Ochoa

Ochoa or Otxoa is a Basque surname common throughout Spain, France, the Americas, and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; it was originally a given name in Medieval Spain.

The name originated in the Basque Country and means "wolf" in the Basque language (spelled otsoa or otxoa in Standard Basque). There was also a female given name Ochanda (meaning "female wolf", cf. the elegant tower in the old quarter of Vitoria-Gasteiz named after Ochanda, proper name of the daughter of a man responsible for revamping the tower in the 16th century) and Ochotorena or Otxotorena, meaning "son of Ochoto' (lit. small wolf). The Spanish version of this Basque given name was , also appearing in the names of Gascon lords in the High Middle Ages.

The name may refer to:

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