MEANING & HISTORY
What does Bueno mean?
Bueno has a clear Spanish word sense: good. The Academy derives the adjective from Latin bonus and records several contextual uses.
Here the exact spelling also occurs in the Philippine source’s given-name field, independently of the dictionary evidence. The lexical reading explains the word a reader sees; it does not document why a particular family selected the name.
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.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
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 ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Bueno in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
BUENO JR.CSV record 3,729 (header counted as record 1)
- Displayed form
- Bueno
1 matching source record included an explicit generational suffix; that suffix is omitted from this name entry.
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Bueno 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 Bueno
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
- Buena·As a Spanish word: good
- Eleno·Helenus form in a documented name tradition
- Zeno♂Greek derivative of the Zeus-name family
- Buchoy♂Familiar form of Butch with -oy
- Buddy♂Friend; a familiar English word-name
- Buffy♀Familiar Elizabeth form, later a fictional-character name
- Bugnay·As an Ilokano or Cebuano plant word: Antidesma bunius
- Bulak·Flower; blossom
What rhymes with Bueno?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Bueno 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.
- RAE–ASALE — bueno, buena (opens in a new tab)
Spanish adjective and Latin bonus etymology; personal-name occurrence supported separately by retained source records.