Balenciaga
Place of 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:

• Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish Basque fashion designer and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house
• Mariah Paris Balenciaga (born 1981), American drag queen
• Rasri Balenciaga (born 1990), Thai actress

Surname list

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