SOURCE RECORD
The record for Chito
Chito is an attested given name, but its dictionary entry does not supply an etymology. Several longer-name and nickname expansions are suggested elsewhere, and an individual family may have its own explanation.
No one parent was established for the exact form in this review. A meaning belonging to Francisco, Jesus, or another proposed parent is therefore withheld.
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 male given name
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
4
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
Chito 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 Chito
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
- Chico♂Diminutive of Francisco
- Charito♀Diminutive of Charo, from Rosario
- Charo♀Spanish diminutive of Rosario
- China♀English word-name associated with porcelain or the country
- Lito♂Familiar form from Spanish diminutive names
- Tito♂Romance-language form of Roman Titus
- Vito·Italian and Spanish Vitus, associated with Latin life
- Benito♂Blessed; contracted form of Benedicto
What rhymes with Chito?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Chito
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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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 — Chito (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Chito (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.