Entry № 6290 · Basque origin

Maitane Maitane — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ my-TAH-neh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Basque
Meaning
"Beloved"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Basque)

A name that means "beloved".

Maitane is a Basque name meaning "beloved" — from the root maite (love).

Maitane is rising in modern Spain.

Beloved. The Basque word of love.

The name in its native script.

Maitane
Transliteration
Maitane
Pronunciation
/ maɪˈtɑː.neɪ /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Maitane stands.

Maitane does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Maitanes before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Maitane
Common in Basque fiction.

Names connected to Maitane.

The number behind Maitane.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maitane reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.