The origin of the name Aguirre is Spain.

Although people were originally known only by their first names, it became necessary to adopt a second name to identify due to population growth.

The most common type of family name found in the region was the surname that derives from the name of the father.
During the Middle Ages the patronymic system adopted for surnames.

The nicknames as surnames usually reflected the physical characteristics of the lineage primermiembro.
The local names describe a region or place where they lived the first members of the lineage.
Many Spanish surnames are influenced Germanic and Arabic words or names of places because of the
occupation of both cultures in a period of time.

The origin of surname Aguirre is Vasco and derived from the word Aguer meaning high place overlooking a field.

The origin of this name is primigeneo a region Guipuzcoa in the Basque Country

In the year 850 many gentlemen with the last name Aguirre Don Ramiro I accompanied to the battle of Clavijo.

Aguirre lineage spread throughout the peninsula during the period of the reconquest.

In America is a widespread surname.

Some variations of this surname are: Aguirre, Aguirre, Aguirri, Izaguirre, Yzaguirre and others.