Aitor
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Basque, works by Agosti Xaho |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | approximately "good father" |
Aitor is a Basque masculine given name, created by Agosti Xaho for a Basque ancestral patriarch descending from the Biblical Tubal in his work "The Legend of Aitor" (published in French in the journal Ariel, 1845[1]). believes that Xaho created it from the Souletin Basque expression aitoren semeak or aitonen semeak ("gentry", literally "sons of good fathers" interpreted as "sons of Aitor", aita meaning "father" and on meaning "good"[1][2]) After Xaho, it was popularized by the Spanish-language novel Amaya o los vascos en el siglo VIII. Nowadays it is a common name among Basque males.
Music for the bertso Aitorren Izkuntz Zarra ("Aitor's Old Language").
People with the name Aitor include:
- Aitor 'Txiki' Beguiristain (born 1964), Spanish retired footballer
- Aitor Galdós (born 1979), Spanish road bicycle racer
- Aitor González (born 1975), Spanish retired road bicycle racer
- Aitor Hernández (born 1982), Spanish racing cyclist
- Aitor Karanka (born 1973), Spanish retired footballer who mainly played with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid
- Aitor Larrazábal (born 1971), Spanish retired footballer who played for Athletic Bilbao
- Aitor López Rekarte (born 1975), Spanish retired footballer who mainly played for Real Sociedad
- Aitor Núñez (born 1987), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Cádiz CF
- Aitor Ocio (born 1976), Spanish retired footballer, well known for playing with Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla FC
- Aitor Osa (born 1973), Spanish retired road bicycle racer
- Aitor Pérez (born 1977), Spanish road bicycle racer
- Aitor Ramos (born 1985), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Arenas Getxo
- Aitor Tornavaca Fernández (born 1976), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Real Avilés
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Aitor in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia.
- ^ "View Name: Aitor". behindthename.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
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