Aitor

Aitor is a Basque masculine given name, created by Agosti Xaho for a Basque ancestral patriarch descending from the Biblical Tubal in his work "The Legend of Aitor" (published in French in the journal Ariel, 1845^[1]). Luis Mitxelena believes that Xaho created it from the Souletin Basque expression aitoren semeak or aitonen semeak ("gentry", literally "sons of good fathers" interpreted as "sons of Aitor", aita meaning "father" and on meaning "good"^[1][2]) After Xaho, it was popularized by the Spanish-language novel Amaya o los vascos en el siglo VIII. Nowadays it is a common name among Basque males.

Music for the bertso Aitorren Izkuntz Zarra ("Aitor's Old Language").

	Aitorren Izkuntz Zarra
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People with the name Aitor include:

• Aitor 'Txiki' Beguiristain (1964 – ), Spanish retired footballer
• Aitor Galdós (1979 –), Spanish road bicycle racer
• Aitor González (1975 –), Spanish retired road bicycle racer
• Aitor Hernández (1982 –), Spanish racing cyclist
• Aitor Karanka (1973 – ), Spanish retired footballer who mainly played with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid
• Aitor Larrazábal (1971 –), Spanish retired footballer who played for Athletic Bilbao
• Aitor López Rekarte (1975 –), Spanish retired footballer who mainly played for Real Sociedad
• Aitor Núñez (1987 –), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Cádiz CF
• Aitor Ocio (1976 – ), Spanish retired footballer, well known for playing with Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla FC
• Aitor Osa (1973 –), Spanish retired road bicycle racer
• Aitor Pérez (1977 –), Spanish road bicycle racer
• Aitor Porres (1977 –), Spanish musician
• Aitor Ramos (1985 – ), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Arenas Getxo
• Aitor Tornavaca Fernández (1976 –), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Real Avilés

References

• Aïtor. Légende cantabre / Aitor. - Leyenda cántabra / Aitor. - Kantabriar kondaira