Meaning & Origin
a village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ainhoa is a girl's baby name of Basque origin, from the Basque ainara meaning "swallow" (the bird) or named after the village of Ainhoa in the French Basque Country, where the name has a strong traditional presence. The Basque region straddles northern Spain and southern France.
Ainhoa is widely popular in Spain and among Basque communities worldwide, consistently ranking among the top names in the Basque Country. It has been growing in the United States as Spanish-speaking families discover this rare, melodic name with genuine Celtic Basque roots.