THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Dimas
Dimas appears in 1 eligible record in the OpenHalalan transcription of COMELEC’s 2001 elected-candidate lists. The recorded spelling is kept separate from other spellings. This documents a source-reported name form, not a lexical meaning, a birth count, or a national popularity rank.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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SpanishEtymology & source
Derived from Greek Δυσμάς (Dysmás, “to the west”).
a male given name, equivalent to English Dysmas
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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 ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Dimas 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 Dimas
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
- Dimna·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Dina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dinah♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Diva♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Diwa♂Essence; spirit; meaning
- Jomas·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Tomas♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tomás♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Dimas?
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 Dimas 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.
- Wiktionary contributors — Dimas (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.