MEANING & HISTORY
What does Celedonio mean?
Celedonio is the Spanish equivalent of Celidonio, explicitly linked by the Real Academia Galega. The name passes through Latin from Greek Khelidonios, interpreted as resembling a swallow.
Its bird association is therefore supported by a scholarly name account rather than inferred from the modern spelling. Early Christian saints belong to the family’s transmission history. Swallow-like is a closer rendering than adding unverified claims about speed, freedom, or a bearer’s personality.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /θeleˈdonjo/
- [θe.leˈð̞o.njo]
- /seleˈdonjo/
- [se.leˈð̞o.njo]
Ce · le · do · 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.
CebuanoEtymology & source
a male given name
Wiktionary: Celedonio (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name
Wiktionary: Celedonio (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
People with the name Celedonio
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Celedonio Espinosa
Filipino boxer
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
5
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: Celedonio Espinosa, Celedonio Ancheta
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Celedonio 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 Celedonio
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
- Celedonia·Swallow-like, through Greek Khelidonios
- Celerino·Quick or prompt in the Latin-derived name account
- Ceferino♂Form of Zeferino, associated with the west wind
- Celerina♀Feminine Celerino; swift or quick
- Celestino♂Heavenly; of the sky
- Eufronio·Greek benign or favourable name formation
- Melanio·Masculine name in the Melania dark-name family
- Polonio·As a Spanish word: the element polonium
What rhymes with Celedonio?
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Explore Celedonio 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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q5760091 — Celedonio (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Celedonio Espinosa (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5760091 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Celedonio Ancheta (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5760091 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Celedonio (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Celedonio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Real Academia Galega — Celidonio / Celedonio (opens in a new tab)
Explicit Spanish equivalent Celedonio; Greek Khelidonios through Latin, interpreted as swallow-like.