Abaroa

Usage: Basque

Means "refugee" from the Basque abaro-a.

Abasolo

Usage: Basque

Means "dweller on the priest's meadow" from the Basque abas "priest" and solo "meadow".

Aiza

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Aiza is a surname of Basque/Spanish origin. It means "cliff" or "rock".

Aldana

Usage: Basque Extra: Statistics

From the name of a Basque town, meaning "slope".

Aritza

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Means "oak" in Basque. Famous bearer was King Iņigo Iņiguez Aritza, the first king of Navarre, Spain. The House of Aritza was the ruling house of Navarre from 824 to 1234.

Arreola

Usage: Spanish, Basque, Mexican Extra: Statistics

A variant of Arriola, found predominantly in Mexico.

Arriola

Usage: Spanish, Basque Extra: Statistics

Derived from any of the places named Arriola, from Basque arri "stone(s)" + -ola "place of", for example in the provinces of Gipuzkoa and Araba.

Azarola

Usage: Basque

Possibly means "like a fox" in Basque, a nickname for someone who resembled a fox.

Bengochea

Usage: Basque, Spanish

Means "house furthest down" in Basque.

Etxebarria

Usage: Basque

Means "new house" in Basque.

Garrastazu

Usage: Basque

From the Basque word arratz "bush" combined with the suffix sta denoting a place.

Gebara

Usage: Basque

Habitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a place in the Basque province of Araba (Álava).

Ibarra

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Derived from the Basque place name Ibarra which, in turn, is derived from Basque ibar "a meadow".

Iturburua

Usage: Basque

It means "by the fountain" in Basque.

Jaso

Usage: Basque

Derived from Basque jats "sorghum". Sorghum is a type of cereal grass.

Jasso

Usage: Basque, Spanish

A variant of Jaso.

Loyola

Usage: Spanish, Basque Extra: Statistics

Comes from Basque loya that means "mud". This is the surname of Saint Ignatius, the founder of Jesuits.

Ochoa

Usage: Basque, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From a Basque nickname meaning "wolf".

Ola

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Means "forge" or "shepherd's cabin" from the Basque ola.

Solo

Usage: Basque Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller on a rural estate".

Viteri

Usage: Spanish, Basque, Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "from Biteri, Basque Country".

Ybarra

Usage: Spanish, Basque

A variant of Ibarra.

Zabala

Usage: Basque Extra: Statistics

A name for someone who lived in any of the various places in Biscay and Araba called Zabala, which is derived from the Basque zabal, meaning "large" or "broad" and a, the definite article.

Zuņiga

Usage: Basque

Derived from Basque zuin "cultivated field", iga "slope".