Echegaray

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Etxegarai (literally “high house, house on top of a hill”), from etxe (“house”) and garai (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /et͡ʃeɡaˈɾai/ [e.t͡ʃe.ɣ̞aˈɾai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: E‧che‧ga‧ray

Proper noun

Echegaray m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish, from Basque Etxegarai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔet͡ʃeɡaˈɾaj/, [ʔɛ.t͡ʃɛ.ɣɐˈɾaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: E‧che‧ga‧ray

Proper noun

Echegaráy (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜄᜇᜌ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], most notably borne by:
   • Leo Echegaray, Filipino criminal, the first to be executed by lethal injection in 1999.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Echegaray is the 39,199^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 299 individuals.