What is the origin of the name Aresta?

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Answer 1

Aresta is a form of Arista in Spanish, the King of Pamplona:

Íñigo I Íñiguez, called Arista in Spanish and Aritza or Aiza in Basque (his Basque name was Eneko Enekones) (c.781 – 852) was the first king of Pamplona (810 or 824-851 or 852). He was also apparently count of Bigorre and Sobrarbe. His origin is obscure, but his patronymic indicates that he was the son of an Íñigo. It has been speculated that he was kinsman of García Jiménez, who in the late 8th century succeeded his father Jimeno in resisting Carolingian expansion into Vasconia. He is also speculated to have been related to the other Navarrese dynasty, the Jiménez.

His mother also married (chronology suggests it was after her marriage to Íñigo) Musà ibn Fortún ibn Qasi, by whom she was mother of Musà ibn Musà ibn Qasi, head of the Banu Qasi and Moslem king of Tudela, one of the chief lords of Valley of the Ebro. Due to this relationship, Íñigo and his kin frequently acted in alliance with Musà ibn Musà and this relationship allowed Eneko to extend his influence over large territories in the Pyrenean valleys.