Oneca

Girl · Basque (probable)

Oneca

Say it: oh-NEH-kah

Meaning

Uncertain. Usually taken as a feminine counterpart of the Basque masculine Enneco (Íñigo, Eneko), itself of uncertain origin.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Recorded in the ruling family of Pamplona in the 9th and 10th centuries.

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

The family of the name

Other spellings: Onneca

Basque	Oneka

Famous bearers

Onneca Fortúnez, Navarrese princess and grandmother of Abd al-Rahman III

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters

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