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Nahia (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Basque Country, Spain

Word/name
  
Basque

Related names
  
Nahikari; Gure

Meaning
  
aspiration / wish / will

Etymology

Nahia is a Basque female name meaning "aspiration" / "wish" and in some cases "will" for instance with "Egin bedi zure nahia" (Thy will be done).

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Pronunciation

  • Nahia /ˈnɑːiɑː/

    • Usage

    The Basque Statistics Office cited it as the 5th most popular given name for baby girls born in the Basque Country between 2010 and 2012.

    Outside the Basque Country, specially in Spain, the name of Naia is a more frequent given name and while, in Spanish they are pronounced similarly, they have different etymologies; Naia has instead a Greek mythological origin.

    Other forms

    Variants of Nahia are:

  • Nahikari
  • Gure
  • Since it is pronounced similarly, Naia is sometimes considered as a variant of Nahia when one prefers to consider its origin as Basque rather than Greek.

    • References

    Nahia (given name) Wikipedia
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