Given name & surname · also Spanish

Mendizabal

“mountain”

Mendizabal is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque.

Original SpanishMendizábal

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mendizabal goes back to Basque mendi, meaning “mountain.”

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Where it comes from

Mendizabal comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Basque.

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How it developed

From Spanish Mendizábal, from Basque mendi (“mountain”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mendizabal’s family of names

In English usage, Mendizabal as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Mendizábal.

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The ring: across languages.

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

Similar names

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Basque

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50% boys · 50% girls

Spanish

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Basque

Lardizábal

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Basque

Lardizabal

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Basque

Mendoza

Mendoza is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Basque, and 2 other languages.

No U.S. birth series

61% boys · 39% girls

Basque

Mendonça

Mendonça is a surname from Basque. It is used in Portuguese.

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Basque

Menaca

Menaca is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque.

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Basque

Hormazábal

Hormazábal is a surname from Basque. It is used in Spanish.

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Sibling ideas

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