Basque Onomastics of the Eighth to Sixteenth Centuries
Given Names and Patronyms: Maiora - Nuño
- Maiora (f) -- 11th-15th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Maiora; MDML 16]
- Vars: Maier. 12th-14th centuries. [JJMA]
- Maior. 11th-13th centuries. [ARZA s.n. andere; JLIR 248; MDML 15; SSMC p. 206]
- Mayora. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A, VIII.D.b]
- Maite (f) -- from the Basque maite ("love").
- Dim: Maitele (Ioanne filio de Maitele). 1267. [EUSW s.n. Maitele]
- Maldea (f) -- 11th century. [EUSW s.n. Maldea]
- Mantzia (f) -- fem of Mantzio.
- Vars: Maincia (Maincia Iacueiz). 13th century. [EUSW s.n. Mantzia]
- Mancia. 11th-12th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Mantzia; JLIR 109; JJMA Doc. 60]
- Mancie. Early 12th century. [JJMA Doc. 41, 60]
- Mencia (domna Mencia). 1064. [EUSW s.n. Mantzia]
- Mençia. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.d.153]
- Mentzia. 1531. [EUSW s.n. Mentzia]
- Mantzio (m) -- EUSW (s.n. Mantzio) identifies this as a medieval name, from 880 forward, sometimes as Mancius.
- Latin: Mantius. 1014. [MDML 16]
- Rom: Mancio. 11th century. [UAJP]
- Mantxo (m) -- 14th century. [EUSW s.n. Mantxo]
- Vars: Mancho (Mancho Çarrlarruqui). 1360. [ARZA s.n. larru]
- Manço (Manço Oxoiz). 991. [MDML 12]
- Manxo. 10th century. [ARZA s.n. izur; MDML 12]
- Mari (f) -- While "Mari" was the name of the most important figure in Basque mythology, its popularity in women's names owes more to the Hebrew name Miryam ("beloved of Ammon"), Latinized as Maria. It is found in this spelling in the 13th-16th centuries [EUSW s.n. Mari, Marijoantxi, Marikatxalin, Marimartin, Mariurdin; DMCL 74]
- Dims: Marico. 14th century. [ARZA s.n. ko; CPPN VIII.D.b.315.3, VIII.D.c.198]
- Marieta. 13th century. [JLOV]
- Mariza. 1502. [EUSW s.n. Maritza]
- Maryca (Maryca d'Oma). 1495. [EUSW s.n. Maritza]
- Rom: Maria. 8th-16th centuries. [ARZA; JLIR; JLOV; CPPN; SSMC; etc.]
- Vars: Mary (Mary Xoanexco). 1464. [EUSW s.n. Marijoanexko]
- Marya (Marya de Areyeta). 1350. [ARZA s.n. areyeta]
- Markesa (f) -- fem of Marko, with the feminizing suffix -(i)ssa.
- Vars: Marchesa (domna Marchesa [referred to elsewhere in the same document as "domna Marquesa"]). 1211. [JLIR 258]
- Marquesa. 13th-14th centuries. [CPPN VIII.A.13, VIII.D.a.112, VIII.D.d.153; JLIR 257, 258; EUSW s.n. Markesa]
- Marquessa (dona Marquessa). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.a.119]
- Marko (m) -- from the Latin name Marcus.
- Dim: Marcolo. 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.32, VIII.A.33.2]
- Vars: Marco. 13th century. [JLOV]
- Marquo. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.B, VIII.D.a]
- Pats: Marcoz (Maria Marcoz). 12th-13th centuries. [JLIR 321]
- Marcuiz (Ochoa Marcuiz de Ylardia). 13th century. [LMAV]
- Marquiz (Johan Marquiz). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.87]
- Mariandreco (f) -- medieval name composed of the names Mari and Andereco.
- Mariandreco de Laborda. 1457. [ARZA s.n. ko; EUSW s.n. Mariandreko]
- Marina (f) -- from the Latin marinus ("of the sea"). 10th-16th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Marina; DMCL VIII.193; CPPN VIII.A.17; SSMC p. 64]
- Var: Maryna (Maryna de Ybarrysusi). 1464. [EUSW s.n. Marina]
- Marisanceco (f) -- combination of Mari and Sanceco, a dim of Santxa. 1363. [EUSW s.n. Marisantzeko]
- Martin (m) -- from the Latin name Martinus (which in turn comes from Mars, the god of war). Appears in this spelling in Basque contexts in the 13th-15th centuries. [ARZA; JGBN; JLOV; DMCL 109; CPPN]
- Dims: Machico. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.419, VIII.D.c.450]
- Machicu. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.438]
- Machin. 14th-15th centuries. [ARZA; JGBN; CPPN VIII.D.c]
- Martico. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.B.30, VIII.D.c.338]
- Marticot (Marticot de Yhercoa). 1457. [ARZA s.n. ko]
- Martinet (Martinet, fiyo de Garcia Aznar]. 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.34]
- Martingo. 1366. [ARZA s.n. ko; CPPN VIII.D.c]
- Matxin. 14th-15th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Matxin]
- Vars: Martin (Martin Meder). 1366. [ARZA s.n. meder]
- Martino (Martino Munione). 1156. [DMCL 60]
- Martinus (Martinus de Lizarraga). 1477. [ARZA s.n. -aga]
- Martjn. 1475. [ARZA]
- Pats: Martinez (Pedro Martinez de Zuaza). 15th century. [JGBN]
- Martiniz. 13th-14th centuries. [JLOV; CPPN VIII.B]
- Martjnes. 1475. [ARZA]
- Martyniz (Martin Martyniz de Goldaraz). 1393. [ARZA s.n. golde]
- Martina (f) -- fem of Martin. 14th-15th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Martina; CPPN VIII.B.44.x]
- Martiza (f) -- fem of Martin. 16th century. [EUSW s.n. Martitza]
- Meteri (m) -- From a Greek name, Emeterion. 13th century. [JLOV]
- Vars: Meder. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.B.7.1, VIII.D.d.151]
- Mederi. 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.34]
- Pats: Mader (Mari Meder). 1278. [DMCL 45]
- Meteri (Eita Meteri). 1079. [DMCL 18]
- Mikela (f) -- fem of Mikel.
- Vars: Miquela. 14th-16th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Mikela; CPPN VIII.B.59]
- Miqueleiza. 1489. [EUSW s.n. Mikeleitza]
- Miqueliza (Miqueliza de Zañartu). 1581. [EUSW s.n. Mikelitza]
- Mikel (m) -- from the Hebrew Miykael ("who is like God?"), Latinized as Michaelus.
- Dims: Michelco. 14th-15th centuries. [ARZA; JGBN; CPPN VIII.D.c]
- Michelcoxe. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.445]
- Michelot (Michelot d'Iturriaga). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.142]
- Miguelche (Miguelche Goyena). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.141]
- Miqueleco. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.301]
- Mitxel. 1366. [EUSW s.n. Mitxel]
- Vars: Micael (Micael de Lerat). 1187. [ARZA s.n. aitz]
- Michael. 11th-13th centuries. [ARZA; DMCL; JJMA Doc 94; LMAV 268]
- Michaele (Michaele de Gueretz in Hyrulegui). 1230. [ARZA s.n. irur]
- Michel. 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.1] French form
- Michele. 13th century. [ARZA s.n. izur; JLIR 253]
- Michell (Michell Ezquerr d'Artaxona). 1365. [ARZA s.n. ezker]
- Miquel. 13th-14th centuries. [ARZA]
- Miquele. 13th-14th centuries. [ARZA; EUSW s.n. Mikele; JLIR; JLOV; CPPN VIII.D.c]
- Miquelle. 1366. [ARZA s.n. inçe; CPPN VIII.D.c.418, VIII.D.c.419]
- Miquelo Veynça. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.447]
- Rom: Miguel. 12th-15th centuries. [ARZA; JGBN; JLOV; LMAV 249; CPPN]
- Myguel. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.a.125]
- Pats: Micaelez (Petrus Micaelez). 1124. [DMCL 144]
- Michaelez (Petro Michaelez). 1066. [DMCL 144]
- Michelez (Michael Michelez). 1210. [DMCL 144]
- Migaelez (Garci Migaelez). 1202. [DMCL 144]
- Migaielez (Pedro Migaielez). 1256. [DMCL 144]
- Miguel (Garcia Miguel). 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.1]
- Miguelez. 11th-13th centuries. [DMCL 144]
- Miguellez. 13th century. [DMCL 144]
- Miquelay (Johan Miquelay). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.3]
- Miquelerena (Estebeny miquelerena). 1531. [EUSW s.n. Estebenia]
- Miqueleyz (Miguel Miqueleyz). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.256]
- Milia (f) -- 13th-16th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Milia; CPPN VIII.A.5.4, VIII.B.5, VIII.D.b.352, VIII.D.c.338]
- Vars: Millia. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.a.127, VIII.D.c.197.IV, VIII.D.d.141]
- Milian (m) -- from the Latin Æmilianus, a Roman family name. [Euskaltzainda s.n. Milian]
- Vars: Millian (Millian d'Aynsa). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.a.127]
- Pats: Milian. 11th-13th centuries. [DMCL 42]
- Miliane (Genneco Miliane). 1080. [DMCL 35]
- Milianez. 11th-12th century. [DMCL 127]
- Mireti (f) -- the name of the wife of a Muslim living in Tudela in 1244. [EUSW s.n. Mireti]
- Monoza (f) -- 11th-13th centuries. [ARZA s.n. sendo; EUSW s.n. Monoza]
- Vars: Munnoza. 759. [SSMC p. 1]
- Munuza (Munuza Ortiz). 13th century. [EUSW s.n. Monoza]
- Munata (f) -- 963. [EUSW s.n. Munata]
- Vars: Munnata. 8th-10th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Munata; SSMC p. 1, 65]
- Munia (f) -- fem of Munio. The wife of Sancho el Mayor was named Munia. [EUSW s.n. Munia]
- Vars: Monnia. 759. [SSMC p. 1]
- Munina (f) fem of Munio. 9th-10th centuries. [ARZA s.n. aurre; EUSW s.n. Munina]
- Vars: Monnina. 947. [SSMC p. 50]
- Munnina. 947. [SSMC p. 50]
- Munio (m) -- 10th-12th centuries. [ARZA; EUSW s.n. Munio; JGBN; DMCL 58, 110; LMAV 319; SSMC p. 35]
- Vars: Monio (Monio Balastar). 952. [JGBN]
- Munino. 800. [SSMC p. 4]
- Monnio. 9th-11th centuries. [DMCL 82, 110, 112; LMAV 298, 470, 596; SSMC p. 15, 68]
- Munnio. 10th-12th century. [JGBN; DMCL 110, 112; SSMC p. 18, 35, 41, 52]
- Munno. 11th-13th century. [DMCL 90]
- Muño (Muño Izarra). 1081. [DMCL 111]
- Pats: Monioni (Osorio Monioni). 937. [DMCL 59]
- Monioz. 10th-12th centuries. [DMCL 189; SSMC p. 63]
- Monnio. 10th century. [DMCL 93; SSMC p. 36]
- Monnioz. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 189; SSMC p. 61]
- Monnoz (Roy Monnoz). 1250. [DMCL 189]
- Moniuç (Marina Moniuç). 1099. [DMCL 193]
- Moniuz. 11th century. [DMCL 193]
- Monuz. 11th-12th centuries. [DMCL 193]
- Munionis (Munio Munionis). 1045. [DMCL 58]
- Munioyç (Eneco Munioyç de Gurtia). 1100. [ARZA s.n. gurtia]
- Munioz. 9th-12th centuries. [DMCL 189; SSMC p. 35]
- Muniz (Endre Sansa Muniz). 1025. [ARZA s.n. andere; LMAV 52]
- Munnico (Munnio Munnico). 1117. [DMCL 93]
- Munnio (Dominico Munnio). 1059. [DMCL 93]
- Munnioz. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 189; SSMC p. 63]
- Monniuz. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 193]
- Munniuz (Munnio Munniuz). 1012. [DMCL 193]
- Munnneoni (Munnio Munnneoni). 1017. [DMCL 59]
- Munoz. 10th-12th centuries. [DMCL 189; LMAV 45]
- Munuz (Alvar Munuz). 1255. [DMCL 193]
- Muñoz. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 189]
- Nabar (m) -- 13th century. [EUSW s.n. Nabar] May be related to the place-name Navarre, or else the Basque nabar ("multicolored").
- Nabarra (f) -- fem of Nabar. 14th-16th centuries. [ARZA s.n. nabarra, oin; EUSW s.n. Nabarra]
- Var: Nauarra. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.128; VIII.D.d.134.xxi]
- Navarrina (f) -- fem of Nabar. 14th century. [EUSW s.n. Nabarra]
- Neketi (m) -- medieval name. [EUSW s.n. Neketi] The -ti suffix frequently occurs in the areas where Castilians and Basques mixed (LMAV 556).
- Vars: Niketi. 1008. [SSMC p. 84]
- Niqueti? 956. (SSMC p. 61; this instance may be actually be a place-name, but it is unclear from the original document)
- Pats: Nekegge (Blasco Nekegge). 1081. [DMCL 112]
- Nequege (Monnio Nequege). 1079. [DMCL 112]
- Nequeiti (Munnio Nequeiti). 1079. [DMCL 112]
- Nequetiz (Monnio Nequetiz). 956. [DMCL 183]
- Nichetez (Munio Nichetez de Ribiella). 1213. [DMCL 144]
- Niketiz (Munnio Niketiz). 1072. [DMCL 183]
- Niquetiz (Beila Niquetiz). 1053. [DMCL 183]
- Nikolas (m) -- from the Greek name Nikolaos (victory of the people).
- Vars: Miquolay (Miquolay Garcia). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.37]
- Nicolas (Nicolas Dezquioz). 1401. [ARZA s.n. ezki]
- Nicolau. 14th-15th centuries. [ARZA s.n. airoza; CPPN VIII.D.a, VIII.D.c.196]
- Nicolay. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A, VIII.B]
- Nicholau. 14th-15th centuries. [ARZA; CPPN VIII.D.b.288, VIII.D.b.319]
- Nicholay. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A, VIII.B]
- Nikolau. 15th century. [EUSW s.n. Nikolau]
- Niquolas (Niquolas, fijo de Alfonso). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.211]
- Niquolay (Niquolay Tauar). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.17]
- Pats: Nikolay (Pero Nicolay). 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.1]
- Niquolay (Bertolomeo Niquolay). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.17]
- Nuña (f) -- fem of Nuño.
- Nuña Bella. 759. [SSMC p. 1]
- Vars: Nonna Bella. 759. [SSMC p. 1]
- Nuño (m) -- may be related to either the Latin word nunnius ("monk"), or from a Germanic name, Nunno. The spelling "Nuño" appears in records from the 9th-15th centuries. [DMCL VIII.126, VIII.137]
- Dims: Nunnuto (Nunnuto Miotaco). 1053. [JGBN; LMAV 457]
- Nunuso. 11th century. [ARZA s.n. narriate; LMAV 412]
- Vars: Nunno. 9th-11th centuries. [JGBN; LMAV 110; SSMC p. 5, 6, 67, 68]
- Nunnu. 9th-10th centuries. [DMCL 167; SSMC p. 7, 36, 49, 58]
- Nunu. 1053. [EUSW s.n. Lukadia]
- Pats: Nuniz. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 169; SSMC p. 67]
- Nunniz. 10th-11th centuries. [ARZA s.n. aita; DMCL 169]
- Nunno (Eita Nunno). 970. [SSMC p. 67]
- Nunnez. 19th century. [SSMC p. 38, 54, 674]
- Nunusoç (Sancio Nunusoç de Aberanka). 1053. [ARZA s.n. anka]
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