MEANING & HISTORY
What does Alegre mean?
The RAE dictionary explains alegre as feeling or showing joy and traces the word through Vulgar Latin to Latin alacer. Independently, Alegre occurs in the source’s given-name field.
A word-reading account is therefore possible, while the documentary record itself does not identify a family’s naming motive or establish transfer from an Alegre 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.
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 Alegre in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
ALEGRECSV record 4,502 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Alegre 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 Alegre
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
- Alegria♀Joy or gladness in the Spanish word-name route
- Albert♂Noble and bright
- Aleah♀Variant of Aaliyah; high or exalted
- Aleja·Familiar form of Alejandra
- Alejo♂Helper or defender
- Aleksey♂Russian Alexius, from the Greek defending-name family
- Aleta♀Possibly a variant of Alethea, the truth name
- Alex♂♀Short form of Alexander, Alexandra or Alexis
What rhymes with Alegre?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Alegre 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 — alegre (opens in a new tab)
Exact Spanish word senses and, for alegre, Latin history. Personal-name usage is independently documented; no intention inferred.