Given name
Arantxa
“resembling a thornbush”
Arantxa is used as a given name. One Basque interpretation is “resembling a thornbush.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Basque interpretation is “resembling a thornbush.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Basque.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arantxa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 555
- 0 boys · 555 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,361 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,361 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 45.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 76 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 606 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arantxa’s family of names
Arantxa is an affectionate form of Aránzazu. In Basque usage, Arantxa is a shortened form of ARANTZAZU.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Arantxa
- Arantxa Sánchez VicarioSpanish tennis playerborn 1971
- Arantxa RusDutch tennis playerborn 1990
- Arantxa Parra SantonjaSpanish tennis playerborn 1982
- Arantxa UrretabizkaiaSpanish writerborn 1947
- Arantxa EchevarríaSpanish screenwriter, film director and film producerborn 1968
- Arantza Quiroga CíaSpanish Basque politicianborn 1973
- Arantxa AguirreSpanish director of documentariesborn 1965
- Arantxa KingOlympic long jumperborn 1989
- Arantxa ChávezMexican diverborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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