''Begoña'' is a popular girls name in the
Basque Country and in Spanish-speaking areas. It is derived from the church dedicated to
Our Lady of Begoña
Our or OUR may refer to:
* The possessive form of " we"
Places
* Our (river)
The Our (; , ) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left-hand tributary of the river Sauer, Sauer/Sûre. Its total length is .
The source of the O ...
, and
the name of the neighbourhood in
Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...
where the church is situated.
As a given name
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Begoña Alfaro
Begoña Alfaro García (born 1982) is a Spanish politician from Navarre
Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Auto ...
, Spanish politician
*
Begoña Ameztoy, Spanish writer
*
Begoña Aranguren, Spanish journalist and writer
*
Begoña Blasco
Begoña Blasco (born 30 April 1960) is a former Spanish rhythmic gymnast. She won the bronze medal with ribbon at the World Championships in Madrid in 1975. That same year she became the first national champion of Spain.
Career
Blasco was par ...
, Spanish gymnast
*
Begoña Curero Sastre, Spanish Paralympic swimmer
*
Begoña Errazti, Spanish politician
*
Begoña Fernandez, Spanish handball player
*
Begoña Fernández (mathematician), Mexican mathematician and mathematics professor
*
Begoña Gómez (judoka), Spanish judoka
*
Begoña García Grau
Begoña is a historical municipality of Biscay ( Basque Country, Spain) and is a neighbourhood and urban district of Bilbao.
''Begoña'', or more puristically but also more rarely spelled ''Begoina'', means 'the lower foot', referring to the slo ...
, Spanish hockey player
*
Begoña Gumucio
Begoña Gumucio (born 14 January 1992) is a Chilean competitive sailor. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is th ...
, Chilean sailor
*
Begoña García Piñero, Spanish basketball player
*
Begoña Huertas
Begoña Huertas Uhagón (1965–2022) was a Spanish writer and journalist. She won the Casa de las Américas Prize for her essay ''Ensayo de un cambio: la narrativa cubana en la década de los 80.''
Biography
Begoña Huertas was born on 4 A ...
, Spanish writer
*
Begoña Larzabal, Spanish hockey player
*
Begoña Maestre
Begoña Maestre ( Baracaldo, August 1, 1978) is a Spanish actress. She has worked in television, film and theater. She stands out among other things for her participation in the series '' Amar en tiempos revueltos'' and ''Hospital Central''.
B ...
, Spanish actress
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Begoña Narváez, Mexican actress and model
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Begoña Palacios, Mexican TV actress
*
Begoña Reina López, Spanish Paralympic swimmer
*
Begoña Román Maestre
Begoña Román Maestre (Petrer, 1965) is a Spanish philosopher, university professor, and researcher.
Early life and education
Begoña Román was born in the town of Petrer, Province of Alicante. She received her PhD in philosophy from the Univ ...
, Spanish philosopher, university professor, researcher
*
Begoña Sánchez, Spanish handball player
*
Begoña Vargas, Spanish actress
*
Begoña Vila
María Begoña Vila Costas (born 1963) is a Spanish astrophysicist specializing in the study of spiral galaxies. She currently resides in Washington, D.C. and works as a systems engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She is the lead engi ...
, Spanish astrophysicist
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Begoña Via Dufresne, Spanish Olympic sailor
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Begoña Villacís
Begoña Villacís Sánchez (born 4 November 1977) is a Spanish lawyer and former politician. A member of the Citizens (Spanish political party), Citizens party, she was a councillor in the City Council of Madrid from 2015 to 2023. From 2019 to ...
, Spanish politician
*
Begoña Vitoriano
Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva (born 1967) is a Spanish applied mathematician and operations researcher whose work concerns the logistics of humanitarian aid and disaster relief. She is an associate professor in the Department of Statistics and Op ...
, Spanish mathematician and operations researcher
As a surname
*
Mary Begoña (1925–2020), Spanish actress & vedette
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Given names
Feminine given names
Basque feminine given names