Nekane

Girl · Basque (modern coinage)

Nekane

Say it: neh-KAH-neh

Meaning

A Basque equivalent of Dolores created in the early 20th century from neke 'pain, toil'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

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 Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Basque

The family of the name

Spanish	Dolores

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Where this comes from

Modern use, as a recently created name
National birth statistics of European countries source

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