Urraca (also spelled ''Hurraca'', ''Urracha'' and ''Hurracka'' in

medieval Latin Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Latin functioned ...

) is a female first name. In

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

, the name means

magpie Magpies are birds of the Corvidae family. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's most intelligent creatures, and is on ...

, derived perhaps from

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

''furax'', meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to collect shiny items. The name may be of

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

origin, as suggested by

onomastic Onomastics (or, in older texts, onomatology) is the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names. An '' orthonym'' is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Onomastics can be helpful in data mining, ...

analysis. *Urraca (9th century), purported wife of García Íñiguez of Pamplona *Urraca bint Qasi (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

917–929), wife of

Fruela II of León Fruela II (Froila II) (c. 875–July 925) was the King of Asturias from the death of his father, Alfonso III of Asturias, in 910 to his own death. When his father died, the kingdom was divided, with the third son, Fruela, taking the original port ...

Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona Urraca Sánchez was an ''Infanta'' of Pamplona and Queen consort of León. Family Urraca was a daughter of Sancho I, King of Pamplona and his wife Toda of Navarre, and sister of García Sánchez I of Pamplona. She was the second wife of king Ram ...

(10th century), wife of

Ramiro II of León Ramiro II (c. 900 – 1 January 951), son of Ordoño II and Elvira Menendez, was a King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of the kingdom, he gained the crown of León (and with it, Galicia) after su ...

*Urraca Fróilaz (fl. 969–978), wife of

Aznar Purcelliz Aznar is a Spanish and Gascon surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri"). Notable people with this name include the following: Surname * Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañ ...

*Urraca Garcés (died before 1008), wife of

Fernán González of Castile Fernán González (died 970) was the first autonomous count of Castile. Fernán González was a colourful character of legendary status in Iberia, and founder of the dynasty that would rule a semi-autonomous Castile, laying the foundations for it ...

and

William II Sánchez of Gascony William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

Urraca Fernández Urraca Fernández (died 1007) was queen of León and Navarre as the wife of two kings of León and one king of Navarre between 951 and 994. She acted as regent for her son Gonzalo in the County of Aragon in circa 996-997, and served as co-rege ...

(died 1005/7), wife of Ordoño III of León, Ordoño IV of León and of Sancho II of Pamplona *

Urraca of Covarrubias Urraca of Castile (died after January 1038) was co-regent of Castile during the minority of her nephew, García Sánchez of Castile, in 1017-28. Life She was the daughter of García Fernández, count of Castile, and his spouse Ava de Ribago ...

(died 1038), abbess and daughter of García Fernández of Castile *Urraca, apparently Gómez (died 1039), wife of

Sancho García of Castile Sancho García (died 5 February 1017), called of the Good Laws (in Spanish, ''el de los Buenos Fueros''), was the count of Castile and Álava from 995 to his death. Biography Sancho was the son of count García Fernández and his wife Ava of R ...

*Urraca Sánchez (died 1041), wife of

Sancho VI William of Gascony Sancho VI William (Basque: ''Antso Gilen'', French: ''Sanche Guillaume'', Gascon: ''Sans Guilhem'', Spanish: ''Sancho Guillén'') (died 4 October 1032) was the Duke of Gascony from 1009 to his death. His reign is most notable for the renewal of Ga ...

*Urraca Sánchez (11th century), wife of

Alfonso V of León Alfonso V (c. 9947 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor () to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain. He succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 9 ...

Urraca of Zamora Urraca of Zamora (1033/34 – 1101/03) was a Kingdom of León, Leonese ''infanta'', one of the five children of Ferdinand I of León, Ferdinand I the Great, who received the city of Zamora, Spain, Zamora as her inheritance and exercised palatine ...

(1033/4–1101), daughter of King Ferdinand I of León. *

Urraca of León and Castile Urraca (also spelled ''Hurraca'', ''Urracha'' and ''Hurracka'' in medieval Latin) is a female first name. In Spanish, the name means magpie, derived perhaps from Latin ''furax'', meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to coll ...

(Urraca the Reckless) (1082–1129), Queen of León and Castile, daughter of

Alfonso VI Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

, wife of

Alfonso I of Aragon Alfonso I (''c''. 1073/10747 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior ( es, el Batallador), was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Pe ...

, mother of

Alfonso VII Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre Urraca Alfonso (1133 – ), also known as Urraca the Asturian (''La Asturiana''), illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VII of León, was Queen Consort of Navarre by her marriage to García Ramírez. After becoming a widow, she returned to her home ...

(Urraca the Asturian) (1132–1164), daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile, and queen consort of García Ramírez of Navarre * Urraca of Portugal (1151–1188), daughter of Alfonso I of Portugal and wife of King Ferdinand II of León * Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186/1187–1220), daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonor of England *

Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , image = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse = , house = Bourbon-Two Sicilies , father = Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria , mo ...

(1913–1999), daughter of

Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria , title = Duke of Castro, Duke of Calabria , image = Ferdinando Pius.jpg , caption = , succession = Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , reign-type = Tenure , reign = 26 May 1934 – 7 ...

(1869–1960) and his wife

Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria , title = Duchess of Calabria , image = Herzogin von Calabrien und Prinzessin Urraca.jpg , caption = Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia with her youngest child Princess Urraca , spouse = Prince Ferdinand Pius, D ...

(1872–1954)

References

*Jaime de Salazar y Acha. 2006
"Urraca: un nombre egregio en la onomástica altomedieval"
''En la España medieval'', 29 (Extra 1), 29–48. Also published in ''Estudios de genealogía, heráldica y nobiliaria'', ed. Miguel Angel Laredo Quesada, 29–48 ().

Disambiguation

Urraca may also refer to: *

Urraca Mesa Urraca Mesa is a large mesa located in Colfax County in northern New Mexico, U.S., on the property of Philmont Scout Ranch. It reaches an elevation of . The mesa has a long history of mythical and supernatural associations, dating to the local i ...

, a mesa in northern New Mexico on the property of Philmont Scout Ranch, which is the most lightning-struck place in the state and has religious significance to a number of local indigenous tribes * Urracá, indigenous freedom fighter of colonial Panama * Urracá, Panama, a corregimiento in Panama * Urraca, a planned, but cancelled, very high altitude (above 1000 kilometers) nuclear test in the

Operation Fishbowl Operation Fishbowl was a series of high-altitude nuclear tests in 1962 that were carried out by the United States as a part of the larger '' Operation Dominic'' nuclear test program. Flight-test vehicles were designed and manufactured by Avco ...

series in 1962. {{given name Spanish feminine given names