MEANING & HISTORY
What does Esmeraldo mean?
Infopédia explicitly identifies Esmeraldo as the rare masculine counterpart of Esmeralda. Its Esmeralda account connects the name with the emerald word through Spanish esmeralda and French émeraude.
This is a gem-name formation, not a claim that a bearer has a gemstone’s supposed powers. The exact masculine form is stated by the reference rather than supplied by analogy.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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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 ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Esmeraldo in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
ESMERALDOCSV record 11,975 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Esmeraldo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Esmeraldo
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
- Esmeralda♀Emerald in Spanish and Portuguese
- Heraldo·Portuguese name through Hérard: army and strength
- Esperanza♀Hope
- Osvaldo♂God and power; form of Oswald
- Oswaldo·Deity and power, through Oswald
- Romualdo♂Fame or glory and power
- Aguinaldo·Portuguese form of Aginald
- Arnaldo♂Eagle power
What rhymes with Esmeraldo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- 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.
- Porto Editora / Infopédia — Esmeralda (opens in a new tab)
Explicit rare masculine Esmeraldo and emerald-word transmission account.