The arana Surname
arana Name Meaning and History
Basque: topographic name from aran ‘valley’ + the Basque
definite article -a. The name in the U.S. may have absorbed
some instances of Araña, from Spanish araña
‘spider’, a nickname for a weaver or for an industrious or
opportunistic person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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