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Edurne

/eh-DOOR-neh/ FeminineBasque

Meaning

Edurne is a feminine name of Basque origin meaning “snow”.

Edurne is built on edur, the Basque word for snow, and was promoted in the early twentieth century as the Basque rendering of the Spanish Marian name Nieves, Our Lady of the Snows. It remains a recognizably Basque badge of identity, borne by singer Edurne and mountaineer Edurne Pasaban, the first woman to summit all fourteen eight-thousanders.

Well established in the Basque Country of Spain.

At a glance

Origin
Basque
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/eh-DOOR-neh/
Themes
Snow

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Questions

  • Edurne is a feminine name of Basque origin meaning “snow”. Edurne is built on edur, the Basque word for snow, and was promoted in the early twentieth century as the Basque rendering of the Spanish Marian name Nieves, Our Lady of the Snows.

  • Edurne is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Well established in the Basque Country of Spain.

  • The name Edurne comes from Basque. Edurne is built on edur, the Basque word for snow, and was promoted in the early twentieth century as the Basque rendering of the Spanish Marian name Nieves, Our Lady of the Snows. It remains a recognizably Basque badge of identity, borne by singer Edurne and mountaineer Edurne Pasaban, the first woman to summit all fourteen eight-thousanders.

  • Edurne is pronounced eh-DOOR-neh.

More names that mean snow

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Edur MasculineBasque“snow”
  2. Eira FeminineWelsh“snow”
  3. Eirwen FeminineWelsh“white as snow”
  4. Fannar MasculineIcelandic“snowdrift”
  5. Frost MasculineEnglish“frozen dew”
  6. Fuyuko FeminineJapanese“winter child”