MEANING & HISTORY
What does Aldrin mean?
Aldrin is explicitly recorded as borrowed from English into Cebuano personal naming. English sources also record Aldrin as a surname, famously borne by astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
That association does not prove every given name was chosen for him. The dictionary establishes the borrowing without establishing a literal ancient compound for the surname.
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.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
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
2
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
Aldrin 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 Aldrin
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
- Alain·French form of Alan
- Albin·Form of Latin Albinus; white
- Alden♂Old friend; through Old English Ealdwine
- Alvin♂Elf friend
- Alan♂The medieval Breton name Alan
- Albino♂White; bright, through Albinus
- Aldong♂Reynaldo with the familiar ending ng
- Alexis♂♀Helper or defender
What rhymes with Aldrin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Aldrin
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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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 — Aldrin (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.