David

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Pilipinas

Pilipínas (canonical)
Filipinas (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas, from Felipe + -inas. Originally in Spanish las Islas Filipinas (literally “the Philippine Isles”), after King Philip II of Spain.

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Garcia

Borrowed from Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish García


Pampanga

→ Hokkien: 邦板牙 (Pang-pán-gâ)

→ Japanese: パンパンガ (Panpanga)

→ Korean: 팜팡가 (Pampangga)

desc

→ Mandarin: 邦板牙 (Bāngbǎnyá), 邦邦牙 (Bāngbāngyá)

[pəmˈpäːŋ.ɡə]

Borrowed from Spanish Pampanga, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”) + -a.

Pampanga (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: San Fernando; largest city: Angeles City)


Torres

Borrowed from Spanish Torres. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Torres


Castillo

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Aguilar

Borrowed from Spanish Aguilar. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Aguilar


Ochoa

Borrowed from Spanish Ochoa, from Basque otsoa. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]


Sanchez

Borrowed from Spanish Sánchez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a common surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic], equivalent to Spanish Sánchez


Diaz

Borrowed from Spanish Díaz. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic], equivalent to Spanish Díaz


Cabrera

[kəbˈɾɛː.ɾə]

Borrowed from Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Cabrera


Chavez

Borrowed from Spanish Chávez, from Chaves.


Cortez

Borrowed from Spanish, variant of Cortés.


Pacheco

Borrowed from Spanish Pacheco, surname of Portuguese origin mostly found in Andalusia. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a surname from Spanish, common in Negros Occidental


Rodriguez

Borrowed from Spanish Rodríguez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Serrano

Borrowed from Spanish Serrano. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Serrano


Velasquez

Borrowed from Spanish Velásquez, variant of Velázquez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Velásquez


Dau

a barangay of Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines


Sexmoan

Borrowed from Spanish Sexmoán, from sasmuan (“meeting place”).


Angeles

[ˈäː.ŋɛ.lɛs]

Borrowed from Spanish Ángeles. The city is short for Spanish Pueblo de los Angeles (lit. “town of the angels”).

Angeles (the largest city in Pampanga, Philippines)


Pineda

Borrowed from Spanish Pineda. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Bautista

Borrowed from Spanish, from San Juan Bautista.


Cordero

Borrowed from Spanish Cordero, ancient occupational surname for a shepherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Gamboa

Borrowed from Spanish Gamboa, from Basque Ganboa. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Tamayo

Borrowed from Spanish Tamayo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Carreon

Borrowed from Spanish Carreón. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Tolentino

Borrowed from Spanish, after St. Nicholas of Tolentino (San Nicolás de Tolentino), from Tolentino in Italy.


Dizon

From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫 /儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫 /二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with [l̪]~[d̪]~[d͡ʑ] allophony when the next vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Hokkien.

Sunshine Dizon, actress

Ryzza Mae Dizon, child actress and television personality

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], notably borne by:

Hokkien
Thomas Barclay (missionary)
close back rounded vowel
close front unrounded vowel
close-mid front unrounded vowel
zh-min-nan:Lîm Iàn-sîn
zh:林燕臣


Ronquillo

Borrowed from Spanish Ronquillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Galang

From galang (“respect”). Can be loosely translated as "honorable". Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Viray

From biray. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Pangilinan

⇒ Chamorro: Pangelinan

→ Tagalog: Pangilinan

From pangilin + -an. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Cunanan

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Tuazon

Borrowed from Spanish Tuazon/Tuason/Tuasun, from Hokkien 大孫／大孙 (tōa-sun).

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien] common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry


Basco

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos
José Basco y Vargas

Borrowed from Spanish Basco.
* (provincial capital of Batanes): Named after Spanish governor-general José Basco y Vargas
* (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

named-after

Basco (a municipality, the capital of Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines)


Guinto

From gintu. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Razon

Borrowed from Spanish Razón. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Yabut

From iabut. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Punzalan

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Punsalan.


Calma

From kalma (“fortune”). Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Mallari

From Apung Maliari, god of the moon in Kapampangan folklore, from maliari.


Liwanag

From Tagalog liwanag (“light”). Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Liuanag.


Manalang

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos


Peña

Borrowed from Spanish Peña. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Peña


Parungao

Borrowed from Tagalog Parungao. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos


Manalastas

From manalastas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Palad

From palad. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Isip

From Isip. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Ysip.


dela Cruz

Dela Cruz (alternative)
de la Cruz (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish de la Cruz, a reference to the Holy Cross. Common surname adapted by many Filipinos during the Spanish colonial era upon conversion to Christianity.


Manabat

From man- + abat. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos


Sotto

Borrowed from Spanish Soto. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Soto, later spelled with double T possibly by influence of Italian American surnames.

a surname from Spanish, originally spelled Soto


Sicat

From sikat. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Gatus

Respelling of earlier Gatos, introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Manaloto

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Ocampo

Borrowed from Spanish Ocampo, toponymic surname from Galician O Campo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

a common surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]


Sibug

From sibug. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Quizon

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]


Hizon

Possibly from Hokkien 耳孫 /耳孙 (hī-sun, “great-great-great-great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)”), via Spanish Hizon.

der

Maximino Hizon, Filipino revolutionary general

a surname from Hokkien, most notably descendants of migrants from Macau to Parian, Mexico, Pampanga


Paras

From paras (“spicyness”). Not to be confused with eponymous Spanish surname.


Cabungcal

Borrowed from Tagalog Cabungcal. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Pamintuan

From pintu + pang- -an. Literally, “to obey”. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Paguio

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos


Yanga

From yanga. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Pecson

From Spanish Pecson, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly 伯孫 (pek-sun). See also Hokkien 仲孫 /仲孙 (Tiōng-sun), Tagalog Tiongson, Cuizon, Siocson, Bengzon, Hokkien 伯仲叔季 (“order of seniority among brothers from eldest to youngest”).


Mananquil

From manangkil, from tangkil. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Lingad

From lingad. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Manlapaz

Manlápaz (canonical)
Manlapas (alternative)

From mang- + lapas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos


Sangalang

From sanggalang (“to resist”). Can be loosely translated as "defender". Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Sangalan


Tongol

From tungul. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Magpayo

Borrowed from Tagalog Magpayo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Laxamana

Laxamána (canonical)
Lacsamana (alternative)

Respelling of Lacsamana under American influence.

a surname from Kapampangan [in turn from Sanskrit]


Maniego

Shortening of Samaniego (from Spanish, through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos), due to sa being interpreted as Tagalog sa.


Nucum

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Nocom.


Maniquiz

From mang- + tikis. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Maniquis.


Manguerra

[məŋˈɡɛː.rə]

From mang- + Spanish guerra. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

prefix

Spanish <i class="Latn mention" lang="es">guerra</i>


Dalusung

From dalusung (“go with force and agility”).


Baliuag

Baliuag (a municipality of Bulacan, Philippines)


delos Santos

Borrowed from Spanish de los Santos. Common surname adapted by many Filipinos during the Spanish colonial era upon conversion to Christianity.


Gapan

Gapan (a city in Nueva Ecija, Philippines)


Cabiao

Cabiao (a municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines)


de Jesus

a common religious-origin surname from Spanish


Cayanan

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Lubao

Lubao (a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines)


Guagua

Borrowed from Spanish Guagua, from Kapampangan uaua.

Guagua (a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines)


Baluyut

From baluyut. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos. Compare Tagalog Baluyot.


Balajadia

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Balahadia. The spelling is a Hispanization; H changed to J due to H being silent in Spanish.


Sasmuan

Sasmwan (alternative)
Sexmoan (alternative dated)

Sasmuan, a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines


Gueco

a surname from Hokkien, common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry


Nuqui

Núqui (canonical)
Nuki (alternative)
Nukui (alternative)
Nuque (alternative)

a Filipino-Japanese surname from Japanese


Menila

[ˌmɛːˈniː.ləʔ]

From Me- + nila, Compare Tagalog Maynila.

Manila (a city, the national capital of the Philippines)


Macabebe

From makabebe (“near the shore”), from maka- + bebe (“shore”).

Macabebe (a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines)


Sulungdagis

From sulu (“torch; lamp; light”) + dagis (“mouse; rat”). Compare Tagalog Tanglaw-Daga and Ilaw-Daga.

compound

Sulundaguis (alternative Spanish obsolete)
Sulungdaguis (alternative)


Mal a Aldo

Mal a Aldó (canonical)
Mal a Yaldo (alternative)
Maleldo (alternative informal)

Literally, “Valued Day(s)”. Compare Tagalog Mahal na Araw.


Pulung Maragul

[pʊˈluŋ məˈɾäː.ɡul]

a barangay of Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines


Sapang Biabas

a barangay of Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines


Sapang Bato

From sapang batu, literally, “stone creek”


Malpitic

a barangay of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines


Salapungan

a barangay of Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines


Ibpa Mi

From the incipit of the Kapampangan translation of the Lord's Prayer.
Literally, “Our Father”.


Salusu

a barangay of San Simon, Pampanga, Philippines


Manliclic

From manliklik, from liklik. Originated in Guagua.


Manalese

From manalese, from salese. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Porac

Porac (a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines)


Minalin

Minalin (a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines)


Pandacaqui

a barangay of Mexico, Pampanga, Philippines


Sigua

From siggua (“very strong cyclonic wind”). Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Bacolor

Borrowed from Spanish Bácolor, modern variant of Spanish Bacolod, from bakulud (“elevated piece of land; highland plain; plateau”). Compare Tagalog Bacoor and Hiligaynon Bacolod.

Bacolor (a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines)


Tauling Apunan

Tauling Apúnan (canonical)
Tawling Apunan (alternative)


Banal a Espiritu

Partial calque of Spanish Espíritu Santo (“Holy Spirit”), from Latin Spīritus Sānctus (“Holy Spirit”), calque of Ancient Greek Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον (Pneûma tò Hágion, literally “Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit”).

der

Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον


Ginu

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (cf. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (cf. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Tagalog ginoo Bikol Central ginoo, Cebuano ginoo. Also possibly related to Sanskrit नु (nu, “praise”).

(historical) lord; noble from the ruling class