Echeverria Family History
Echeverria Surname Meaning
Basque: Castilianized form (Echeverría) of Etxeberria topographic or habitational name from the Basque elements etxe ‘house’ + berri ‘new’ + the definite article -a.
This is the origin of the name of a village near Pamplona now called Xabier the birthplace of Saint Francis Xavier (1506–52) missionary to East Asia.
Compare Echavarria and Etcheverry.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
