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
Grammatical form

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

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.