immigrants who intended to settle in Texas but ended up in Louisiana. Barbe, Artigue/Ortego, Guilbeau, Guidroz, Boudreaux, Thibodaux, Altazin, Aguillard, Bordelon, Lastrapes, Eschete (more common around Houma), Bastarache, Landaiche, Duhart, Duhon, Dicharry, Garza... are all Basque, or gallicized Basque names. Guedry and Broussard can be either French or Basque (Eguiterre, Baruzart). It's a shame that most people in Louisiana are clueless to their true ancestry. It's embarrassing the way they try to sweep anything under the rug that isn't french. I've heard coonasses insist that "Magee" and "Hollier" were french names. smh....

[@friskyfox3180]

@@yossarian6799 I misspelled it . It's actually Euzeide

[@friskyfox3180]

@@yossarian6799 and also I had a Great great grandfather who's last name was guidry that sound like Guedry

[@thomaslehman6676]

Don't a lot of Basque names contain 'x's, such as "Laxalt"?

[@marioeskivel3377]

My last name is Esquivel or eskivel can someone tell me where it’s from?

[@buriar5]

I am here after my ancestry results, 11% Basque, curious if my last name is Basque and I see it on the list "Uriarte"

[@mariacelinachavarriagonzal157]

Chavarría is Basque... I want to add an interesting anecdote: all my Chavarría male relatives are great cooks (so are the women, but that is not so outstanding). Even those who have the genes but not the surname... and also: all my Chavarría relatives have a knack for languages... They pick them up with all the slang and pronunciation... Enough to joke in the new language...ah, and also a great sense of humor!

[@joannsainz8209]

Is Borda a Basque name?

[@chiefbighead94]

My last name is Ybarra

[@lyndacampbell8458]

Is there any other way to find out if your Basque

[@brandonbascue7185]

I wonder if my last name "Bascue" has anything to do with "Basque"?? I know my last name gets misspelled with a "Q" constantly.

[@j.t5841]

🌻🌸🌼🌺

[@sgonzo5572]

If it ends in ui or uy or uiy its probably basque.

[@raulespinosa1139]

Is ESPINOSA a basque name?

[@gabrielmonet-alarcia8146]

3% Basque here. My second surname is Alarcia and I heard it was Basque

[@gscfishingoutdoors]

My research found many of my ancestors in Pasaia Donibane, records of birth, baptism, marriage, and death have been scanned and indexed from many of the catholic churches. I traced my Girau-Olarria line back to 1690 in Donibane.

[@bryanbacaicua]

Bacaicua there’s only 2 families with that name us who came to America after the Spanish civil war another in South America who migrated in like the 17th century.... two polar opposite families based off limited communication 22 people maximum alive with the name less than half are basque by blood

[@YatYas1775]

All I know is "Bizzell"/"Bissell" is from somewhere in southern France in the mountians. A small village there. A Catholic Priest by the name Pierre Bizel was up for sainthood. I can't find ANYTHING about him. I know I am O neg and Rh neg yet discovered a DNA mutation that I can find NO perceived origin.

[@jokina9289]

My last name is Soraluze. It means long (luze) prairie (soro). 😉 by the way, please let me know if you have any doubts about the basque language. My mother language is basque 😉

[@anamariabrignone552]

Did you know that the actual Queen of the Netherlands, nee Maxima Zorriguieta, is the daughter of a prominent Basque/Argentian. Her eldest daughter will one day be Queen, maybe the first Basque descendant in that position.

[@JoeyYrastorza]

Josetxu Yrastorza

[@reneeflores6086]

Zarazua, my maiden name

[@nonakind]

Any Arrieta's out there? My mothers maiden name ❤️

[@tutto211089]

My last name is Lievano, I haven’t found any solid info from the origins of it .

[@gerald4013]

Nire izena ez da euskaraz izena, baina Euskaldunak euskaraz hitz egiten dutenak dira, ez? :-p (désolé si j'ai fait des fautes!)

[@peruaguinaga6327]

Bai, euskaldunak euskaraz hitz egiten dutenak dira.

[@jacobvalles8456]

Otxoa-Valles meaning wolf Valley's. My last name is Basque and Catalan these are names from the Pyrenees. The Basque language would have been official language of spain if the Roman had never conquered Spain.

[@lensperspective9753]

Hey cousin! Ochoa over here in the !Americas, Chihuahua mexico and western us!

[@jacobvalles8456]

Ciao amico!

[@joannsainz8209]

Roque Sainz

[@strangerthings-ol5wl]

When you sed Bilbao i sed to mi self hey i live there

[@sgonzo5572]

Garrastigui is a basque name. Its not on the page. Theres also arrestegui. And other similar names that end in gui.

[@jokina9289]

I am basque and never heard of those names. May be they had some changes from the original name, overtime.

[@sgonzo5572]

@@jokina9289 thats strange. Maybe its more common in certain regions. Don't know why you would never heard of basque names ending in gui euskalkazeta.com/basques-in-the-americas-1692-1792/ Francisco Garrestigui is here for example. They had spelling errors because there was no standard. But now a days they do. euskalkazeta.com/basques-in-the-americas-1792-1893/ You can search on page for gui And see all the words that contain gui. You will see basque surnames ending in gui

[@jokina9289]

@@sgonzo5572 well, again, i am basque and never heard of any Garrastigui or Arrestegui (they sound weird) . However, Arostegui, Aristegui or gallastegui sound common to me. For your information, The “Gui” or “Gi” ending is one of the tipically basque surname endings.

[@yossarian6799]

Arostegui / Arosteguy is not uncommon in South Louisiana. Many Cajun names are of Basque origin.

[@_naianima_]

ªH Well, my dad is from Navarre so...?

[@mariesinnecker4450]

Goiri?

[@mariesinnecker4450]

What Sabino Arana GOIRI

[@rlrl2768]

I know it is because it’s a town in Basque country 😀

[@maureendevries1904]

My grandma's family name is Zavala.

[@maureendevries1904]

The original spelling is Zabala.

[@allopinionsstatedaremyown5056]

@@maureendevries1904 and before that it was spelled çabala/çavala in church records.

[@maureendevries1904]

Thank you for explaining my grandma Julia's original family name.

[@Angelofmusica]

My last name is Larrasquitu. I’ve been told my whole life that it’s Basque (are they wrong?)......I’ve always wanted to research my heritage and I guess I’m starting here. Anyone’s help is appreciated!!!

[@HellaBasque]

I've never seen that name before but it definitely sounds Basque to me!

[@garaziarteagoitia7566]

The Basque spelling would be Larraskitu, it's a neighbourhood in Bilbao (Biscay) and also a surname from my father's hometown Loiu in Biscay. See: aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/eu/larraskitu/ar-97364/

[@Angelofmusica]

@@garaziarteagoitia7566 thank you! I’m going to look into it further!!!

[@swamibubba]

real last name is gaskins-gaskins de gascoine -gaskins-gaskony?

[@yourdailyperson9881]

My last name is galarza, if anyone knows if it's basque plz tell me

[@yourdailyperson9881]

@@allopinionsstatedaremyown5056 thxxx

[@lyndacampbell8458]

I was adopted as a baby I was apparently conceived by rape from an on-call of my birth family which I do not know anything about I have A-negative blood

[@israelchavarria4006]

Lynda probably for your blood type you are a strong basque origen. Take Care please

[@MustangMan1]

Its funny that on the buber website you have linked, the name vasquez is very small and when clicked on it says that they dont believe it is basque, but that the EZ part in the name in Basque means "son of" but they dont know where Vazqu comes from... 🤦‍♂️ im just trying to find where Vazquez comes from, but couldnt the name change in time from a B to a V? My sibling had a DNA test and our parents are from Mexico, but dna showed mostly (over 40%) Spanish, with a small percentage Basque.

[@maribelandrade.281]

I kinda hit a nail on the wall with that one too . My family lineage consists of Villafuerte, Vazquez , Gonzalez , Pizarro and Andrade .

[@barbliska6420]

Don’t know what our Basque surnames are.

[@orlandov6002]

Are Basques Sephardic Jews? Sephardi/Sephardic Jews spoke/speak Ladino which Spanish-Judeo.

[@oscargluja426]

My last name LUJA is one the least known Basque names.😖🤧😁

[@zadkieldjlongshire4468]

Basan- Bazan Bassano Bashan= Elizondo, Baztan, Navarre from Sephardic Jew in Bassano del Grappa, Venice Italy to Bassan Herault Languedoc-Roussillon which I have Catalan of Huguenot and Monasque descendants derived Mizrahi Jews in Ophir 🇵🇭 from Central Asia might be traced English (British) honored Byzantine Empire. Plaza (my mother surname)-latz from Bilbao, Vizcaya Both were from Gipuzkoa to Southern Leyte, Philippines at 16th century Spanish Catholic Empire but unfortunately, it's too far or I don't have pure Castilian (Spaniard)

[@susieirazoqui9327]

Irazoqui is basque

[@Raymond_Petit]

Still no Sambolas.

[@sherrilldean211]

You are sweet but you spend too much time with disclaimers and preferences we understand

[@derlingerardclair6252]

According to 23&Me,I have some Spanish-Portugueuse ancestry at 0.4%.This probably reflects my BAsque Ancestry,I imagine.

[@KristinaTurnerAquarius]

I guess Sofia Vergara is Basque and Columbian.

[@lyndacampbell8458]

Buy an uncle of my mother's on my birth mother