January

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜏᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[d͡ʒɐnˈɲwaː.ɾɪ]


April

[ˈʔeɪ̯.pɾɪl]


Fabian

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Fabian


LDP

[ʔɛl d̪ɪ pɪ]

Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
w:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino

initialism of Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino


Esperanto

tl-proper noun

Esperanto (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish esperanto, from Esperanto Esperanto, from esperanto (“one who hopes”).


Israel

[ʔɪs.ɾɐˈʔɛl]

Borrowed from Spanish Israel (“Israel”), from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

(biblical) Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)

a male given name, equivalent to English Israel


Libya

Borrowed from English Libya and/or Spanish Libia (“Libya”).


Austria

Áustriá (canonical)
ᜀᜏ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

alternative spelling of Awstriya: Austria (a country in Central Europe)


Malaysia

[mɐˈlaɪ̯.ʃɐ]

[mɐˈleɪ̯.ʃɐ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Malaysia.


Angola

[ʔɐŋˈɡoː.lɐ]


Burundi

Borrowed from Spanish Burundi (“Burundi”).


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Botswana

Borrowed from Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.


Guyana

[ɡʊˈjaː.n̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Guyana (“Guyana”) or English Guyana.


Indonesia

tl-proper noun

Indonesia (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜒᜐᜒᜀ)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜒᜐᜒᜀ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪn̪.d̪oˈn̪ɛː.ʃɐ]

[ʔɪn̪.d̪oˈn̪iː.ʃɐ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Indonesia and Spanish Indonesia.


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Kenya

Borrowed from English Kenya or Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”).


Lebanon

Borrowed from English Lebanon, from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn).

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Mali

Borrowed from English Mali, ultimately from Mandinka or Dyula mali (“hippopotamus”).


Malta

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Malawi

Borrowed from Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).


Brasil

Brasíl (canonical)
ᜊ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
Brazil (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Brasil (“Brazil”).

Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Nepal

Borrowed from Spanish Nepal (“Nepal”), from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Oman

Borrowed from Spanish Omán (“Oman”), from Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān). .

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Panama

tl-proper noun

Panamá or Pánamá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜋ)

Panamá (canonical)
Pánamá (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜋ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Panamá (“Panama”).


Peru

...na Kastila naman ang wikang ginagamit sa ibang mga bansang tulad ng Venezuela, Colombia, Ekuwador, Peru, Tsile, Bolibya, Paragway, Urugway, at Argentina. Katulad ng ating bansang Pilipinas, sinakop din ng mga Kastila ang mga bansang nabanggit.

1980, Yem klamangen benwu tekuy, Summer Institute of Linguistics:


Pakistan

Pákistán (canonical)
ᜉᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English Pakistan, from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān).


Portugal

Portugál (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Portugal (“Portugal”).

bor+

Ang mga bansang naunang lumagda sa kasunduang ito ay ang Estados Unidos, Kanada, Inglatera, Pransiya, Olanda, Belhika, Norwega, Luksemburgo, Italya, Dinamarka, Islandiya at Portugal.

1949, Sa kapakanaan ng kapayapaan at kaunlarang pandaigdig:

The first countries to sign this treaty were the United States, Canada, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Denmark, Iceland and Portugal.

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Portugal

a surname from Spanish deriving from the name of the country


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


San Marino

tl-proper noun

San Marino (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜋᜇᜒᜈᜓ)

Borrowed from Spanish San Marino (“San Marino”).

bor+

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Senegal

Borrowed from Spanish Senegal (“Senegal”).


Uganda

[ʔʊˈɣan̪.d̪ɐ]

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Yemen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Brunei

Brunéi (canonical)
ᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
Brunay (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from English Brunei, from Malay Brunei. Doublet of Bunlay and Borneo.


Belarus

Borrowed from English Belarus or Spanish Belarús.


Turkmenistan

tl-proper noun

Turkmenistán or Turkménistán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

Turkmenistán (canonical)
Turkménistán (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ʊɹkˌmɛː.n̪ɪsˈt̪an̪]

Borrowed from Spanish Turkmenistán (“Turkmenistan”) or English Turkmenistan.

bor+

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Saudi Arabia

tl-proper noun

Saudi Arabia (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜀᜇᜊ᜔ᜌ or ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜀᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜊᜒᜌ)

ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜀᜇᜊ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜀᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜊᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[ˌsaʊ̯.d̪ɪ ʔɐˈɾab.jɐ]

[ˌsaʊ̯.d̪ɪ ʔɐˈɾeɪ̯.bjɐ]

Borrowed from English Saudi Arabia, from Saudi + Arabia, with the former from Arabic سُعُودِيّ (suʕūdiyy), from سُعُود (suʕūd) + ـِيّ (-iyy), and the latter from Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

af

سُعُود (suʕūd) + ـِيّ (-iyy)

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Burma

Borrowed from Spanish Burma (“Burma”). Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma /bəmà/), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma /mjàɴmà/).

Si Aung San Suu Kyi ay ang Nobel Peace Laureate na galing sa bansang Burma na kasalukuyang isinailalim sa house arrest. Siya ang nakibakang maibalik ang demokrasya sa kanyang bansa.

2007, Gabriel F. Mallillin, Edgar C. Samar, sambotani IV:


Korea

Borrowed from Spanish Corea. Ultimately from Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)

Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula#English

Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)


SK

Sangguniang Kabataan
w:Sangguniang Kabataan


Sydney

Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)


Darwin

Borrowed from English, a given name transferred from the surname (usually after Charles Darwin), from Old English Dēorwine.

a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]


Salvador

Salvadór (canonical)
ᜐᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

a surname from Spanish transferred from the given name


Bombay

Bombáy (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
Bumbay (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Bombay, from Portuguese Bombaim.

Bombay (the capital of Maharashtra, India)


Hong Kong

ᜑᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
Hongkong (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Hong Kong, from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong², “Incense Harbor”).

der

Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China)


Islam

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission”), possibly through Spanish, English, or Philippine languages spoken mostly by Muslims.

bor+

English language
Philippine languages
Spanish language


Madrid

[mɐˈd̪ɾɪd̪̚]

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


Cu

From Hokkien 邱／丘 (Khu), via Spanish Cu. Doublet of Coo and Khoo.


Daniel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel


Tagalog

→ Bikol Central: Tagalog

desc

→ Cantonese: 他加祿語 /他加禄语 (taa¹ gaa¹ luk⁶ jyu⁵)

→ Cebuano: Tinagalog, Tagalug

→ Czech: tagalog

→ Danish: tagalog

→ Dutch: Tagalog

→ English: Tagalog

→ Finnish: tagalog

→ French: tagalog

→ Icelandic: tagalog

→ Indonesian: Tagalog

→ Japanese: タガログ語 (Tagarogu-go)

→ Kapampangan: Tagalug

→ Korean: 타갈로그어 (Tagallogeu-eo)

→ Malay: Tagalog

→ Mandarin: 他加祿語 /他加禄语 (Tājiālùyǔ)

→ Hokkien: 他加祿話 /他加禄话 (Tha-ka-lo̍k-ōe), 他加祿語 /他加禄语 (Thaⁿ-ka-lo̍k-gír)

→ Portuguese: tagalo

→ Spanish: tagalo, tagala

→ Tausug: Tagalug

[t̪ɐˈɣaː.loɡ̚]

Uncertain. Possibly:
* From taga- (“native of”) + alog (“ford”).
* From taga- (“native of”) + ilog (“river”).
* From Tagal, the name of some tribes in Borneo or Sumatra.


Bangkok

Borrowed from English Bangkok, from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Barcelona (a municipality of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines)


Dublin

tl-proper noun

Dublin (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ or ᜇᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔)


Florence

ᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


La Paz

Borrowed from Spanish La Paz, from la paz (“the peace”).

La Paz (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)

La Paz (a municipality of Leyte, Philippines)

La Paz (a municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines)


Manila

desc

→ Hokkien: 馬尼剌 /马尼剌, 岷里納, 岷里刺, 岷唎喇, 民希臘 /民希腊, 蠻哩喇 /蛮哩喇, 呅哖膋 /呅哖䒿 (obsolete)

→ Japanese: 馬尼剌 (Manira) (obsolete)

→ Mandarin: 馬尼剌 /马尼剌 (Mǎnílà) (obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, itself from Tagalog Maynila.


Padua

a surname from Spanish, the 143rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 44,210 individuals

Padua (the capital city of Padua, Italy)


Quezon City

tl-proper noun

Quezon City (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔ ᜐᜒᜆᜒ)

ᜃᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔ ᜐᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English Quezon City, named after Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines, whose surname ultimately comes from Hokkien.


San Francisco

San Francisco (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ)

ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco, named after Saint Francis of Assisi.

San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

San Francisco (a city in Quezon, Philippines; former name: Aurora)

a municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines


Trinidad

Trinidád (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɾɪ.n̪ɪˈd̪ad̪̚]

Borrowed from Spanish trinidad, from Latin trinitās.

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad (an island of Trinidad and Tobago)

alternative letter-case form of trinidad


Valencia

Valénciá (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[vɐˈlɛn̪.ʃɐ]

[bɐˈlɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Valencia, from Catalan València.

Valencia (a city in Bukidnon, Philippines)

Valencia (a municipality of Bohol, Philippines)

Valencia (a municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines)

Valencia (a barangay of New Manila district, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines)

Valencia (a barangay of Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands, Philippines)

a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the place name]

Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community)

Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)


Qur'an

Qur'án (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ or ᜃᜓᜇᜈ᜔)

Qur'án (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜃᜓᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Alkoran (alternative)
Koran (alternative)
Kuran (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Doublet of Alkoran and Koran.


Lao

From Hokkien 劉／刘 (Lâu) or 留 (Lâu) & Cantonese 劉／刘 (Lau⁴), via English Lao. Doublet of Lew and Liu.

a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese


Trento

Derived from Council of Trent and through it, derived from Italian Trento.

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Trento (a city, the capital of the province of Trentino and the region of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)

(rare) Trentino (a province of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Nicolas

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Nicholas


Montana

Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)


España

[ʔɛsˈpaː.ɲɐ]

España Boulevard (a boulevard in Manila)


Jesus

(obsolete) alternative spelling of Sisos


Cebuano

tl-proper noun

Cebuano (feminine Cebuana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜏᜈᜓ)


Sarah

Borrowed from English Sarah, from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”).


El Niño

El Niño (a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon)


Alfredo

[ʔɐlˈfɾɛː.d̪o]

[ʔɐlˈpɾɛː.d̪o]


Venus

Borrowed from English Venus, from Latin Venus.


cinco

ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
Sinco (alternative)
Singco (alternative)

A common Chinese Filipino surname. Ultimately from Hokkien 吳 /吴 (Gô͘), via Hispanicization of the Chinese surname 吳 /吴 (Gô͘) by similar sounding calque of Hokkien 五 (gǒ͘, “five”) to Spanish cinco (“five”). Another derivation is 新哥 (sin ko, literally “new brother”).

a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry


Semana Santa

tl-proper noun

Semana Santa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜈ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)


Teresa

[t̪ɛˈɾɛː.sɐ]

Teresa (a municipality of Rizal, Philippines)


Teresa

[t̪ɛˈɾɛː.sɐ]

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Teresa


Amoy

From the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 /厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect.

wikang Amoy

salitang Amoy

[…]maaga pa sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas, una pa kaysa mga Kastila at mga Amerikano ang sapit ng impluensiya ng mga Intsik sa mga wika sa kapuluan. Dalawang wikang Intsik ang dala ng mga mangangalakal mula sa Tsina.— ang wikang Amoy ng lalawigang Pukyen at ang wikang Kantonis ng lalawigang Makaw. Kaya marahil may anyo ng salitang bistay (Amoy) sa Bulakan na bithay (Kantonis) sa dakong Batangan. Ang mga salitang himig Intsik na maririnig na […]

(Can we date this quote?), Panitikan: babasahing may uri ng pangwika publishing, volume 1, page 4:

[…]even earlier in the history of the Philippines, first before the Spaniards and the Americans, the Chinese influenced the languages of the islands. The traders from China brought two Chinese languages— the Amoy language of Fukien province and the Cantonese language of Macau port. So perhaps there is a form of the word bistay (Amoy) in Bulacan which is bithay (Cantonese) in the Batangas area. The Chinese sounding words that can be heard […]

[…]Ang salitang "Parian" ay nangangahulugan, sa literal na gamit nito, ng "organisasyon o pederasyon" mula sa salitang Amoy na "Palien."¹⁵ Ito ay tumutukoy din sa mga "tirahan o quarter ng mga Intsik."¹⁶ Ngunit sa aktwal na gamit ng mga Kastila at sa pagkaunawa ng mga katutubo, ito nga ay lugar na ipunan ng mga Tsino upang makontrol ang kanilang galaw matapos na sila ay mapaghinalaang nagtaksil sa Espanya sa pa-[…]

1986, Jaime B. Veneracion, Kasaysayan ng Bulakan, Bahay-Saliksikan ng Kasaysayan, page 121:

[…]The word "Parian" means, in its literal use, "organization or federation" from the Amoy word "Palien."¹⁵ It also refers to the "habitations or quarters of the Chinese."¹⁶ But in actuality as used by the Spaniards and in the understanding of the natives, this is indeed a place where the Chinese were filled into in order to control their movement after they are suspected of betraying Spain in the […]

[…]Hango umano ang "huweteng" ["hue"+"eng" o "teng"] sa Tsino, at iniuugnay sa wikang Amoy-Hokkien. Ayon sa PCIJ, ang "hue" daw ay may literal na katumbas na "bulaklak" [flower], samantalang ang "eng" o "teng" ay katumbas daw ng "pusta" o "taya" [bet].[…]

2005, “Ugat ng Huweteng”, in Sawikaan 2005: Mga Salita ng Taon, UP Press, →ISBN, page 4:

[…]It is indeed similar as said that "huweteng" ["hue"+"eng" or "teng"] is derived from Chinese, and is associated with the Amoy-Hokkien language. According to the PCIJ, "hue" is said to have a literal equivalent to "bulaklak" [flower], while "eng" or "teng" is said to be equivalent to "pusta" or "taya" [bet]. […]

[…]Ayon sa saliksik ni Allan Wickberg, nagsimulang magpadala ng mga galeón tungong Tsina ang pamahalaang kolonyal noong 1758, imbes na hintayin ang mga sampan mulang Tsina. Noon kasi'y bawal maglayag tungong Tsina ang mga galeóng Espanyol. Binuksan din ang Maynila noong 1789 para sa mga barkong Europeong di-Espanyol na may kargadang mga kagamitang mula sa Asya. Simula iyon ng pagpapabilis ng kalakalan ng Filipinas sa pagdating ng mga sampan mulang Amoy at Chu'uan-chou sa Fukien. Nagpatuloy ang pagdagsa ng mga sampan mulang Amoy, habang ang mga galeón naman ng Espanyol ay pumasok doon sa Canton ngunit hindi sa Amoy. Nang makapasok ang barkong Hapones sa Filipinas, ang biyahe mulang Amoy tungong Filipinas ay halos tatlong araw lamang. […]

[…]According to Allan Wickberg's research, the colonial government began sending galleons to China in 1758, instead of waiting for sampans from China. At that time, Spanish galleons were not allowed to sail to China. Manila was also opened in 1789 to non-Spanish European ships laden with supplies from Asia. That was the beginning of the acceleration of Philippine trade with the arrival of sampans from Amoy and Chuanchou to Fukien. Sampans continued to flow from Amoy, while Spanish galleons entered Canton but not Amoy. When the Japanese ship entered the Philippines, the trip from Amoy to the Philippines was only about three days. […]

former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China


Malay

Borrowed from English Malay, from Malay Melayu. Doublet of Malayo.

a municipality of Aklan, Philippines; location of Boracay island


Adonis

[ʔɐˈd̪oː.n̪ɪs]

Borrowed from Spanish Adonis, from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

Adonis (beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite)


Jorge

Borrowed from Spanish Jorge, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English George.


Macau

alternative spelling of Makaw: Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)


Paul

Borrowed from English Paul, from Latin Paulus. Doublet of Pablo, Paolo, and Paulo.

a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]


Alpes

Borrowed from Spanish Alpes, from Latin Alpēs.

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


Mary

Borrowed from English Mary. Doublet of Maria.


David

[ˈd̪eɪ̯.vɪd̪̚]

[ˈd̪eɪ̯.bɪd̪̚]


David

Borrowed from Kapampangan David. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


Pamplona

Derived from Spanish Pamplona (“capital city of Navarre”).

der+

a municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines

a municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines

several barangays of Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines

a barangay of General Nakar, Quezon, Philippines

a barangay of Del Gallego, Camarines Sur, Philippines


Cory

From English Cory, diminutive of Philippine Spanish Corazón, from Spanish corazón (“heart”), short for María Corazón, a reference to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Inmaculada Corazón de María in Spanish).

a diminutive of the female given name Corazon


Roberto

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Robert


RP

Republika ng Pilipinas
Republika ng Pilipinas#Tagalog

Republic of the Philippines
Republic of the Philippines

initialism of Republika ng Pilipinas (“Republic of the Philippines”)


Cebu

Borrowed from Spanish Cebú, from Cebuano Sugbo, from sugbo (“to dive into the water”).

Cebu City (a city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)

Cebu (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Cebu City)

Cebu (an island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)


Orion

From earlier Udyong, possibly from udyong.


Europa

[ʔeʊ̯ˈɾoː.pɐ]

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)


Abe

a Filipino-Japanese surname from Japanese


Heidi

Borrowed from English Heidi, From Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice.

a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]


Oregon

[ˌʔoː.ɾɛˈɣon̪]

Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest#English

Oregon (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States)


Oklahoma

Oklahoma (a state in the central United States, formerly a territory)


Estados Unidos

tl-proper noun

Estados Unidos (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜂᜈᜒᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜂᜈᜒᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

United States (a country in North America)


Athena

[ʔɐˈt̪iː.n̪ɐ]


Hokkien

Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien.

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wikang Hokkien

salitang Hokkien

[…] Iyan ang historikal na dahilan kung bakit hindi pinapansin ng halos lahat ng mga kritiko ang literaturang Tsino natin. Kahit na humigit kumulang sa dalawang daang Filipino ang nagsusulat sa wikang Mandarin o Hokkien sa kasalukuyan ay hindi inaakala ng mga bobong iskolar na dugong Malay na malaking bahagi ng literatura[…]

1996, Alfredo E. Litiatco, Isagani R. Cruz, The Alfredo E. Litiatco lectures of Isagani R. Cruz, De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 237:

[…] That is the historical reason why almost all critics ignore our Chinese literature. Even though there are about two hundred Filipinos writing in Mandarin or Hokkien today, stupid scholars of Malay blood do not think that a large part of the literature […]

[…] at lalim ng impluwensiyang Tsino sa wikang Tagalog. Dito'y dapat linawin na ang mga bokabularyong Tsinong tinukoy sa pag-aaral ay mula sa wikang Hokkien. Mangilan-ngilan lamang ang mula sa Cantones at Mandarin. Hindi naman ito kataka-taka dahil mahigit nobenta porsiyento ng mga Tsinong lumikas sa Pilipinas ay galing sa Fujian (o Hokkian) […] At ang salitang "paslang," ayon sa pag-aaral ni Manuel, ay mula sa pariralang Hokkien na "phah si lang" na ang kahuluga'y... ano pa nga ba kundi "pumatay ng tao!" […]

1997, Joaquin Sy, Tsapsuy: mga sanaysay, tula, salin at iba pa 雜碎, Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, →ISBN, page 260,265:

[…] and depth of Chinese influence on the Tagalog language. Here it should be clarified that the Chinese vocabulary referred to in the study is from the Hokkien language. Only a few come from Cantonese and Mandarin. This is not surprising because more than ninety percent of the Chinese who emigrated to the Philippines are from Fujian (or Hokkian) […] And the word "paslang," according to Manuel's study, is from the Hokkien phrase "phah si lang" which means... what else but "to kill a person!" […]

[…] lumabas mula sa kuwarto ang anak kong lalaking nakabihis militar at may hawak na riple. Pinisil niya ako sa balikat saka sinabi sa wikang Hokkien, "Magsasanay kaming magpaputok ng rifle ngayong araw. Pa! Corporal na ako, hindi na flag bearer […] Hokkien ang dalawang salitang iyon. Pagkatapos ng anak kong lalaki sa paaralang Tsino, nagkolehiyo na siya sa paaralang Pilipino. Nag-aalala akong makakalimutan niya ang wikang Tsino, pati na ang sulat Tsino. Nang maglaho sa labas […] usap-usapan ng mga tao sa Chinatown, ang pangongolekta ng donasyon ng class president naming binansagan naming Kuya Macao na bagama't Cantones ay nakapagsasalita ng matatas na Hokkien, ang limang linggong wala akong perang manood ng […]

2003, Ching Tam Cua, translated by Joaquin Sy, 五月花節：柯清淡小說精選 (Flores de Mayo: Tatlong Piling Kwento) [Flowers of May: Three Selected Stories], Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, →ISBN, page 48,50:

[…] my son came out of the room in military uniform and holding a rifle. He squeezed my shoulder and said in Hokkien, "We're going to practice firing a rifle today. Pa! I'm a corporal, no longer a flag bearer […] Those two words are Hokkien. After my son went to Chinese school, he went to college in the Filipino school. I was worried that he would forget the Chinese language, including the Chinese script. When he disappeared outside […] the people in Chinatown talked about the donation collection of our class president nicknamed Brother Macau that although Cantonese can speak fluent Hokkien, the five weeks I didn't have money to watch […]

[…] Napanaginipan ng historyador ang emperador. Nagpakilala itong si Shih Huang Ti. (Nakakapag-Hokkien sa panaginip.) Matapos libutin ang maharlikang hardin, […]

2004, Mayo Uno Martin, Babél: Mga Tula ni Mayo Uno Martin [Babél: Poems of Mayo Uno Martin], High Chair, →ISBN, page 41:

[…] The historian dreamed of the emperor. He introduced himself as Shih Huang Ti. (Able to use Hokkien in a dream.) After touring the royal garden, […]

[…]Hango umano ang "huweteng" ["hue"+"eng" o "teng"] sa Tsino, at iniuugnay sa wikang Amoy-Hokkien. Ayon sa PCIJ, ang "hue" daw ay may literal na katumbas na "bulaklak" [flower], samantalang ang "eng" o "teng" ay katumbas daw ng "pusta" o "taya" [bet].[…] Ayon kay Joaquin Sy, isang eksperto sa Hokkien at tagasalin ng mga akdang Tsino, ang "huweteng" ay maaaring mula sa "hua" [bulaklak] at "tang" [salansan ng papeles]. Wala namang makapagsasabi kung sa paglipas ng panahon ay nagbago ang bigkas sa "hua tang" at naging "hue teng." Kung babalikan naman ang Tsapsuy: Mga sanaysay, tula, salin, at iba pa (1997) ni Sy, binanggit ang "jue xin" na mulang Hokkien. Tumutukoy ang "jue xin" sa tao na buo […]

[…]It is indeed similar as said that "huweteng" ["hue"+"eng" or "teng"] is derived from Chinese, and is associated with the Amoy-Hokkien language. According to the PCIJ, "hue" is said to have a literal equivalent to "bulaklak" [flower], while "eng" or "teng" is said to be equivalent to "pusta" or "taya" [bet]. […] According to Joaquin Sy, a Hokkien expert and translator of Chinese works, "hueteng" may be from "hua" [flower] and "tang" [stack of papers]. No one can say if over time the pronunciation changed from "hua tang" to "hue teng." Going back to Sy's Tsapsuy: Essays, poems, translations, and others (1997), "jue xin" from Hokkien is mentioned. "jue xin" refers to the person as a whole

[…] Beinte-singko anyos lang si Kho Bunthong. Siya ang pinakabata sa editorial department. Nakapag-aral siya ng journalism sa isang unibersidad sa Tsina, at mahusay pang mag-Ingles, kaya siya ang inatasang maging reporter ni Mr. Le. Makuwento siya at prangka magsalita, maliksi kumilos at mabilis magtrabaho, at tapat sa pakikiharap sa tao, kaya't natutuwa sa kanya ang mga taga-editorial department. Galing siya sa Chaozhou sa Guangdong. Maliban sa pagkakaiba sa punto ay hindi gaanong nagkakalayo ang salitang Chaozhou sa Hokkien. Siguro'y dahil hindi masyadong malayo ang aming edad, gayundin ang pag-uugali, kaya naman madali kaming […]

2007, Bai Ren 白刃, translated by Joaquin Sy 施華謹, Lagalag sa Nanyang: (Nanyang Piaoliuji) 南洋漂流記 [Wandering the South Seas (Southeast Asia)], UP Press, →ISBN, page 334:

[…] Kho Bunthong is only twenty-five years old. He is the youngest in the editorial department. He studied journalism at a university in China, and speaks English well, so he was assigned to be a reporter for Mr. Le. He is talkative and straightforward, agile and quick to work, and honest in dealing with people, which is why the editorial department likes him. He is from Chaozhou in Guangdong. Except to a certain point, the Chaozhou language is not that far from Hokkien. Maybe it's because our age is not too far apart, as well as our behavior, that's why we easily […]

[…] nakapagsasalita ng Hokkien o Cantonese. Sa struktura ng pamilya, mas sumusunod din ang mga mestiso sa kagawiang Pilipino na nagbibigay-halaga sa kamag-anak ng babaeng asawa. Kapansin-pansin naman sa kanila ang ilang katangian tulad ng pagkahilig sa karangyaan, debosyon sa Katolisismo at sa kulturang Espanyol, at kakayahang magnegosyo […]

2012, Philippine Social Sciences Review, volume 64, number 2, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines, page 25:

[…] able to speak Hokkien or Cantonese. In the family structure, the mestizos also follow the Filipino practice that gives importance to the wife's relatives. They are notable for some characteristics such as a penchant for luxury, devotion to Catholicism and Spanish culture, and the ability to do business […]

the Hokkien language (linguistic variety under Southern Min of the Min languages of the Sinitic (Chinese) languages of the Sino-Tibetan family)


Dee

From Hokkien 李 (Lí), via English Dee, with the initial pronounced as an [l̪] changed to ⟨D⟩ due to [l̪]~[d̪] allophony when the next vowel is either, [i], [e], or [u] in Hokkien.

Enchong Dee, Filipino actor, model, and swimmer

a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien, most notably borne by:

Hokkien
Thomas Barclay (missionary)
zh-min-nan:Lîm Iàn-sîn
zh:林燕臣


Gabriel

Gabriél (canonical)
ᜄᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel


Alaska

Alaska (a state of the United States, formerly a territory)


Oliver

[ˌʔoː.lɪˈvɛɾ]

[ˌʔoː.lɪˈbɛɾ]

Borrowed from English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology from Latin Oliverius.


Miyerkules

tl-proper noun

Miyérkulés (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

Miyérkulés (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of Miyerkoles.


Pebrero

ᜉᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
Peb. (alternative abbreviation)

[pɛbˈɾɛː.ɾo]


Marso

ᜋᜇ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)
Mar. (alternative abbreviation)

Borrowed from Spanish marzo, from Latin (mensis) Mārtius (“the month March”), from Mārs.


Hunyo

ᜑᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
Hun. (alternative abbreviation)


Hulyo

ᜑᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
Hul. (alternative abbreviation)

Borrowed from Spanish julio, from Latin iūlius, from Iūlius (“Julius”), the gens of Julius Caesar.


Setyembre

tl-proper noun

Setyembre (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
Set. (alternative abbreviation)
Septiyembre (alternative)
Septyembre (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish setiembre, variant of septiembre, from Latin Septembrem.


Oktubre

ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
Oktobre (alternative)
Okt. (alternative abbreviation)


Nobyembre

Nobyembre (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜈᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
Nob. (alternative abbreviation)

Borrowed from Spanish noviembre (“November”).

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Ang petsa ay ika-21 ng Nobyembre.


Disyembre

tl-proper noun

Disyembre (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
Desyembre (alternative nonstandard)
Dis. (alternative abbreviation)
Disiembre (alternative obsolete)
Disimbi (alternative obsolete)

[d̪ɪˈʃɛm.bɾɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish diciembre (“December”), from Old Spanish deziembre, diziembre, from Latin december, decembrem, from decem (“ten”).


Kapampangan

tl-proper noun

Kapampangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜅᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Capampañgan (alternative)
Capampang̃an (alternative)
Capangpang̃an (alternative)
Kapangpangan (alternative archaic)

Borrowed from Kapampangan Kapampangan, from pangpang (“shore”) + ka- -an.


Ilokano

From Spanish ilocano. By surface analysis, Iloko + -ano.


Irak

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Wilson

a male given name transferred from the surname


Andrea

[ˌʔan̪.d̪ɾɛˈa]


Kansas

Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)


Nebraska

Nebraska (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


Vincent

ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English Vincent, from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius.

a male given name from English [in turn from French]


Mercedes

ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɛɾˈsɛː.d̪ɛs]

a municipality of Camarines Norte, Philippines

a municipality of Eastern Samar, Philippines


KKK

Initialism of Kataas-taasang kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (“Highest, Most Respected Assembly of the Children/Sons of the Nation”), the full name of the Katipunan.

initialism

[...Basahin kung ano pa ang ibang nangyari sa Katipunan.] Ang “Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" o ang “K.K.K.“ na lalong kilala sa tawag na Katipunan, ay isang samahang lihim ng mga manghihimagsik ...

1968, Jean Donald Bowen, Babasahing Panggitnang Baytang Sa Tagalog, Univ of California Press, page 153:

[...Read what more happened to the Katipunan.] The “Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" or the “K.K.K.“ more especially known as Katipunan, is a secret organization of revolutionaries ...

Ibig sabihin nito'y hindi na kinikilala ng pamahalaan ang KKK, bagamat ang pag-iral ng mga lokal na sangay ay hindi kaagad nagwakas.

1975, General [quezon] Education Journal:

This means the government no longer recognizes the KKK, although the implementation of local branches did not end immediately.

Napag-usapan ang pagbabangon ng isang Alituntuning-Batas (Constitucion), bagaman mayroon na ang K.K.K., na siyang pinagbabatayan ng mga Pamunuang Sanggunian at Balangay; mga kaugaliang sinusunod.

1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General : with the Original Tagalog Text, Ateneo University Press, →ISBN:

The establishment of a Rule of Law (Constitution) was discussed, although the K.K.K. already has one, which is being used as the basis of the Leadership Councils and the Members; customs that are followed.


Anastasia

[ʔɐ.n̪ɐsˈt̪aː.ʃɐ]

a female given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]


Irene

Borrowed from English Irene, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).


Sophia

Borrowed from English Sophia, from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


Sophie

Borrowed from English Sophie, pet form of Sophia, from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


Kanada

tl-proper noun

Kanadá or Kánadá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜇ)

Kanadá (canonical)
Kánadá (canonical)
ᜃᜈᜇ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Canadá (“Canada”), from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

der

Ang mga bansang naunang lumagda sa kasunduang ito ay ang Estados Unidos, Kanada, Inglatera, Pransiya, Olanda, Belhika, Norwega, Luksemburgo, Italya, Dinamarka, Islandiya at Portugal.


Francisco

tl-proper noun

Francisco (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
Paransisco (alternative obsolete)
Paransisko (alternative obsolete)


Jose

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph


Ian

Borrowed from English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

der

a male given name from English Ian [in turn from Scottish Gaelic Eòin], equivalent to English John


Crispin

Crispín (canonical)
ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


Roxanne

Borrowed from English Roxanne, variant of Roxane, from French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē).

a female given name from English [in turn from French]


Urano

[ʔʊˈɾaː.n̪o]


Juan

Juán (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Suan (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish Juan. As a common noun, either above or as a shortening of Juan dela Cruz.

(biblical) John (book of the New Testament)


Juan

Juán (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Suan (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 范 (Hoān), spelling modeled after the above popular Filipino given name, Juan, using Philippine colonial Spanish orthography.


Gary

Borrowed from English Gary, from Germanic.


Joshua

Borrowed from English Joshua, from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ).

Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ)

a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]


Alvin

a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]


Pilipinas

ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
Filipinas (alternative proscribed)
Pinas (alternative clipping colloquial)

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

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Filipinas

Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas, from Felipe (“the name of a King of Spain”) + -inas.

(historically prescribed, now proscribed) alternative form of Pilipinas: Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Pilipinas

the women's national football representative team of the Philippines


Rosales

Etta Rosales, Filipina activist, teacher and politician.

a surname from Spanish, most notably borne by:

Rosales (a municipality of Pangasinan, Philippines)


Aprika

Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)


Alicia

Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga Sibugay#English

a municipality of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines


Marte

Borrowed from Spanish Marte (“Mars”), from Latin Mārs, Mārtem.


Saturno

Borrowed from Spanish Saturno, from Latin Saturnus.


Neptuno

Borrowed from Spanish Neptuno (“Neptune”), from Latin Neptūnus, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

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(astronomy) Neptune (the eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆)

(Roman mythology) Neptune (the god of the ocean and of earthquakes, equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology)


Shirley

Borrowed from English Shirley, a given name transferred from the habitational surname, from Old English scīr + lēah.


Abraham

Borrowed from Spanish Abraham with the silent /h/ pronounced, ultimately from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Doublet of Ibrahim.

a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham


Peking

Borrowed from English Peking, from an old romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim.

Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


Maria

tl-proper noun

Maria or Mariá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜌ or ᜋᜇ᜔ᜌ)

Maria (canonical)
Mariá (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
ᜋᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
Ma. (alternative abbreviation)

Borrowed from Spanish María, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (maryām), corresponding to the Biblical Hebrew מרים (miryám). Doublet of Mary.


Montenegro

Montenegro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ)

ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Montenegro (“Montenegro”).

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Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

a surname from Spanish, the 460th most common in the Philippines


Amerika

[ʔɐˌmɛː.ɾɪˈxa]

Borrowed from Spanish América, from New Latin America, ultimately derived from the first name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

United States of America
United States of America#English

America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)

America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)


Abigail

Ábigaíl (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜒᜄᜒᜌ᜔ᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.bɪˈɣeɪ̯l]

Borrowed from English Abigail, from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).


Abra

Borrowed from Spanish abra, from French havre. See also abra.

Abra (a province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Bangued)


Abril

Abríl (canonical)
ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
Abr. (alternative abbreviation)

Borrowed from Spanish abril (“April”), from Latin Aprīlis.


Abu

a surname from Tagalog, most common in Batangas


Adan

Borrowed from Spanish Adán, ultimately from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Adam


Agosto

ᜀᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
Ago. (alternative abbreviation)
Agusto (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish agosto, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus, a title to the emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, whose old Roman month Sextīlis was renamed after.


Al

a diminutive of the male given names Alberto, Alejandro, Alfredo, Allan, Alvaro, Alvin, or other male names beginning with Al-, from English or Spanish


Ala

Borrowed from Spanish Alá, from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).


Althea

[ʔɐlˈt̪ɛː.ɐ]


Amber

Borrowed from English Amber, from amber, from Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /ambar/, “ambergris”).


Ambrosia

ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐmˈbɾoː.ʃɐ]

a female given name from Spanish, masculine equivalent Ambrosio


Angel

ᜁᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˈʔeɪ̯n̪.d͡ʒɛl]


Aurora

[ʔaʊ̯ˈɾoː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Aurora, from Latin Aurōra. The placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

Aurora (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Baler)

a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin]

several municipalities in the Philippines

Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur#English

Aurora (a municipality of Zamboanga del Sur)

(historical) San Francisco (a municipality of Quezon)


Baviera

[bɐvˈjɛː.ɾɐ]

[bɐbˈjɛː.ɾɐ]

Bavaria (a historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria)


Bay

Baý (canonical)
ᜊᜁ (Baybayin)
ᜊᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
Bae (alternative)
Bai (alternative)
Ba'e (alternative)
Ba'i (alternative)
Vahi (alternative)

Possibly related to *bahi (“woman; female”) (cf. babae). The letter ⟨y⟩ was also used for /i/ in Spanish orthography (cf. ylang-ylang). English-influenced pronunciation is from English bay.

Bay (a municipality of Laguna, Philippines)


Beryl

Borrowed from English Beryl, from beryl.


Bonbon

Bonbón (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Bombon (alternative)

a province of the Philippines; modern Batangas


Boo

a surname from Tagalog, mostly found in Batangas


Boy

From either or both English boy and/or Spanish Bonito + -oy. Spanish bonito is a diminutive of Spanish bueno (“good”).

a diminutive of the male given names Bonito or Bonifacio


Bravo

Borrowed from Spanish Bravo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Brabo, since respelled to common form.

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Bravo, mostly concentrated in Metro Manila and Nueva Ecija


Chan

Borrowed from Spanish Chan, from Hokkien 曾 (Chan). Doublet of Chang.

a Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]


Chan

Borrowed from English Chan, from Cantonese 陳／陈 (Can⁴). Doublet of Tan and Chen.

a Chinese Filipino surname from English [in turn from Cantonese]


Charity

[ˌt͡ʃaː.ɾɪˈt̪ɪ]

[ˌt͡saː.ɾɪˈt̪ɪ]


Chi

Borrowed from Hokkien or 徐 (Chhî) or 錢／钱 (Chîⁿ).


Chow

From Cantonese 周 (zau¹), via English Chow. Doublet of Chiu.

a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese


Co

ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
Ko (alternative)
Kho (alternative)

From Hokkien 許／许 (Khó͘) or 高 (Ko), via Spanish Co. Doublet of Ko and Kho.


Conner

Named after American governor Norman Conner.


Cruz

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

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Cruz


Daisy

Borrowed from English Daisy, from daisy.


Delgado

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

a surname from Spanish, common in Metro Manila, Batangas, Laguna and Cavite


Du

ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
Lu (alternative)
Lou (alternative)
Loo (alternative)
Lew (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 俞 (Lû) or 呂 /吕 (Lū), pronounced with [l̪] initial. Doublet of Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Lew.

a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien, mostly around Cebu


Dy

From Hokkien 李 (Lí), via Spanish Dy, with the initial pronounced as an [l̪] changed to ⟨D⟩ due to [l̪]~[d̪] allophony when the next vowel is either, [i], [e], or [u] in Hokkien. Compare Indonesian Lie.

Thomas Barclay (missionary)
zh-min-nan:Lîm Iàn-sîn
zh:林燕臣


Enero

ᜁᜈᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
Ene. (alternative abbreviation)
Inero (alternative nonstandard)

[ʔɛˈn̪ɛː.ɾo]


Felicity

Felícitý (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜐᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)


Flor

Borrowed from Spanish Flor, from flor (“flower”).


Flora

Borrowed from Spanish Flora, from Latin Flōra.

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Flora

(Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of flowers)


Genesis

tl-proper noun

Génesís or Genesis (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

Génesís (canonical)
Genesis (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


Gloria

Borrowed from Spanish Gloria, from Latin glōria.


Go

Borrowed from Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘, Ngô͘) or 伍 (Gó͘, Ngó͘). Doublet of Ngo, Goh, Cinco, Ng, and Wu.

zh-l

吳／吴 (Gô͘, Ngô͘)


Haw

ᜑᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
Hau (alternative)
Jao (alternative)
Caw (alternative)


Hazel

a female given name from English, popular around the 1990s and 2000s


Ho

Gretchen Ho, volleyball player and television host

a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien, most notably borne by:


Jean

Borrowed from English Jean, variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān).


John

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Jon (alternative)
Jan (alternative)
Jhon (alternative)
Jhan (alternative)
Jong (alternative)
Jang (alternative)
Jhong (alternative)
Jhang (alternative)
Johnny (alternative)
Jhonny (alternative)
Jonny (alternative)

Borrowed from English John, from Middle English Johannes, John, Johan, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, from Latin Iōhannēs (variant of Iōannēs), from New Testament Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān), perhaps contracted from a former יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān, “God is gracious”).


King

ᜃᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
Quing (alternative)
Keng (alternative)
Quingco (alternative)
Kingco (alternative)


Ko

ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
Co (alternative)
Kho (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 高 (Ko) or 許／许 (Khó͘). Doublet of Co, Kho, Caw, and Gao.


Koran

Korán (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Kuran (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Corán, from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʔān). Doublet of Alkoran and Qur'an.


Kuba

Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)


Laurel

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos
Jose P. Laurel

Borrowed from Spanish Laurel, from laurel. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
The municipality in Batangas is named after Jose P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines.

a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the common noun], common in Metro Manila, Batangas, Laguna and Quezon

Laurel (a municipality of Batangas, Philippines)

a barangay of Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines

a barangay of San Pascual, Batangas, Philippines

a barangay of Taysan, Batangas, Philippines


Lee

ᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
Dy (alternative)
Dee (alternative)
Li (alternative)

* (Chinese surname): From Hokkien 李 (Lí) & Cantonese 李 (Lei⁵), via English Lee.
* (Korean surname): From Korean 리(李) (Ri), via English Lee.

Grace Lee, film distributor, businesswoman, former tv host and former radio DJ.

a surname from Korean, most notably borne by:


Leo

Borrowed from Spanish Leo, from Latin leō (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Doublet of leon.


Li

ᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
Dy (alternative)
Dee (alternative)
Lee (alternative)

Borrowed from Mandarin 李 (Lǐ), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system and the Wade-Giles system. See also Hokkien 李 (Lí).

a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin


Libra

Borrowed from Spanish Libra, from Latin lībra (“scales, balance”).


Lu

ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
Lou (alternative)
Loo (alternative)
Lew (alternative)
Du (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 呂／吕 (Lū). Doublet of Lou, Loo, Luy, Lew, and Du.


Luna

(Roman mythology) Luna (goddess of the moon)


Macao

alternative spelling of Makaw: Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)


Malaya

Borrowed from English Malaya, from Malay + -ia, with the root from Malay Melayu.

(historical) Malaya (a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia)

(historical) Malaya (a group of former British colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1826 to 1957, excepting the period of Japanese occupation during World War II; in full, British Malaya)

Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya#English

(historical) Malaya (a former colony and later a former independent country in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1948 to 1963; independent from 1957 and merged in 1963 with the territories of East Malaysia, forming modern Malaysia; in full, Federation of Malaya)


Man

From Cantonese 萬／万 (Maan⁶), via English Man.


Mandarin

Mandarín (canonical)
ᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐn̪.d̪ɐˈɾɪn̪]

Borrowed from Spanish mandarín, from Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister; councillor”).

language from northern China, especially in Beijing


Martin

Borrowed from Spanish Martín, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix).

a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Martin

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Latin]


Mayo

ᜋᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
May. (alternative abbreviation)


Monako

Borrowed from Spanish Mónaco or English Monaco.


Natividad

Natividád (canonical)
ᜈᜆᜒᜊᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

a female given name from Spanish, usually occurring on older Filipinos


Ng

Borrowed from Hokkien 黃 /黄 (N̂g). The pronunciation of the surname in Tagalog is influenced by the word, ng.


Ng

Borrowed from English Ng, from Cantonese 吳 /吴 (ng⁴). The pronunciation of the surname in Tagalog is influenced by the word, ng.

a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese


Pan

Borrowed from Mandarin 潘 (Pān). Doublet of Pua and Poon.


Papa

Borrowed from Spanish Papa, from Latin pāpās, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas). See also Italian papa.

Pope (head of the Roman Catholic Church)


Park

From Korean 박(朴) (Bak), via English Park.

Sandara Park, singer & actress


Pasko

Paskó (canonical)
ᜉᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
pasco (alternative)

Early borrowing from Spanish pascua, ellipsis of Spanish Pascua de Navidad, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh). Doublet of Paskuwa.

Noong Pasko nagpunta kami sa inyo.


Pastor

Borrowed from Spanish Pastor, from pastor.


Pearl

Borrowed from English Pearl, from pearl.


Pilar

Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte#English

a municipality of Surigao del Norte, Philippines


Polo

a barangay of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines


Prince

Unadapted borrowing from English Prince.


Que

ᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
Cue (alternative)
Khoe (alternative)

From Hokkien 郭 (Keh), via Spanish Que. Doublet of Kwok.


Rosemary

Rósemáry (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜏ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[ˌɾoʊ̯sˈmɛː.ɾɪ]


Ruby

Ruby (canonical)
Rubý (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜊᜒ (Baybayin)


See

Borrowed from English See, from Hokkien 施 (Si) or 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Sy, Siy, Sze, and Shi.


Shaw

Borrowed from Hokkien 蕭／萧 (Siau) or 邵 (Siàu).


Sin

a surname from Hokkien, most associated with former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Sin


Son

ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Soon (alternative)
Sun (alternative)


Sun

ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Soon (alternative)
Son (alternative)

From Hokkien 孫 /孙 (Sun) and Mandarin 孫 /孙 (Sūn).


Sy

Borrowed from Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si) and 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Siy, See, Sze, and Shi. Compare Indonesian Sie.

University of Santo Tomas#Libraries and archives


Tan

Borrowed from Hokkien 陳 /陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chan and Chen.


Tang

From either Mandarin 唐 (táng) or Hokkien 董 (táng).

a Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien


Tee

Borrowed from English Tee, from Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ) and 戴 (Tì). Doublet of Ty.


To

Borrowed from Hokkien 杜 (Tǒ͘) or 陶 (Tô).


Tuba

a municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines


Ty

Borrowed from Spanish Ty, from Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ) & 戴 (Tì). Doublet of Tee.


Vera

Borrowed from English Vera, from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).


Wang

Borrowed from Mandarin 王 (Wáng) and 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Ong, Wong, and Heng.


Wood

From English Wood, from Middle English wode.

Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula#English

a lake in Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines


Yap

Borrowed from Hokkien 葉／叶 (Ia̍p). Doublet of Ip.


Young

Borrowed from Hokkien 楊 /杨 (iông) or Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng⁴).

a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien or Cantonese


Kate

a diminutive of the female given name Katherine or Catherine, from English


Abel

Borrowed from Spanish Abel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”).

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Abel


Emily

[ˌʔɛː.mɪˈlɪ]


Samantha

Borrowed from English, of uncertain origin.

a female given name from English, popular in the Philippines since the 1990s or 2000s


Hongkong

Hongkóng (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


Geraldine

tl-proper noun

Géraldíne (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

Géraldíne (canonical)
ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌd͡ʒɛː.ɾɐlˈd̪ɪn̪]

[ˌd̪jɛː.ɾɐlˈd̪ɪn̪]


Arabia

Borrowed from Spanish Arabia, from Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)

(broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)


Ibrahim

[ʔɪb.ɾɐˈhɪm]

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), borrowed from Aramaic אברהם (ʾaḇrāhām), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm). Doublet of Abraham.

etymon

ar>إِبْرَاهِيم>prophet


Ramadan

Ramadán (canonical)
ᜇᜋᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Ramadhan (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Ramadan (holy ninth month of Islamic calendar)


Medina

Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)

Misamis Oriental
Misamis Oriental#English

Medina (a municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines)


Andora

[ʔɐn̪ˈd̪oː.ɾɐ]

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


NPA

[ˌʔɛm pɪ ˈʔeɪ̯]


Ashley

a female given name from English, of 2000s and later Philippines usage


Guillermo

tl-proper noun

Guillermo (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


Ma.

abbreviation of Maria, usually where used with another given name (in both male and female names)


Aristoteles

Aristótelés (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

Aristótelés (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.ɾɪsˌt̪oː.t̪ɛˈlɛs]

Borrowed from Spanish Aristóteles, from Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

a male given name, equivalent to English Aristotle


Andrade

[ʔɐn̪ˈd̪ɾaː.d̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish Andrade, from Galician Andrade.


Nihongo

ᜈᜒᜑᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
Nihonggo (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese Nihongo, the romaji of 日本語(にほんご) (nihongo).


Stephanie

Stéphaníe (canonical)
ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜉᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
Stefy (alternative diminutive)
Stephie (alternative diminutive)

[ʔɪsˌt̪ɛː.fɐˈn̪ɪ]

[ʔɪsˌt̪ɛː.pɐˈn̪ɪ]

Borrowed from English Stephanie, from French Stéphanie.

a female given name from English [in turn from French]


Kolombiya

Kolómbiyá (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia (“Colombia”).


Nilo

Borrowed from Spanish Nilo, from Old Spanish Nilo, from Latin Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), possibly of Semitic origin.

Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)


Dorothy

[ˌd̪oː.ɾoˈt̪ɪ]


Palestina

Borrowed from Spanish Palestina, from Latin Palaestīna, from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

der

...mayaman, ay namatay sa Habana nang nakaraang tagaraw, sa sakit na dibdib. Ang mamumuhunang ito'y iniwang magmamana sa kanya ang binatang konde ng Sokoro, na dumating kagabi sa Londres, matapos makapaglibot sa Palestina at doon tutuloy sa kanyang palasyo sa Rusell Square.

1919, M. Ibo Alfaro, Rosendo Ignacio, Ang Búhay ay pagibig Volume 6:

Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)


Kirgistan

tl-proper noun

Kirgistán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

Kirgistán (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Madagaskar

Madagaskár (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜄᜐ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Madagascar (“Madagascar”).

bor+

Ito'y itlog ng isang ibon na kilala sa tawag na epyornis na namumugad sa Madagaskar. Ang ibong ito'y unti-unti nang nawala buhat nang ang Madagaskar ay pamayanan ng mga tao.

1962, José Rizal, Pakikipagsulatan ni Rizal sa kanyang mga kasambahay, 1876-1896:

It's an egg of a bird that is famously called as elephant bird that nests in Madagascar. This bird is gradually disappearing because of Madagascar is a community of people.

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Fernando

a surname originating as a patronymic deriving from the given name, or from


Nando

Clipping of Fernando or Hernando, from Spanish.

a diminutive of the male given names Fernando or Hernando


Lucas

Borrowed from Spanish Lucas, from Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).


Eden

Borrowed from Spanish Edén, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen).


Londres

ᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)


Miguel

Borrowed from Spanish Miguel, from Latin Michāēlem, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”).


Tiu

Borrowed from Hokkien 張 /张 (Tiuⁿ). Doublet of Zhang and Tio. Compare Malaysian & Singaporean English Teo /Teoh.


Ricky

Borrowed from English Ricky, diminutive form of Richard.

a diminutive of the male given name Richard, from English


Sugboanon

tl-proper noun

Sugboanon (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Sugbuanon (alternative)
Sugbuhanon (alternative)

Borrowed from Cebuano Sugboanon. Doublet of Sugbuhanin.


Bisaya

Bisayà or Bisayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜌ)

Bisayà (canonical)
Bisayâ (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜐᜌ (Baybayin)
Visaya (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Cebuano Bisaya, of uncertain origin, possibly Sanskrit. Possibly related to Sanskrit विषय (viṣaya, “kingdom; dominion; region; territory; domain; realm”), according to Potet (2016). Compare Khmer វិស័យ (visay), Thai วิสัย (wí-sǎi), Pali visaya, Sabah Bisaya Bisaya, Brunei Bisaya Bisaya, Tatana Bisaya. Other theories include:
* From Old Malay Sri Vijaya (“Sri Vijaya”), from Sanskrit श्री विजय (śrī vijayá). During the 1950s to the 1960s, various authors have claimed that Bisaya is derived from Sri Vijaya, claiming the early settlers of Panay were either from Sri Vijaya or subjects of Sri Vijaya. However, linguist Eugene Verstraelen refutes these claims by pointing out that Vijaya would have been "Bidaya" or "Biraya". Compare Malay bisai, from Tamil விசை (vicai).
* From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaíśya) which would have been what Indian traders and/or pirates might have described the settlers of Panay.


Garcia

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

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish García, one of the commonest surnames in the Philippines


Gabrielle

Gabriélle (canonical)
ᜄᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English Gabrielle, from French Gabrielle.


Singh

From Hindi सिंघ (siṅgh, “lion”) or Punjabi ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh, “lion”).

an Indian Filipino surname from Sanskrit, common among Sikhs and Punjabis


Chen

Borrowed from Mandarin 陳 /陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan and Chan.


Gretchen

ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˈɡɾɛː.t͡ʃɛn̪]

[ˈɡɾɛt̪.sɛn̪]

a female given name from English [in turn from German]; a diminutive form of Margaret.


Estonya

[ʔɛsˈt̪oː.ɲɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Estonia (“Estonia”).

bor+

Ang Rusyang Sobyet ay langaw ring nangitlog sa Pinlandiya, sa Besasabya at sa tatlong bayang Baltiko: Litwanya, Latbia, at Estonya.

1998, Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Bahaghari't bulalakaw: katipunan ng mga sanaysay at mga pag-aaral:

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


Yoshida

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 吉田 (Yoshida).

a Filipino-Japanese surname from Japanese


Tausug

[t̪ɐ.ʔʊˈsuɡ̚]

Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau sūg (literally “people of the current”).


Virgilio

ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Virgil


Greg

a male given name from English, diminutive of Gregory or Gregor


Amos

Borrowed from Spanish Amós, from Latin Amos, from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).


Tiffany

[ˌt̪iː.fɐˈn̪ɪ]

[ˌt̪iː.pɐˈn̪ɪ]

Borrowed from English Tiffany, from Old French Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Latin Theophania (“Epiphany”).


Meka

ᜋᜒᜃ (Baybayin)
Meca (alternative)
Mecca (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish La Meca, later on from English Mecca, ultimately from Arabic مَكَّة (makka). Possible doublet of Maka.

Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)


Crawford

ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


San Diego

tl-proper noun

San Diego (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜄᜓ)

[ˌsan̪ ˈd͡ʒɛː.ɣo]

Borrowed from Spanish San Diego (“St. James”).

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several locations in the Philippines named after St. James


Pablo

Borrowed from Spanish Pablo, from Old Spanish Pablo, from Latin Paulus. Doublet of Paul, Paulo, and Paolo.


Gemma

Borrowed from English Gemma, from Latin gemma.


Pangasinan

tl-proper noun

Pangasinán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜄᜐᜒᜈᜈ᜔)

Pangasinán (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜄᜐᜒᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Pangasinán, from Pangasinan Pangasinan, from panag-asinan, from asin.

Pangasinan (a province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Lingayen; largest city: San Carlos)

the Pangasinense people predominant in Pangasinan and Tarlac


Jefferson

Jéffersón (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

Jéffersón (canonical)
ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌd͡ʒɛː.fɛɾˈson̪]

[ˌd͡ʒɛː.pɛɾˈson̪]

a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]


Ignacio

[ʔɪɡˈn̪aː.ʃo]

Arnell Ignacio, Filipino game show host, comedian, actor, news anchor, and singer-songwriter.

a surname from Spanish, notably borne by:


Santiago

Chinese Filipino
Guan Yu
James, brother of Jesus
Jose Rizal
St. James

Borrowed from Spanish Santiago (“St. James”).
The Guan Yu sense among Chinese Filipinos is due to a syncretic association of the said deified Chinese general with St. James, who are both known for their assertiveness and heroism, which non-Chinese and people like Jose Rizal during the 19th century first associated with and/or surmised the Chinese folk deities venerated by Chinese Filipinos on Chinese altars and prints with popular Christian or Muslim figures.

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(biblical) James (book of the New Testament)

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English James

Several places in the Philippines named after St. James:

Santiago (a city in Isabela, Philippines)

Santiago (a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines)

Santiago (a municipality of Surigao del Sur, Philippines)

Santiago (an island of Pangasinan, Philippines)

Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Norte#English

Santiago (a municipality of Agusan del Norte, Philippines)

Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile#English

Santiago, Santiago de Chile (the capital city of Chile)

(Chinese Filipino, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) Guan Yu (160-220 AD)

Chinese Filipino; Chinese folk religion; Taoism; Chinese Filipino; Chinese folk religion; Taoism


Asuncion

tl-proper noun

Asunción (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

Asunción (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.sʊn̪ˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish Asunción, from asunción (“assumption (of Mary to heaven)”), in reference to the Our Lady of the Assumption (Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), a religious epithet for Mary.

a surname from Spanish, the 81st most common in the Philippines

a municipality of Davao del Norte, Philippines


Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Santo Domingo, Spanish for Saint Dominic.

ubor

several municipalities of the Philippines:

Santo Domingo (a municipality of Albay, Philippines)

Santo Domingo (a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines)

Santo Domingo (a municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines)

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Santo Domingo (the capital city of the Dominican Republic)


San Jose

San José (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜑᜓᜐᜒ (Baybayin)

several locations in the Philippines named after St. Joseph:

San Jose (a city in Nueva Ecija, Philippines)

San Jose (a municipality, the provincial capital of Antique, Philippines)

San Jose (a municipality of Batangas, Philippines)

San Jose (a municipality of Tarlac, Philippines)

San Jose (a municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines)

a Christian surname from Spanish, taken from the saint


Gwen

a female given name from English [in turn from Welsh].


Arabe

Arabé (canonical)
Arabe (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜊᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish árabe, from Latin Arabs, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).


UNA

United Nationalist Alliance
w:United Nationalist Alliance


Josie

[ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯.sɪ]


Pilipino

the former name of the national language of the Philippines, now officially Filipino


Pedro

ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
Pidro (alternative obsolete)
Piro (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).


Eva

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Eve


Alberto

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Albert


Agatha

[ˌʔaː.ɣɐˈt̪a]


Allan

Borrowed from English Allan, Alan, probably of Old Breton or Irish origin.

a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]


Charlene

Charléne (canonical)
ᜐ᜔ᜌᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


Spencer

ᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪsˈpɛn̪.sɛɾ]


Miranda

Chito Miranda, songwriter and lead singer of the rock band Parokya ni Edgar

a surname from Spanish, notably the surname of:


Hiligaynon

tl-proper noun

Hiligaynón or Hiligaynon (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜄᜌ᜔ᜈᜓᜈ᜔)

Hiligaynón (canonical)
Hiligaynon (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜄᜌ᜔ᜈᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Hiligaynon Hiligaynon, from Spanish hiligaino + Hiligaynon -non, where Spanish hiligaino is from Hiligaynon Iligan + Spanish -ino, with the root from ilig + -an.

language of the native people of Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island


Durante

[d̪ʊˈɾan̪.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Italian (cognate of Duran, from Spanish Durán).


Aragon

[ʔɐ.ɾɐˈɣon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish Aragón. The surname is introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Aragón, mostly concentrated in Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Aurora, Zambales, Palawan and Bataan

autonomous community
autonomous community

Aragon (an autonomous community and medieval kingdom in northeastern Spain)


Edna

Borrowed from English Edna, from Hebrew עֶדְנָה, a variant of Eden.

der

Hebrew עֶדְנָה


Edlyn

ᜁᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Edylyn (alternative)
Edilyn (alternative)

[ˈʔɛd̪.l̪ɪn̪]

Borrowed from English Edlyn, from a 20th-century coinage, apparently a blend of Ed + Lyn.

a female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Edeline


Jocelyn

Jócelýn (canonical)
ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌd͡ʒoː.sɛˈlɪn̪]

a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]


Angelica

Angélicá (canonical)
ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜎᜒᜃ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐn̪ˌd͡ʒɛː.lɪˈxa]

[ʔɐn̪ˌd̪jɛː.lɪˈxa]


Ilonggo

Batiano River
Fort San Pedro (Iloilo)
Iloilo River

From Spanish ilongo, from ilong + -o, the root referring to Hiligaynon ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of the land between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro is located. See also Spanish pampango.


Kaaba

ᜃᜊ (Baybayin)
Caaba (alternative)
Kaba (alternative)
Ka'ba (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).


Siam

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Siam (“Thailand”), from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam (historical name)”).

der

(historical) Siam (former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia)


Ricardo

Borrowed from Spanish, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz.


Felix

Borrowed from Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlix.

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Felix


Gaston

a male given name from Spanish, of uncommon usage

a surname from Spanish from a Spanish given name


Luzon

Borrowed from Spanish Luzón, from Tagalog Lusong, old name for the Pasig River delta by Manila, from lusong.

Luzon (the largest island of the Philippines)


Mindanao

Mindanáo (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
Mindanaw (alternative)

[mɪn̪.d̪ɐˈn̪aʊ̯]

Borrowed from Spanish Mindanao, a contraction of Maguindánao (“Maguindanao”), from Maguindanao Magindanaw. Doublet of Mangindanaw and Maguindanao.

contraction

Mindanao (the second largest island of the Philippines)

a surname from Tagalog, prevalent in Batangas, Quezon and Oriental Mindoro


Palawan

Borrowed from Central Palawano Palawan. Compare Spanish Paragua, Malay perawan.

Palawan (a province of Mimaropa, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Puerto Princesa)

Palawan (an island of Luzon, Philippines)


Panay

Panay (an island of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)


Negros

[ˈn̪ɛː.ɡɾos]

Borrowed from Spanish Negros, from negro, negros, after the indigenous Negrito population of the island.


Samar

Borrowed from Spanish Sámar, from Waray-Waray samad (“wound”).

Samar (a province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital: Catbalogan; largest city: Calbayog)

Samar (an island of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)


Soho

From English Soohoo, from Taishanese 司徒 (lhu¹ hu³). Compare English Szeto.

a Chinese Filipino surname from English [in turn from Taishanese]


Lourdes

Spanish Lourdes, after Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (“Our Lady of Lourdes”).

a female given name from Spanish [in turn from place name]


Alejandro

tl-proper noun

Alejandro (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ)

ᜀᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


Yvonne

Borrowed from English Yvonne, from French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew".


Sevilla

Borrowed from Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”).

der

إِشْبِيلِيَة

Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

a barangay of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

a barangay of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines

a barangay of Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines

a barangay of Santo Niño, Samar, Philippines


Gina

[ˈd͡ʒiː.n̪ɐ]


Albano

Borrowed from Spanish, originally a given name.


Albanya

[ʔɐlˈbaː.ɲɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Albania, from Medieval Latin Albānia, from Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).


Santa Cruz

tl-proper noun

Santa Cruz (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

several places in the Philippines named after the Holy Cross:

a district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

a municipality, the capital of Laguna, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines

a municipality of Marinduque, Philippines

a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines

a Christian religious surname from Spanish, deriving from the Holy Cross


Azucena

[ʔɐ.zʊˈsɛː.n̪ɐ]

[ʔɐ.sʊˈsɛː.n̪ɐ]

From Spanish given name Azucena, from azucena (“lily”). Doublet of asusena.


Kalibo

From Aklanon sangkalibo (“one thousand”).

Kalibo (a municipality, the capital of Aklan, Western Visayas, Philippines)


Aklan

Aklan (a province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital: Kalibo)

Aklan River (a river in Aklan, Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)


Alicante

Borrowed from Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Vulgar Latin Leukante, ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”).


Zaragoza

[zɐ.ɾɐˈɣoː.sɐ]

[sɐ.ɾɐˈɣoː.sɐ]

Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Zaragoza)

Zaragoza (a municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines)


Palestino

tl-proper noun

Palestino (feminine Palestina, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜓ)

Palestina (feminine)
ᜉᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish palestino, from Latin Palaestīnus.


Samson

Borrowed from Spanish Samson, from Literary Hokkien 三孫 /三孙 (sam-sun).

a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry


Clinton

ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Usually after Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States.

a male given name from English, of 1990s usage


Italyano

Borrowed from Spanish italiano. By surface analysis, Italya + -ano.


Dave

Borrowed from English Dave, diminutive of David.


Nathalie

[ˌn̪aː.t̪ɐˈlɪ]


Serena

[sɛˈɾiː.n̪ɐ]


Trisha

a diminutive of the female given name Patricia


Vanessa

[vɐˈn̪ɛː.sɐ]

[bɐˈn̪ɛː.sɐ]


Edison

[ˌʔɛː.d̪ɪˈson̪]


Franco

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Frank


Marjorie

Márjoríe (canonical)
ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[ˌmaɾ.d͡ʒoˈɾɪ]


Irlanda

[ʔɪɾˈlan̪.d̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Irlanda (“Ireland”).

bor+

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


OPM

Original Pilipino Music
Original Pilipino Music#Tagalog


Platon

Borrowed from Spanish Platón, from Latin Platōn, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn), from πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide”).


La Niña

[lɐ ˈn̪iː.ɲɐ]

La Niña (sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly)


Anastacia

[ʔɐ.n̪ɐsˈt̪aː.ʃɐ]


Vaticano

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)

alternative spelling of Batikano:
the Vatican


Wuhan

Borrowed from English Wuhan from Mandarin 武漢 /武汉 (Wǔhàn).

Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)


PLM

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
w:Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

initialism of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila


Carmen

a municipality of Agusan del Norte, Philippines


Javier

Borrowed from Spanish Javier, from Basque Xabier, possibly from etxe (“house”) + berri (“new”).

a common surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque], equivalent to English Xavier

a municipality of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines


Wu

Borrowed from Mandarin 吳／吴 (Wú) and 伍 (Wǔ). Doublet of Go, Ngo, Goh, Cinco, and Ng.


Valdez

Borrowed from Spanish Valdez, spelling variant of Valdés, Asturian place name. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Valdés, most of which has been respelled to Valdez.

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Asturian], equivalent to Spanish Valdez, mostly concentrated in Metro Manila, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, Aurora and Bataan


Esperanza

a municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines


Kristo

ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
Cqiristo (alternative)
Cristo (alternative)
Kiristo (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish Cristo, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) and Biblical Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʾ). See also Mesiyas and English Messiah.


Sergio

Borrowed from Spanish Sergio, from Latin Sergius.


Gales

Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


BSP

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
w:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

initialism of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (“Central Bank of the Philippines”)


Nabucodonosor

tl-proper noun

Nabucodonosór (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜓᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜓᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

Nabucodonosór (canonical)
ᜈᜊᜓᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜓᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


Ismael

[ʔɪs.mɐˈʔɛl]

Borrowed from Spanish Ismael, ultimately from Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él/yišmāʿēl).

a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ishmael


Selma

Borrowed from English, from various similar-sounding female given names.


Soledad

María de la Soledad
es:Nuestra Señora de la Soledad

Borrowed from Spanish, a reference to the Our Lady of Solitude (Nuestra Señora de la Soledad), an epithet for María de la Soledad.

a female given name from Spanish, used along with Maria, often shortened to Marisol


San Carlos

San Carlos (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜃᜇ᜔ᜎᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜃᜇ᜔ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental#English

several locations in the Philippines named after St. Charles, e.g.:

a city in Negros Occidental, Philippines

a barangay of Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines


San Juan

San Juán (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

several locations in the Philippines named after St. John the Baptist or St. John the Evangelist:

San Juan (an independent city, part of Metro Manila, Philippines)

San Juan (a municipality in eastern Batangas, Philippines)

San Juan (a municipality of La Union, Philippines)

San Juan (a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines)

San Juan (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)

San Juan (the capital city of Puerto Rico)

a Christian surname from Spanish, taken from the saint


Cora

a diminutive of the female given name Corazon


Dolores

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores, from dolores (“sorrow”), shortened from [Maria] de los Dolores, epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Sorrows".

Dolores (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)

Dolores (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)


Osaka

Borrowed from Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

ja-r

Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)

Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan)


Evangeline

tl-proper noun

Evángelíne (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

Evángelíne (canonical)
ᜁᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Vangie (alternative diminutive)

[ʔɛˌvan̪.d͡ʒɛˈlɪn̪]

[ʔɛˌban̪.d͡ʒɛˈlɪn̪]

(more-native sounding, no palatal assimilation) -andjelin

Borrowed from English, a given name invented by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.


Timoteo

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Timothy


Marilyn

[ˌmaː.ɾɪˈlɪn̪]


Adela

[ʔɐˈd̪ɛː.lɐ]


Bernadette

Bérnadétte (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜒᜆ᜔)

Bérnadétte (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌbɛɾ.n̪ɐˈd̪ɛt̪̚]

Borrowed from English Bernadette, from French Bernadette.


Kain

Kaín (canonical)
ᜃᜁᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Cain (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Caín, from Latin Cain, from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”). See also Ancient Greek Κάϊν (Káïn).


Chantal

Borrowed from English Chantal, from French Chantal in the 1960s, from the surname of a French saint Jeanne de Chantal, actually a Baroness of Chantal, a place name in France from Old Occitan cantal.


Olanda

Borrowed from Spanish Holanda (“Holland”), ultimately from Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).

bor+

1949, Sa kapakanaan ng kapayapaan at kaunlarang pandaigdig:

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)

Holland (a traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)


Josef

Joséf (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜐᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
Kusep (alternative)

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph


Elena

[ʔɛˈlɛː.n̪ɐ]


Marisa

Borrowed from English Marissa, contraction of Maria Lisa.

a female given name from English [in turn from Spanish], variant of Marissa.


Nadia

[ˈn̪aː.d͡ʒɐ]

Borrowed from English Nadia, from Russian На́дя (Nádja).


Armando

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Armand


Nelson

Borrowed from English Nelson, a given name transferred from the patronymic surname (usually after Lord Nelson).

a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname], popular at about the 1970s and 1980s

Nelson (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Jesucristo

tl-proper noun

Jesucristo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜑᜒᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


GMA

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ ᜁᜋ᜔ ᜁᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌd͡ʒɪ ʔɛm ˈʔeɪ̯]

[ˌd̪jɪ ʔɛm ˈʔeɪ̯]

initialism of en:Global Media Arts, a broadcasting company in the Philippines

en

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
w:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

(Philippine politics) initialism of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines

Greater Manila Area
w:Greater Manila Area

(obsolete) initialism of en:Greater Manila Area Network, the old form of Global Media Arts Network


Eliseo

Borrowed from Spanish Eliseo, from Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (Elisha').


Singapura

[sɪ.ŋɐˈpuː.ɾɐ]

[sɪŋ.ɡɐˈpuː.ɾɐ]

...lalung-lalo na kung kanilang maaalala ang malagim na kinasapitan nina Delia Maga at Flor Contemplacion sa bansang Singapura maliban pa rin sa kahindik-hindik na pagkamatay naman ni Maricris Sioson sa bansang Hapon.

1996, Carlos J. Etivac, Ang bukang-liwayway sa aking inang bayan!:

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965))


Asya

Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)


Polonya

ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
Polonia (alternative dated)

Borrowed from Spanish Polonia (“Poland”), from Medieval Latin Polonia.


Tomas

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Thomas


Ivana

Ívaná (canonical)
Ivana (canonical)
ᜁᜊᜈ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪˈvaː.n̪ɐ]

[ʔɪˈbaː.n̪ɐ]

a municipality of Batan, Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines


Ivana

[ʔɪˈvaː.n̪ɐ]

[ʔɪˈbaː.n̪ɐ]


Molina

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

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Molina


Lindsay

ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


Vicente

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Vincent


Gerda

Borrowed from English Gerda, from Old Norse Gerðr.


Luksemburgo

tl-proper noun

Luksemburgo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜓ)

ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Luxemburgo (“Luxembourg”).

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Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (one of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Aquiles

Borrowed from Spanish Aquiles, from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).


Kosta Rika

tl-proper noun

Kostá Rika (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ ᜇᜒᜃ)

Kostá Rika (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ ᜇᜒᜃ (Baybayin)

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Isko

a diminutive of the male given name Francisco


Regidor

[ɾɛ.hɪˈd̪oɾ]


Rafael

Borrowed from Spanish Rafael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

der

Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl)


Dominika

tl-proper noun

Dominika or Domíniká (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈᜒᜃ)

Dominika (canonical)
Domíniká (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈᜒᜃ (Baybayin)

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Bernardo

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Bernard


Rusya

Borrowed from Spanish Rusia (“Russia”), from Medieval Latin Russia, from Russī (“Russians”), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Varangians, inhabitants of Rus”).

der

Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Marcela

[mɐɾˈsɛː.lɐ]

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Marcella


Guerrero

Borrowed from Spanish, literally, “warrior”.


Pampango

Borrowed from Spanish pampango, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”) + -o.


Nazaret

Nazarét (canonical)
ᜈᜐᜇᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
Nasaret (alternative)

[n̪ɐ.sɐˈɾɛt̪̚]

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Nazaret, from Latin Nazareth, from Ancient Greek Νᾱζᾰρέθ (Nāzăréth, “Nazareth”), from Aramaic נָצְרַת or Biblical Hebrew נָצְרַת (Nāzərát).

der

Aramaic נָצְרַת


Armenya

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
Armenia (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Armenia (“Armenia”), from Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina).

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[ʔɐɾˈmɛː.ɲɐ]

[ʔɐɾˈmɛn̪.jɐ]

Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Libano

Borrowed from Spanish Líbano (“Lebanon”), from Latin Libanus, from Ancient Greek Λίβανος (Líbanos), from a Semitic source.

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Perez

Borrowed from Spanish Pérez, patronymic surname from Pedro.
The municipality in Quezon is named after Felimón Pérez, a governor of Tayabas.

a common surname from Spanish: Perez, Pérez

Perez (a municipality in eastern Quezon, Philippines, on the northwestern tip of Alabat island)

a barangay of Trece Martires, Cavite, Philippines

a barangay of Calauan, Laguna, Philippines


Atenas

[ʔɐˈt̪ɛː.n̪ɐs]

Borrowed from Spanish Atenas (“Athens”).


Fukui

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 福井 (Fukui).


Ishikawa

[ʔɪ.ʃɪˈxaː.wɐ]

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 石川 (Ishikawa).


Francine

Francíne (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜒ (Baybayin)

[fɾɐn̪ˈsɪn̪]

[pɾɐn̪ˈsɪn̪]

Borrowed from English Francine, from French Francine.


Lew

ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
Liu (alternative)
Leow (alternative)
Lu (alternative)

Borrowed from English Lew, from Hokkien 呂 /吕 (Lū) and Mandarin 劉／刘 (Liú). Doublet of Lao, Liu, Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Du.


Hawa

Hawâ (canonical)
ᜑᜏ (Baybayin)
Hawwa (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ), from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). Doublet of Eba.


Santa Lucia

tl-proper noun

Santa Lucia (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜎᜓᜐᜒᜌ)

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)

a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines


Marcos

a surname from Spanish, the 250th most common surname in the Philippines

Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, or his family


Anson

Borrowed from Spanish Anson, from Hokkien 俺孫 /俺孙 (án-sun, “grandson”).

a male given name from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry


Noe

Borrowed from Spanish Noé, from Latin Nōē, from Ancient Greek Νῶε (Nôe), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ).

(rare) a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Noah


Clemente

ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish, from Latin Clēmentem.

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Clement

a surname, transferred use of the given name


Lucio

Borrowed from Spanish Lucio, from Latin Lūcius.

a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin], feminine equivalent Lucia, equivalent to English Lucius


Juana

ᜑᜓᜏᜈ (Baybayin)
Huwana (alternative)
Huana (alternative)


Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓ ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜃᜊᜓ ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
Kabo Berde (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Cabo Verde (literally “green cape”).

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Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Mateo

Borrowed from Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”).

der

מַתִּתְיָהוּ

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Matthew


Francisca

tl-proper noun

Francisca (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ (Baybayin)
Paransisca (alternative obsolete)
Paransiska (alternative obsolete)


Leonor

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Eleanor


Gregorio

ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
Giligoryo (alternative obsolete)

[ɡɾɛˈɣoɾ.jo]

a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Gregory


Basilio

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Basil


Delfin

Borrowed from Spanish Delfín, from delfín, from Latin delphīnus.


Julieta

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Juliet


Claudio

Borrowed from Spanish Claudio, from Latin Claudius.

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Claude

a surname from Spanish, notably borne by:

Tomas Claudio, the first Filipino soldier to die at war overseas


Sandoval

Sandovál or Sandoval (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜊᜎ᜔)

Sandovál (canonical)
Sandoval (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜊᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


Tanaka

Borrowed from Japanese 田(た)中(なか) (tanaka).

a Filipino-Japanese surname from Japanese


Eugenio

Eugenio (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ or ᜁᜏ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜌᜓᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
ᜁᜏ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔeʊ̯ˈhɛː.ɲo]

a male given name from Spanish, feminine equivalent Eugenia, equivalent to English Eugene


Bikol

Borrowed from Spanish Bicol, from either Bikol Central bikolbikol (“a tree species”) or biko (“bent; twisted”). See more at Bikol Central Bikol.


Ekwador

Ekwadór (canonical)
ᜁᜃ᜔ᜏᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
Ekuwador (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Ecuador (“Ecuador”).


Rosalinda

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Rosalind


Pampanga

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

af

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


San Pablo

Borrowed from Spanish San Pablo.
The city is named after Paul of Thebes (Spanish: Pablo el Ermitaño. Tagalog: Pablo, ang Unang Ermitanyo), its patron saint.

San Pablo (a city in Laguna, Philippines)


Carmela

[kɐɾˈmɛː.lɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Carmela, from Galician.

a diminutive of the female given name Carmen, from Spanish [in turn from Galician]


Espanya

[ʔɛsˈpaː.ɲɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish España, from Latin Hispānia.

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Espiritu Santo

tl-proper noun

Espíritú Santo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆᜓ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

Espíritú Santo (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆᜓ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from 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


Teodoro

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Theodore


Poa

ᜉᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
Pua (alternative)
Fua (alternative)

Borrowed from English Poa, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ). Doublet of Pan and Poon.


Pranses

Pransés (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
Paranses (alternative dated)

Ang salitang “coup d'etat", halimbawa, dahil sa anyo at ispeling, ay malalaman ng nakapag-aral na Pilipino na ito'y hiram ng wikang Ingles sa wikang Pranses.

1994, Al O. Santiago, Sining ng pagsasaling-wika: sa Filipino mula sa Ingles, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 113:


Pascua

Borrowed from Spanish Pascua, from pascua. As a surname, it is introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a common surname from Spanish, mostly found in Metro Manila, Nueva Ecija, Cavite (usually among Ilocano migrants)


Facebook

ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.


Capistrano

tl-proper noun

Capistrano (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈᜓ)

ᜃᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish, in honor of St. John to Capestrano.


Gilberto

ᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


Gascon

a surname from Spanish, most associated with Chito Gascon, chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights from 2016 to 2021


Dionisio

ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

a male given name from Spanish, feminine equivalent Dionisia, equivalent to English Dionysius or Dennis

a surname from Spanish, transferred from the given name


Aleman

Borrowed from Spanish alemán, from French allemand, from Late Latin Alemannus.


Alemanya

[ʔɐ.lɛˈmaː.ɲɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish Alemania (“Germany”).

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Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Bibliya

Bíbliyá (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
Biblia (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Biblia (“Bible”), from Latin Biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”).


Biyernes Santo

tl-proper noun

Biyernes Santo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜊᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
Biernes Santo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Viernes Santo (“Good Friday”).


Griyego

ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
Griego (alternative)


Hapon

Borrowed from Spanish Japón (“Japan”), from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, “sun origin”).
Doublet of Sapon.

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Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


Ingles

Inglés (canonical)
ᜁᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
Inggles (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish inglés, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisc. Compare Malay Inggeris, Indonesian Inggris.


Intsik

tlb

(colloquial, sometimes derogatory or vulgar)

Intsík (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
Inchic (alternative)
Insic (alternative)
Insik (alternative)
Intsek (alternative)
Inchek (alternative)
Inchik (alternative)

[ʔɪn̪ˈt͡ʃɪk̚]

[ʔɪn̪ˈt͡sɪk̚]

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”) or 𪜶叔 (in chek, literally “his/her/their uncle”). Compare Cebuano Insik, Malay encik, Indonesian encek, Thai เจ๊ก (jék).


Kastila

Kastilà (canonical)
ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
Castila (alternative)

From Classical Malay كستيل (Kastila, “Castile, of Castile, Castilian, Spaniard”), possibly from either:
* Portuguese Castela (“Castile”)
* Arabic قَسَاطِلَة (qasāṭila, “Castilians”), as in Arabic قَشْتَالَة (qaštāla, “Castille”) and بِلَاد الْقَسَاطِلَة (bilād al-qasāṭila, “the country of Castilians”) as per Potet (2013, 2016).
Both ultimately from Latin Castella, from Latin castella (“little forts, castles”), plural diminutive of castrum (“fort, defensive wall”). Cognate with Maranao Kastila, Maguindanao Kastila, Tausug Kastila', and Cebuano Katsila.
Likely not directly from Spanish Castilla as the expected word if borrowed during Early Modern Spanish would be *Kastiya since the ⟨ll⟩ digraph would have had the pronunciation of /ʎ/ closer to /j/ in Tagalog (cf. Spanish caballo and Spanish cebollas giving kabayo and sibuyas). Doublet of Kastilya.


Koreano

ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜌᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
Koryano (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish coreano. By surface analysis, Korea + -ano.


Kurisma

ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜋ (Baybayin)
Coreſma (alternative)
Curisma (alternative)

Early borrowing from Spanish Cuaresma, from Old Spanish quaraesma, from Latin quadrāgēsima (“the fortieth part; Lent”), substantive of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”).


Notsebuwena

tl-proper noun

Nótsebuwéna (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜏᜒᜈ)

Nótsebuwéna (canonical)
ᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜏᜒᜈ (Baybayin)

[ˌn̪oː.t͡ʃɛˈbwɛː.n̪ɐ]


Septiyembre

Septiyembre (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)


Silanganan

ᜐᜒᜎᜅᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
silang̃anan (alternative)


Todos los Santos

Todos los Santos (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
Todo Los Santos (alternative)
Todos Los Santos (alternative)

Ellipsis of Spanish Día de Todos los Santos (“All Saints' Day”).


Tsina

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ (Baybayin)
China (alternative)
Sina (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish China (“China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin).

[ˈt͡ʃiː.n̪ɐ]


Euklides

tl-proper noun

Euklides (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔ or ᜁᜏ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜁᜏ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Euclides, from Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης (Eukleídēs).


Isidro

a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Isidore

a surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic], notably borne by:

Agot Isidro, Filipina recording personality


Diyos

Diyós (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
Dios (alternative)
Dyos (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Dios, from Latin Deus. See diyos.


Nene

[ˈn̪ɛː.n̪ɛʔ]

"Nene" ang tawag namin kay Ederlyn.

a common nickname given to a young Filipina


Fukuoka

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 福岡 (Fukuoka).


Marcial

Borrowed from Spanish Marcial.
* (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a surname from Spanish, mostly concentrated in Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna


Matsuyama

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 松山 (Matsuyama).


Rosario

Borrowed from Spanish Rosario, from rosario.

Name of several places in the Philippines named after the rosary or Our Lady of the Rosary

Rosario (a municipality of Cavite, Philippines)

Rosario (a municipality of Batangas, Philippines)

Rosario (a municipality of La Union, Philippines)

Rosario (a municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines)

a barangay of Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines


Felisa

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Felicia


Lim

Borrowed from Hokkien 林 (Lîm). Doublet of Lam. Compare Indonesian Liem.


Cheng

Borrowed from Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng) and Cantonese 鄭 /郑 (Zeng⁶).

a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese


Ang

Borrowed from Hokkien 洪 (Âng). Doublet of Hong and Hung.


Ong

Borrowed from Hokkien 王 (Ông) or 汪 (Ong). Doublet of Wong, Wang, and Heng.


Suan

Borrowed from Hokkien 范 (Hoān), via Early Modern Spanish.


Cua

ᜃᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
Kua (alternative)
Koa (alternative)
Qua (alternative)

From Hokkien 柯 (Koa), via Spanish Cua. Doublet of Kua and Koa.


Kwok

From Cantonese 郭 (gwok³), via English Kwok. Doublet of Que and Guo.


Wong

From Cantonese 黃／黄 (wong⁴) or 王 (wong⁴), via English Wong. Doublet of Ng, Uy, Wee, Hwang, Huang, Ong, Wang, and Heng.


Chiong

tl-proper noun

Chióng (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ or ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

Chióng (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Cantonese 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²), via English Chiong.


Pua

ᜉᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
Poa (alternative)
Fua (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ). Doublet of Pan and Poon.


Uy

Borrowed from Spanish Uy, from Hokkien 黃 /黄 (Ûiⁿ). Doublet of Ng, Wee, Wong, Hwang, and Huang.


Chua

Borrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi.


Khoo

From Hokkien 邱／丘 (Khu) or Cantonese 顧 /顾 (gu³), via English Khoo. Doublet of Cu and Coo.


Ching

From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng), via English Ching.


Mariano

Borrowed from Spanish, from Latin Mariānus, from Marius. The surname is of religious origin, after the Virgin Mary, through mariano (“Marian”).

a surname from Spanish, usually of religious origin


Jacinto

ᜑᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
Casinto (alternative dated)

a male given name from Spanish, feminine equivalent Jacinta

a surname from Spanish, ultimately derived from the given name


Imelda

[ʔɪˈmɛl.d̪ɐ]

From Spanish Imelda, from Italian Imelda, name of a saint (Imelda Lambertini).


San Rafael

tl-proper noun

San Rafaél (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜉᜁᜎ᜔)

San Rafaél (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜉᜁᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌsan̪ ɾɐ.fɐˈʔɛl]

[ˌsan̪ ɾɐ.pɐˈʔɛl]


Gan

From Hokkien 顏 /颜 (Gân). Doublet of Yan.


Lilia

a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Lilia or Lily


Bonifacio

Borrowed from Spanish Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius (literally “the one with a good fate”).

der

a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the given name]

Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897, Filipino revolutionary and politician)

(usually dated) a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Boniface


Koa

ᜃᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
Cua (alternative)
Kua (alternative)

From Hokkien 柯 (Koa), via English Koa. Doublet of Cua and Kua.


Aguinaldo

Emilio Aguinaldo (president of the first Philippine republic)


Alvaro

a surname from Spanish deriving from the given name


Arsenio

[ʔɐɾˈsɛː.ɲo]


Pila

From pila (“clay”), from the soil abundant in the area.

Pila (a municipality of Laguna, Philippines)


Maka

Possibly from Malay Mekah, from Arabic مَكَّة (makka, “Mecca”). Compare Maranao Maka and Tausug Makka. Possible doublet of Meka.


Satanas

Borrowed from Spanish Satanás, from Ancient Greek Σατανᾶς (Satanâs), from Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).


Kabayan

From Ibaloi kaba-ayan (“place where root crop vines grow”).


Borromeo

From Spanish Borromeo, of Italian origin.

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Italian]