Given name

Eneko

“mine, my”

Eneko is a masculine given name. It is used in Basque.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Eneko probably goes back to a word meaning “mine, my.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Eneko through the years

Babies since 1880
52
52 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
11 babies
2025
9
#8,450 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024682025Highest share 20245.3
Eneko in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2019–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,450 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Eneko’s family of names

In Basque usage, Eneko has a later derivative in Iñigo. In Basque usage, Eneko has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ignace. In Basque usage, Eneko has a related form in Enecho.

Walk Eneko’s family in the name graph

EnekoInikoÍñigoEnegoEnechoEnecoInigoIgnaceIñigo

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Eneko has relatives in 4 languages.

BasqueTagalog

7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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