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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Angelito.

Little or dear angel in Spanish

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Gender context
Not classified
Letters
8
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
A
Sources
8

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Angelito mean?

Angelito is the Spanish diminutive of ángel, with ito expressing affection or smallness. The lexical formation is independently described in the consulted linguistic discussion and dictionaries.

As a personal name it uses that familiar angel-word form; the ultimate Greek angelos means messenger.

References for this explanation

  1. Philip Tagg: linguistic/name discussion ↗
  2. Wiktionary: angelito ↗

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.

People with the name Angelito

Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.

The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

11

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 ↗

Wikidata

2

distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim

Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Angelito Lampon, Hajji Alejandro

THE RECORDED SPELLING

Find Angelito in the sources

Public-record evidence

OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001

Given-name field in the source

ANGELITO SR.

CSV record 1,379 (header counted as record 1)

Other source spellings
ANGELITO
Displayed form
Angelito

1 matching source record included an explicit generational suffix; that suffix is omitted from this name entry.

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The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.

Linked name entries

Wikidata

Source labels on the name entries

Angelito
Name entry Q96622959 ↗

These are the name items identified by the linked people’s given-name claims. Their source labels are shown above, including other scripts where recorded.

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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Angelito in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Angelito appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

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 Angelito

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What rhymes with Angelito?

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.

AbelitoAbitoAdelitoAdorlitoAgapitoAlderitoAlejandritoAlfelito

Recorded combinations with Angelito

1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Wikidata given-name item Q96622959 — Angelito (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.

  5. Wikidata — Angelito Lampon (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q96622959 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  6. Wikidata — Hajji Alejandro (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q96622959 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  7. Philip Tagg: linguistic/name discussion (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit Angelito = little angel, diminutive formation; cites Collins Spanish Dictionary.

  8. Wiktionary: angelito (opens in a new tab)

    Spanish ángel + ito word formation.