The Etxebarria Family Name

Before spelling settled in the modern era, so Etxeberria could easily become Etxebarria. Name scholars give the meaning as “New house”. Only a small detail separates the spellings: Etxebarria has “a” where Etxeberria has “e”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Echebarría and Echeberria.

In the Spanish register, Etxebarria appears 2,845 times as a first surname and 2,356 times as a second one.

Arms linked to Etxeberria and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Etxebarria report, with a museum-style coat of arms.