THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Emilio
Emilio is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Emilio Aguinaldo, Emilio Layon Bataclan. This snapshot links the name to 22 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
From the name of a Roman gens, Latin Aemilius, from aemulus (“rival”), or possibly of Etruscan origin. Cognate with German Emil, English Emil and French Émile.
a male given name, equivalent to English Emil
Wiktionary: Emilio (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Emilio
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
Emilio Aguinaldo
President of the Philippines from 1899 to 1902
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Emilio Layon Bataclan
Roman Catholic bishop from the Philippines
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
26
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
22
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Emilio Aguinaldo, Emilio Layon Bataclan
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Emilio 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 Emilio
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
- Emilia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cecilio♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Emedio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Emelito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Emigdio♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Emiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Emil♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Emiliano♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Emilio?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Emilio
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Emilio Aris·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Emilio Ramon·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Romeo Emilio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Emilio 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.
- 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 Q5371795 — Emilio (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Emilio Aguinaldo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5371795 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Emilio Layon Bataclan (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5371795 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Emilio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.