THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Conchita
Conchita is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Concepcion as a short or familiar form.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /konˈt͡ʃita/Standard-Tagalog
- [k̠on̪ˈt͡ʃiː.t̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
- /konˈtsita/no palatal assimilation
- [k̠on̪ˈt͡siː.t̪ɐ]no palatal assimilation
Con · chi · ta3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Cebuano
- /konˈtsita/
- [kon̪ˈt̪s̪i.t̪ɐ]
Con · chi · ta3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /konˈt͡ʃita/
- [kõnʲˈt͡ʃi.t̪a]
Con · chi · ta3 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.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Conchita.
a diminutive of the female given name Concepcion, from Spanish
Wiktionary: Conchita (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Conchita.
a diminutive of the female given name Concepcion, from Spanish
Wiktionary: Conchita (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a diminutive of the female given name Concepción
Wiktionary: Conchita (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 Conchita
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
Conchita Carpio-Morales
Filipino judge
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
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 ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Conchita Carpio-Morales
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Conchita 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 →
Similar names to Conchita
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
- Conching♀Short form of Concepcion
- Panchita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Concesa·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Constito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nonelita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nonita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Alicita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Analita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Conchita?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Conchita 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 Q18229323 — Conchita (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Conchita Carpio-Morales (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18229323 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Conchita (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Conchita (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Conchita (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.