THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Domingo
Domingo is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Domingo.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /doˈmiŋɡo/Standard-Tagalog
- [d̪oˈmiŋ.ɡ̠o]Standard-Tagalog
Do · min · go3 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 Spanish Domingo.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Domingo (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Inherited from Old Spanish Domingos, from Late Latin Dominicus.
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominic
Wiktionary: Domingo (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 Domingo
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
Domingo Panganiban
politician
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Domingo Siazon
Filipino diplomat (1939–2016)
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
49
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
12
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Domingo Siazon, Domingo Panganiban
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Domingo 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 Domingo
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
- Doming♂Short form of Domingo
- Dominga♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Domeng♂Short form of Domingo
- Dominic♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dominador♂Spanish form: dominador
- Dominisio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Dong·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Donying♂Short form of Celedonio
What rhymes with Domingo?
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.
Recorded combinations with Domingo
2 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.
- 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 Q18199014 — Domingo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Domingo Siazon (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18199014 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Domingo Panganiban (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18199014 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Domingo (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Domingo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.