Basque: topographic name from ara, haran ‘valley’ +
-itz, a common topographic suffix, + the article suffix
-a, that is, ‘the place in the valley’. In some cases it may be
a variant of Areyza, from areitz ‘oak’ (variant of
(h)aritz) + the article suffix -a. Because it is
somewhat unusual in terms of Spanish orthography, the
latter surname may have been assimilated to the former, which
is more common and more regular in form.
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