Begoña

Girl · Basque place-name, uncertain

Begoña

Say it: beh-GOH-nyah

Meaning

From the Basilica of Our Lady of Begoña in Bilbao, patroness of Biscay; the Basque place-name is of uncertain meaning.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

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

Used by

Basque Spanish

The family of the name

Basque	Begoñe

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Where this comes from

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