• Sabada (f) -- Sabada de Aguirre. 1577. [EUSW s.n. Xabadin]
• Sabat (m) -- Fray Sabat. 1539. [EUSW s.n. Sabat]
• Samurko (m) -- from the Basque samur ("tender") with diminutive -ko suffix.
  • Vars: Samurcho (Samurcho Ortiz). 1072. [ARZA s.n. samurko]
    • Samurco (Samurco Ortiz). 1072. [ARZA s.n. samurko]
• Sandora (f) -- fem of Sanduru. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A.28, VIII.B.1]
• Sanduru (m) -- 13th-14th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Sanduru; CPPN VIII.D.c.161, VIII.D.c.251]
  • Vars: Sandor. 13th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. biur; JLOV; CPPN VIII.A.35.11]
    • Santoro (Santoro Aruego). 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.17]
    • Sendre (Sendre Gonçalo de Petrapidonia), 1085. [DMCL 105]
  • Pat: Sendoro (Garçia Sendoro). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.211]
• Santsol (m) -- possibly an assimilation of San Zoilo. 13th-15th century. [EUSW s.n. Santsol]
  • Var: Sançol. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.107]
• Santxa (f) -- fem of Santxo.
  • Vars: Sanca (Sanca Ochoa de Ozaeta). 1451. [EUSW s.n. Santxa]
    • Sanccia (Domna Sanccia Sanccionis). 991. [MDML 11]
    • Sancia. 8th-12th centuries. [JGBN; JLIR; JJMA Doc. 17, 27; SSMC p. 1, 51]
    • Sanctia (domna Sanctia de Lumberri). 1027. [ARZA s.n. berri]
    • Sansa. 11th-13th centuries. [ARZA; EUSW s.n. Santsa; LMAV 52]
    • Santia. 10th-12th centuries. [ARZA s.n. soliaga; MDML 12]
  • Rom: Sancha. 13th-14th centuries. [ARZA; JLOV; EUSW s.n. Santxa; CPPN]
• Santxo (m) -- from the Latin sanctus ("holy").
  • Dims: Sancet. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.b.214]
    • Sanchoco. 1300. [ARZA s.n. ko]
    • Sancholet. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.b.125]
    • Sanchorco (fi de Sanchorco). 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.35.2]
    • Sanchuello (Sanchuello, fi de Ferrant Periz. 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.11.1]
    • Sanchuelo. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A.19, VIII.D.d.134.xvii]
    • Sançonet. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.146]
  • Vars: Ansso (Ansso Gascueco). 1200. [ARZA s.n. gune]
    • Sanccio. 991. [MDML 11]
    • Sanchot (Sanchot de Recalde). 1351. [ARZA s.n. alde, erreka]
    • Sancio. 10th-13th centuries. [ARZA; DMCL 110, 144; JGBN; LMAV; MDML 6, 8; SSMC p. 18, 38, 58; UAJP]
    • Sango. 12th century. [DMCL 38, 62]
    • Sanso. 12th-14th century. [ARZA; JGBN; JJMA]
    • Sante (Sante d'Echeuerria). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.417]
    • Santio. 10th-12th centuries. [ARZA; DMCL 193; MDML 9]
    • Santius (Santius Garssianus). 991. [MDML 9]
    • Sanxo. 11th-12th centuries. [ARZA s.n. gorri; JLIR; SSMC p. 286; UAJP]
    • Sanz. 12th-13th centuries. [ARZA s.n. izur; JLIR; JJMA Doc. 41]
    • Sanzio (Sanzio Domenko). 1080. [DMCL 90]
    • Sanzo (Sanzo Cecondi). 1173. [JGBN]
  • Rom: Sancho. 10th-16th centuries. [ARZA; JGBN; JLOV; DMCL; CPPN; SSMC p. 38]
  • Latin: Sancius. 10th-12th centuries. [DMCL 98, 137; MDML 5, 6]
  • Pats: Ansorena. 13th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. en; JGBN]
    • Saggez (Belasco Saggez). 979. [DMCL 139]
    • Saenz (Fortuno Saenz de Egurrola). 1456. [ARZA s.n. egur]
    • Sainz. 1330. [CPPN VIII.A]
    • Sanccionis (Garsea Sanccionis). 991. [MDML 11]
    • Sanchez. 11th-15th centuries. [ARZA s.n. -aga; DMCL 139; LMAV 573; SSMC p. 122]
    • Sanchiz. 11th-14th centuries. [ARZA; DMCL 174; CPPN VIII.A; SSMC p. 97, 107, 118]
    • Sancio (Scemeno Sancio). 978. [DMCL 96]
    • Sancionis (Garsea Sancionis). 920. [DMCL 58]
    • Sanciz (Garsea Sanciz). 1021. [DMCL 174]
    • Sanç. 11th-13th centuries. [ARZA; EUSW; JJMA Doc 147]
    • Sançes (Garsea Sançes). 1019. [DMCL 139]
    • Sangeç (Garcia Sangeç). 1063. [DMCL 139]
    • Sangez (Fortun Sangez). 1036. [UAJP 67]
    • Sancoiç (Acenari Sancoiç de Inurra). 1053. [ARZA s.n. inurra]
    • Sangit (Enneco Sangit). 1073. [DMCL 174]
    • Sangiz. 11th-12th centuries. [JJMA Doc. 28; SSMC p. 122]
    • Sanoiz. 12th-13th centuries. [ARZA; JGBN; JLIR]
    • Sanoyz (Sancho Sanoyz). 13th century. [JLOV]
    • Sansoiz. 12th century. [JLIR]
    • Santz (Sancho Santz de Ayçpurua). 1328. [ARZA s.n. aitz]
    • Sanxo (Belasco Sanxo de Zuahz). 947. [ARZA s.n. zuaitz]
    • Sanz. 11th-14th centuries. [ARZA; EUSW; DMCL 96; JLIR; JJMA; JLOV; CPPN VIII.A.1]
• Saustitza (f) -- 16th century. [EUSW s.n. Saustitza] This is a fem from Saustin, a form of the name Sebastian.
• Sebastian (m) -- from the Greek sebastos ("venerable").
  • Vars: Sabaste. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.b.290]
    • Sebastie. 1366. [EUSW s.n. Sebastie]
    • Sauastian (Sauastian de Urteeta). 1379. [ARZA s.n. eta]
• Seme (m) -- from the Basque seme ("son"). Appears as a given name in this spelling in the 13th and 14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. seme; EUSW s.n. Seme; CPPN VIII.D.b.304, VIII.D.c.419]
  • Dims: Semeko. 1359. [EUSW s.n. Seme]
    • Semerot. 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.1]
    • Semerote. 13th century. [JLOV]
    • Xemerot. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.198, VIII.D.c.198]
  • Vars: Cheme (Cheme d'Eliçandi). 1366. [ARZA s.n. andi, cheme, eliza]
    • Semero. 11th-13th centuries. [ARZA; JJMA]
    • Xeme (Xeme d'Erreparaçe). 1359. [ARZA s.n. xeme]
  • Pats: Sem (Belasco Sem). 1038. [DMCL 51]
    • Semeroiz. Early 12th century. [JJMA Doc. 20, 53]
    • Semeroyz (Pero Semeroyz). 1350. [CPPN VIII.B.136]
    • Semeroz. 12th century. [JJMA Doc 97, 118]
• Semena (f) -- fem of Seme or Semeno. Found in this spelling in the 11th-12th centuries. [ARZA s.n. laçcaun; EUSW s.n. Semena; JLIR 110; SSMC p. 15]
  • Vars: Eximena (Eximena de Berroia). 1117. [ARZA s.n. berroia]
    • Eximia. 991. [MDML 9]
    • Eximina. 10th-12th centuries. [JLIR 251; MDML 11, 13; SSMC p. 120]
    • Scemena. 759. [SSMC p. 1]
    • Semera. 12th-13th centuries. [ARZA s.n. erassun, ko; EUSW s.n. Semena]
    • Xemena. 11th-13th centuries. [DMCL 80, 169]
• Semeno (m) -- Opinions are mixed as to whether this is related to the Hebrew name Shimon ("listening"), Latinized as Simon; or whether it is a variant of the Basque name Seme. Found in this spelling in the 11th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. aibar; JLOV; DMCL 91; CPPN VIII.A.2]
  • Dims: Semenko. 1158. [EUSW s.n. Seme]
    • Semenot (Semenot et Benedicta, fijos de Nicolay Vaidayllo). 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.3.1]
    • Semenso. 1173. [JGBN]
  • Vars: Examen (Examen Salzaia). 1111. [JGBN; JJMA Doc. 48]
    • Exemen. 11th-12th centuries. [ARZA; DMCL 217; JLIR; JJMA Doc. 22; MDML 16]
    • Exemeno (Exemeno Velasquici). 1049. [DMCL 145]
    • Eximino. 10th-13th centuries. [DMCL 128, 188; JJMA Doc. 28; JLIR; SSMC p. 39, 122, 207]
    • Scemeno. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 19, 96, 111; SSMC p. 43, 50]
    • Scemenus (Scemenus Ossote). 931. [DMCL 112]
    • Semen. 12th century. [JGBN; JJMA 97; SSMC p. 302]
    • Semon (Semon, fi de Pero Semeniz). 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.23.1]
    • Seymeno (Seymeno Guarondo de Sant Johan). 1351. [ARZA sn. garondo]
    • Simen. 13th-14th centuries. [ARA s.n. egi; CPPN VIII.D.a]
    • Simeno (Simeno de Eriet). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.a.79]
    • Symeno (Symeno d'Irisary). 1351. [ARZA s.n. sarri]
    • Symon (Symon, fils de Pere Çuyn). 14th century. [ARZA s.n. çuyn; CPPN VIII.D.d.179]
    • Xemen. 12th-14th century. [ARZA; JLOV; CPPN VIII.A]
    • Xemeno. 12th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. iguzki; DMCL 166; CPPN VIII.A.23.1]
    • Xemino. 11th century. [ARZA]
    • Xemon. 14th century. [ARZA; CPPN VIII.A]
    • Ximon (Ximon de Lanz). 1366. [CPPN VII.c.198]
    • Zemeno (Zemeno Velasquit). 1063. [DMCL 156]
  • Latin: Eximinus. 10th-13th centuries. [JLIR; SSMC]
  • Pats: Chemenez (Diego Chemenez). 1186. [DMCL 141]
    • Chemenitz (don Peyre Chemenitz de Uelçunçe). 1316. [ARZA s.n. beltzuntze]
    • Exemenez (Fortunio Exemenez). 1131. [DMCL 141]
    • Exemenonis (Fortun Exemenonis). 927. [DMCL 58]
    • Eximenonis (Fortunio Eximenonis). 1047. [DMCL 58]
    • Eximiones (García Eximiones). 1040. [DMCL 62]
    • Gimenez. 12th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. izei; DMCL 141]
    • Scemenet (Roy Scemenet). 1225. [DMCL 141]
    • Scemenez (Lup Scemenez). 931. [DMCL 141]
    • Scemenones. 10th-12th centuries. [JLIR 94; MDML 7; SSMC p. 39]
    • Scemenonis. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 58]
    • Scemenoz. 10th-11th centuries. [DMCL 191]
    • Scemenuz (Domingo Scemenuz). 1078. [DMCL 193]
    • Schemenez (Michael Schemenez). 1176. [DMCL 141]
    • Semeneitz (Lop Semeneitz de Aldatz). 1257. [ARZA s.n. aldatz]
    • Semeneiz (Fortun Semeneiz d'Azqueta). 1173. [JJMA Doc 133]
    • Semenez (Diag Semenez). 1258. [DMCL 141]
    • Semenitz. 14th century. [ARZA]
    • Semeniz. 13th-14th centuries. [CPPN VIII.A; JJMA]
    • Semenoz (Munnio Semenoz). 952. [DMCL 191]
    • Semenones. 11th century. [JGBN; DMCL 62]
    • Semenonis (Ennego Semenonis). 1234. [DMCL 58]
    • Simenitz. 14th century. [ARZA]
    • Xemenes (Roi Xemenez). 1219. [DMCL 141]
    • Xemeniç (Garcia Xemeniç Darçaneguj). 1314. [ARZA s.n. artzain]
    • Xemenix (don Johan Xemenix d'Echalecu). 1353. [ARZA s.n. etxe]
    • Xemeniz. 1330. [CPPN VIII]
    • Ximenes. 13th-15th centuries. [DMCL 141]
    • Ximenez (Pedro Ximenez). 1237. [DMCL 141]
    • Ximenonis (Fortun Ximenonis). 1065. [DMCL 58]
• Tellu (m) -- 10th-12th century. [EUSW s.n. Tellu; DMCL 24, 59, 151; SSMC p. 35, 36, 58, 68, 108]
  • Vars: Teles (Teles Obeguez). 1022. [DMCL 137]
    • Tello. 9th-15th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Tellu; DMCL 37, 45, 180; SSMC p. 63, 67]
    • Tellus. 807?-912?. [SSMC p. 5]
    • Teyllo (don Teyllo). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.198]
  • Pats: Teilloz. 11th century. [DMCL 190]
    • Teillu (Blasko Teillu). 1081. [DMCL 97]
    • Telliz. 9th-11th centuries. [EUSW s.n. Tellu; DMCL 177]
    • Tellu (Enneko Tellu). 1078. [DMCL 97]
    • Telluç (Sancio Telluç de Olhabehe çahar). 1053. [LMAV]
    • Telluz (Abelmundar Telluz). 936. [SSMC p. 36]
• Teresa (f) -- 13th-15th century. [ARZA s.n. bide, iar; EUSW s.n. Teresa; CPPN VIII.B.12, VIII.D.a]
  • Vars: Ataresa. 12th century.
    • Atharesa (dompna Atharesa). 1071. [EUSW s.n. Ataresa]
    • Tarasia. 946. [SSMC p. 47]
    • Taresa. 11th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. gesal; EUSW s.n. Taresa; CPPN VIII.D.a.107]
    • Taresia. 927. [SSMC p. 29]
    • Theresa. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A, VIII.D.b]
  • Pats: (There is a place-name named Teresa [see DMCL 84], so these are probably locatives rather than metronyms.)
    • Teresa. 13th-14th centuries. [JLOV; CPPN VIII.A]
    • Theresa (Pero theresa). 13th century. [JLOV]
• Tibalt (m) -- 1148. [EUSW s.n. Tibalt] From the Old German Theudobald, Thiotbald ("people-bold").
• Tomas (m) -- 14th century. [CPPN] From an Aramaic name, Te'oma ("twin"), or Thomas in Greek.
• Tota (f) -- common name in the Middle Ages, from the 9th-16th centuries. This spelling appears in records from the 8th-14th centuries [ARZA; CPPN VIII.D.b; DMCL 129; EUSW s.n. Tota; JGBN; JJMA Doc 68 JLIR; MDML 14; SSMC p. 1, 29, 34, 275]
  • Vars: Dota. 12th-13th centuries. [ARZA; JLIR; JLOV]
    • Toda. 13th-14th centuries. [ARZA; JLOV; CPPN]
    • Tuta. 912. [MDML 5]
  • Dims: Dochato. 15th century. [EUSW s.n. Dota]
    • Totaquo (Totaquo, fija de Maria Periz Gemas). 1330. [CPPN VIII.A.32.2]
• Totabita (f) -- combination of Tota and Bita. 1033. [EUSW s.n. Bita]
• Txaran (m) -- from Basque txaran ("blackthorn").
  • Txaran Ganboa. 1440. [EUSW s.n. Txaran]
  • Var: Charan (Charan de Ganboa). 1475. [ARZA s.n. txaran]
• Txatxel (m) -- 1443. [EUSW s.n. Txatxel]
• Txipi (m) -- from Basque (t)xipi ("small"). 1398. [EUSW s.n. Txipi]
  • Var: Chipi (Chipi de Labastida). 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.c.419]
• Txurio (m) --
  • Var: Churio (Churio Ecibay). 1448. [EUSW s.n. Txurio]
• Uenega (f) -- Uenega Martiniz. 13th century. [JLOV]
• Urdin (m) -- EUSW (s.n. Urdin) says this existed as a medieval name, from the Basque urdin ("blue").
  • Dims: Ordincho (don Ordincho su abuelo). 1264. [ARZA s.n. urdin]
    • Txurdin. Medieval. [EUSW s.n. Txurdin]
• Urraka (f) -- A Castilian name, originally from the Spanish urraca ("magpie"); several queens of Navarre had this name. EUSW's earliest citation is in 991 (Urraka Enecones), but it is found in this spelling in the 10th-12th centuries as well [DMCL 14, 111; MDML 9; SSMC p. 245; UAJP].
  • Vars: Hurraca. 8th-14th centuries. [ARZA; DMCL 126; CPPN VIII.A, VIII.B, VIII.D.d; SSMC p. 1]
    • Hurraqua. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A, VIII.D.d.140, VIII.D.d.233]
    • Oraka (Oraka Roiguiz). 1171. [DMCL 173]
    • Urraca. 10th-14th centuries. [ARZA; CPPN VIII.A.2.2; DMCL 129; JJMA; MDML 11; SSMC; UAJP]
    • Urracha. 1200. [ARZA s.n. bazter, deitu]
    • Urraqua. 1366. [CPPN VIII.D.a.105, VIII.D.d.25]
    • Urraquoa (de Urraquoa su hermana). 1283. [ARZA s.n. urraquoa]
    • Vrraca. 10th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. ko; CPPN VIII.D.a, VIII.D.b; MDML 12]
  • Pat: Urraquarena (Sanso Urraquarena). 1200. [ARZA s.n. en; JGBN]
• Urrana (f) -- 10th-11th centuries. [LMAV; SSMC p. 58]
• Urreza (f) -- et uxor mea Urreza. 997. [ARZA s.n. urreza]
• Urrika (f) -- EUSW (s.n. Urrika) says that this was a medieval name, but does not cite any specific examples.
• Usoa (f) -- from the Basque uso ("dove"). EUSW (s.n. Usoa) indicates that the name was still in use in the 16th century.
  • Vars: Ussoa. 12th-13th centuries. [ARZA s.n. uso; Euskaltzainda s.n. Usoa]
    • Vssoa (Vssoa y su marido Marco). 13th century. [JLOV]
  • Pat: Uzoiz (Fortun Uzoiz). [DMCL 152]
• Yxuri (m) -- possibly related to Oxarra, or else the Basque isuri ("spilled"). Appears in this spelling as a given name in 1360 [JGBN].
  • Var: Yssuri (Yssuri Behere). 1366. [ARZA s.n. isuri]
  • Pat: Yxuri (Lope Yxuri). 14th century. [ARZA s.n. isuri]
• Zezilia (f) -- from the Latin Cĉcilius, a Roman family name. 1244. [EUSW s.n. Zezilia]
  • Vars: Seçilia (dona Seçilia). 13th century. [JLOV]
    • Sezilia. 14th century. [CPPN VIII.A.23.1, VIII.D.d.152]
    • Sizillia (Katelina, seror de Sizillia). [CPPN VIII.D.c.197.V]
• Zigor (m) -- from the Basque zigor ("stick; whip"). 1415. [EUSW s.n. Zigor]
• Zilar (m) -- from the Basque zilar ("silver"). [EUSW s.n. Zilar]
• Zita (f) -- fem of Ziti. There was a 13th century saint from Bozzanello named Cita or Zita.
  • Var: Zete (et uxor mea domna Zete). 1063. [SSMC p. 187]
• Ziti (m) -- Basque equivalent of the Castillian name Cid, which, in turn, is of Arabic origin, from al-sidi ("the lord; the chief"). Note that some of the Basque citations for this name precede (or are contemporaneous to) the famous exploits of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, whose story was spread in the 13th century Cantar de Mío Cid; he was from Castille, to the west of Biscay.
  • Vars: Citi. 11th century. [EUSW s.n. Ziti; SSMC p. 118]
    • Zite (Zite Bermudez). 1042. [SSMC p. 119]
  • Pats: Çitiz (Fortun Çitiz). 1046. [EUSW s.n. Ziti]
    • Zite (Fortum Zite). 1036. [SSMC p. 122]
• Zorrakino (m) -- ego dompno Zorrakino. 1047. [ARZA s.n. zorrakino]
  • Latin: Zorraquinus. 1115. [JLIR 100]
  • Pat: Zorraquinz (senior Gomiz Zorraquinz). 1064. [ARZA s.n. zorraquinz]
• Zuria (f) -- from the Basque zuri ("white"). A related Romance name would be Blanca (such as Blanca Periz, 1366, CPPN VIII.D.a.79).
  • Andre Zuria. 1190. [ARZA s.n. andere]
  • Var: Çuria. 13th-14th centuries. [ARZA s.n. andere; CPPN VIII.D.c.197.I]

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