MEANING & HISTORY
What does Almeda mean?
The Cebuano name entry explicitly traces Almeda through Spanish to Arabic al-maida. The Arabic word has a table-spread sense independently supported by the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
The same spelling also occurs as a surname. This is a source-specific account, not proof that every bearer follows that ancestry or that the name derives from Spanish alameda.
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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
From Spanish Almeda, from Arabic الْمَائِدَة (al-māʔida).
a female given name
Wiktionary: Almeda (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Almeda 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 Almeda
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
- Agueda·Unaccented form of Águeda; good
- Aleja·Familiar form of Alejandra
- Alexa♀Short form of Alexandra; defending people
- Alfreda·Feminine Alfred-name form; also related to Elfreda
- Alma♀Nourishing or kind in the Latin interpretation
- Albert♂Noble and bright
- Alberta♀Noble and bright; feminine of Albert
- Alden♂Old friend; through Old English Ealdwine
What rhymes with Almeda?
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 Almeda further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Almeda (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- University of Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus — m-y-d / maida (opens in a new tab)
Actually consulted lexical corpus gives table-spread sense for Arabic maida. The precise Cebuano-name transmission is separately explicit in its qualified entry; the corpus does not establish names or Philippine ancestry.