Surname

Etxegarai

“house”·“high”

Etxegarai is a surname. It is used in Basque.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Etxegarai is built from elements meaning “house” and “high”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Basque etxe (“house”) + garai (“high”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Etxegarai’s family of names

In Basque usage, Etxegarai has a later derivative in ECHEGARAY. In Basque usage, Etxegarai as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form Etchegaray.

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Around the world

Etxegarai has relatives in 3 languages.

Tagalog

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Across languages 2

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