THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Aristoteles
Aristoteles is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Aristóteles.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ʔaɾisˈtoteles/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɐ.ɾɪsˌt̪oː.t̪ɛˈlɛs]Standard-Tagalog
A · ris · to · te · les5 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Aristóteles, from Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).
a male given name, equivalent to English Aristotle
Wiktionary: Aristoteles (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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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 ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Aristoteles in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Aristoteles
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
- Aristotle♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Isoceles·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Aristeo♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Ariston♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Temistokles♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Angeles·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Archimedes·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ariella♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Aristoteles?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Aristoteles 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 — Aristoteles (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.