MEANING & HISTORY
What does Agaton mean?
Agaton is explicitly recorded from Spanish Agatón. The corresponding Greek Agathon belongs to the good-name family also represented by Agatha.
The lack of an accent in the local spelling does not create another root. The historical adjective describes the name’s formation rather than certifying a bearer’s moral character.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ʔaɡaˈton/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɐ.ɣ̠ɐˈt̪on̪]Standard-Tagalog
A · ga · ton3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Agatón.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Agaton (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Agatón.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Agaton (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
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 ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Agaton 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 →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Agaton
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
- Agatha♀Good in Greek
- Alton·Settlement at a river source
- Anton♂Form of the Roman family name Antonius
- Gaston♂French name possibly containing Germanic guest or stranger
- Platon·Greek Plato-name form; broad
- Agapito♂Beloved or dear
- Agustin♂Spanish Agustín, from the Augustus name family
- Ariston♂The best
What rhymes with Agaton?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Agaton 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.
- Wiktionary contributors — Agaton (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Agaton (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — Agathon (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Agatha (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.