MEANING & HISTORY
What does Binsoy mean?
Binsoy has several explicit parent relationships in the Philippine dictionary: Alvin, Vincent, and Kevin. The entry analyzes an Alvin-based clipping with oy, while the other names represent additional uses.
Each parent has its own linguistic history. The shared familiar spelling should therefore be explained through its documented nickname pattern rather than given one combined literal meaning.
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.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
A diminutive of Alvin. From Alvin + -oy.
a diminutive of the male given names Alvin, Vincent, and Kevin
Wiktionary: Binsoy (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Binsoy 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 →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Binsoy
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
- Bintoy♂Vincent or Vicente familiar form
- Insoy♂Dionisio with the familiar ending oy
- Bikoy♂Victor familiar form; winner-name tradition
- Biktoy♂Philippine familiar form of Victor
- Bipoy♂Blend of Vincent Paul with an affectionate ending
- Bitoy♂Familiar form of Victor with -oy
- Bido♂Familiar form of Bienvenido; welcome-name tradition
- Billy♂Affectionate form of Bill or William
What rhymes with Binsoy?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Binsoy further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Binsoy (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Binsoy (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Alvin (opens in a new tab)
Exact parent or lexical step in the documented formation; local relationship is supported by the exact name entry.
- Wiktionary: Vincent (opens in a new tab)
Exact parent or lexical step in the documented formation; local relationship is supported by the exact name entry.
- Wiktionary: Kevin (opens in a new tab)
Exact parent or lexical step in the documented formation; local relationship is supported by the exact name entry.