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Otsana

/oh-TSAH-nah/ FeminineBasque

Meaning

Otsana is a feminine name of Basque origin meaning “she-wolf”.

Otsana is the feminine of the Basque otso, wolf, recorded in medieval Navarre in forms like Otsanda. Its revival belongs to the modern movement reclaiming pre-Roman Basque names, and it remains one of Europe's few authentic she-wolf names.

Very rare, found mainly in the Basque Country.

At a glance

Origin
Basque
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/oh-TSAH-nah/
Themes
Wolf

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Questions

  • Otsana is a feminine name of Basque origin meaning “she-wolf”. Otsana is the feminine of the Basque otso, wolf, recorded in medieval Navarre in forms like Otsanda.

  • Otsana is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Very rare, found mainly in the Basque Country.

  • The name Otsana comes from Basque. Otsana is the feminine of the Basque otso, wolf, recorded in medieval Navarre in forms like Otsanda. Its revival belongs to the modern movement reclaiming pre-Roman Basque names, and it remains one of Europe's few authentic she-wolf names.

  • Otsana is pronounced oh-TSAH-nah.

More names that mean wolf

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Conall MasculineIrish“strong as a wolf”
  2. Conan MasculineIrish“little wolf, little hound”
  3. Faolán MasculineIrish“little wolf”
  4. Lowell MasculineFrench“little wolf”
  5. Ralph MasculineOld Norse“wolf counsel”
  6. Rudolph MasculineGermanic“famous wolf”