THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Darwin
Darwin is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the 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
- /ˈdaɾwin/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈd̪aɾ.wɪn̪]Standard-Tagalog
Dar · win2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English, from Old English Dēorwine.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Darwin (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Darwin.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Darwin (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Darwin, Derwin, from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”). The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.
A male given name transferred from the surname, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.
Wiktionary: Darwin (English) ↗ · 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 Darwin
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
Darwin Laylo
Filipino chess grandmaster
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
8
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: Darwin Laylo, Darwin Dormitorio
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Darwin 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 Darwin
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
- Arwin·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Daria♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dario·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Darling♀English form: Darling
- Darlyn·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Darwiza·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Dawn♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Erwin♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Darwin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Darwin 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 Q20002120 — Darwin (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Darwin Laylo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q20002120 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Darwin Dormitorio (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q20002120 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Darwin (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Darwin (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Darwin (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.