<P> Ochoa or Otxoa is a Basque surname common throughout Spain, France, the Americas, and the Philippines . It is a surname of patronymic origin; it was originally a given name in Medieval Spain . </P> <P> The name originated in the Basque Country and means "wolf" in the Basque language (spelled otsoa or otxoa in Standard Basque). There was also a female given name Ochanda (meaning "female wolf", cf . the elegant tower in the old quarter of Vitoria - Gasteiz named after Ochanda, proper name of the daughter of a man responsible for revamping the tower in the 16th century) and Ochotorena or Otxotorena, meaning "son of Ochoto" (lit . "small wolf"). The Spanish version of this Basque given name was Lope, also appearing in the names of Gascon lords in the High Middle Ages . </P> <P> The name may refer to: </P>

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