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Girl · Basque place-name, uncertain
Estibaliz
Say it: es-tee-BAH-leeth
Meaning
From the sanctuary of Our Lady of Estíbaliz near Vitoria, patroness of Álava; the place-name is of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 16 babies given this name since 1978
- At its height in 1978, about 1 in 255,300 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Estíbaliz
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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.