Andregoto

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Girl · Basque or Germanic (uncertain)

Andregoto

Say it: an-dreh-GOH-toh

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Meaning

Uncertain. The first part may be Basque andre 'lady'; the second, also seen in the name Goto, is unexplained.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

A rare name of the 10th-century Navarrese and Aragonese nobility.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The Early Middle Ages400 to 800

Used by

Basque Spanish

Famous bearers

Andregoto Galíndez, queen of Pamplona

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.