Spanish singer-songwriter María Rozalén and her partner Bonzo will name their first child Amets, the artist revealed during a golden eagle release in Badajoz, Spain.
Speaking to the Spanish news agency Efe at the conservation event organised by Acción por el Mundo Salvaje (AMUS), the 40-year-old performer shared the baby's name in public for the first time. She is expecting to give birth to her first child in early 2027.
Rozalén served as godmother to the rehabilitated golden eagle released into the wild during the ceremony in the western Spanish province, and the bird was also given the name Amets. Watching the eagle take flight left her with a surge of emotion and an urge to cry, she told Efe, describing the moment as a kind of return to life.
She added that she thought it was lovely for her baby and the bird to share the same name so that her child would have an eagle sister, expressing her hope that both of them would have a beautiful life.
Meaning of the Basque name Amets
Rozalén explained to Efe that the choice of name honours her partner's heritage. While she was born in Albacete and describes herself as deeply rooted in the central region of Castile-La Mancha, Bonzo is from Euskadi, the Basque Country in northern Spain.
Because of his roots, the couple wanted a Basque name for their child and chose Amets, which means wish, dream and hope in Euskera, the Basque language. As reported by Spanish radio network Cadena 100, the choice also reflects Rozalén's longstanding affection and respect for the different languages spoken across Spain.
Euskera holds co-official status alongside Spanish in the Basque Country and is Europe's only surviving language isolate, bearing no linguistic relation to Spanish or the other Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula. Rozalén has previously celebrated Spain's linguistic heritage in her music, recording songs in Basque, Catalan and Galician as well as Spanish on her 2022 folk album Matriz.
Rozalén pregnancy announcement on Instagram
The appearance in Badajoz marked one of the few occasions the singer has spoken publicly about her pregnancy since breaking the news on Instagram on August 28, 2026. Rather than promoting a new album, single or concert tour, she surprised followers by posting photographs alongside Bonzo holding an ultrasound scan.
In that late August message, she wrote that a Basque-Manchegan little chick was on the way and shared that a new life had been beating strongly inside her for four months. Amid so much sad news, she wrote, she hoped the couple's immense joy would cheer her followers up.
She also made clear in the announcement that preparing for motherhood at 40 would not bring her artistic projects to an abrupt stop. She told fans she was continuing to dedicate her time to calm and creation by working on songs, a book and her growing baby, calling the experience intense and exciting and sending love and kisses to her audience.
Film soundtrack work and wildlife conservation
One month after her August announcement, Rozalén addressed her pregnancy briefly during a photocall for a film that was about to premiere and featured her song Canto de los que quedan on its soundtrack. Preferring not to go into personal details so the focus would remain on the movie, she said at the time that she was feeling well, that everything was going perfectly, and that she was trying to enjoy an intense and wild journey.
She noted at the film presentation that she had spent the entire year on a break from live touring to focus on writing, adding that pregnancy heightens every emotion and sparks fear, excitement and inspiration that will shape her future songs when the time comes to release them.
Born María de los Ángeles Rozalén Ortuño in Albacete in 1986, the singer-songwriter is one of Spain's most prominent contemporary folk-pop artists, known for her socially conscious lyrics, her Goya Award and National Award for Current Music, and performing alongside sign-language interpreter Beatriz Romero at all of her concerts. Her return to the public eye in Badajoz supported Acción por el Mundo Salvaje, an Extremadura wildlife recovery organisation that rehabilitates injured birds of prey and endangered fauna for release back into their natural habitat.
