Balenciaga (surname) explained

Balenciaga
Coat Of Arms:Blason Es famille Balenciaga (Azkoitia).svg
Origin:Spain

Balenciaga is a surname from the Basque Country. Balenciaga is the Spanish language transliteration of the basque Balentziaga.

Following Basque naming customs, the name is a toponymic meaning house or place of the whaler, referring to the patronymic house of a family originally devoted to whaling. It is derived from the Basque words bale(a) (whale), ontzi (boat or ship) and the locative suffix '-aga', combined to form bale+(o)ntzi+aga, Balentziaga.

Notable people with the surname include: