THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Apolonio
Apolonio is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form -.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ʔapoˈlonjo/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɐ.poˈloː.ɲo]Standard-Tagalog
- /ʔapoˈlonjo/no palatal assimilation
- [ʔɐ.poˈlon̪.jo]no palatal assimilation
A · po · lon · io4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /apoˈlonjo/
- [a.poˈlo.njo]
A · po · lo · nio4 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.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Apolonio (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Apolonio.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Apolonio (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Apollōnius, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλώνιος (Apollṓnios).
a male given name from Latin
Wiktionary: Apolonio (Spanish) ↗ · 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
8
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
Apolonio in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Apolonio
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
- Apolonia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Polonio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antonio♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Apolinar♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Apolinario♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Apollo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Algenio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Apilis·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Apolonio?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Apolonio 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 — Apolonio (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Apolonio (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Apolonio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.