Basque: from Basque Anaia, from anai ‘brother’ +
the definite article (suffixed) -a. In Basque this was used
both as a byname and as a personal name.Spanish: habitational
name from either of two places called Anaya, in Salamanca and Segovia
provinces. The place name is probably of Arabic origin.
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