MEANING & HISTORY
What does Adorable mean?
Adorable has a documented Spanish lexical meaning of being worthy of adoration, from Latin adorabilis. The exact spelling also occurs in the Philippine given-name field used by this catalogue.
These two sources answer different questions: the dictionary explains the word, and the public record shows the name-form occurrence. They do not establish a single family’s naming motive.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Adorable in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
ADORABLECSV record 4,407 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Adorable in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Adorable
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Amable·Lovable, in the Amabilis family
- Ador♂Short form of Dominador or Salvador
- Adoracion·Adoration, in the Spanish Adoración tradition
- Adriane♀French variant of Adriana
- Adriene♀Brazilian variant of Adriana
- Venerable·English word: deserving respect or veneration
- Adam♂Man or human being in Hebrew
- Adan♂Unaccented form of Adán or Adam; man
What rhymes with Adorable?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Adorable further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- RAE–ASALE — adorable (opens in a new tab)
Spanish lexical definition and Latin adorabilis; Philippine name occurrence supported independently by retained records.