When Juan Bacaycoa Iriarte was christened on 4 April 1729, in Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain, his father, Domingo Bacaicoa Belza, was 30 and his mother, Lucia Iriarte Echarri, was 26.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Cesar, Francisco, Alvaro, Javier, Juan, Alberto, Alfonso, Alfredo, Alonso, Angel, Arturo.
Basque: topographic name for someone who lived between two or more settlements, from iri ‘hamlet, village, settlement’ + arte ‘between, in the midst of’.
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