MEANING & HISTORY
What does Goten mean?
Goten is explicitly documented in the Cebuano name entry as taken from Son Goten, the Dragon Ball character. That is a specific character-name adoption, not evidence that a modern bearer has an independently established Japanese kanji meaning.
The character relationship is the supported formation. The account's broad claim about the programme's popularity is not needed to explain the name and supplies no national naming statistic.
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.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Named after the character Son Goten of Dragon Ball. The anime was very popular in the Philippines in the 90s and early 2000s.
a male given name from Japanese
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Goten 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 Goten
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
- Gohan♂Modern Gohan, associated with Japanese cooked rice
- Gonda·Dutch short form of Adelgonda or Hildegonda
- Gordon·From a Scottish place-name interpreted as spacious fort
- Goryo♂Watchful, through familiar Gregorio
- Goyo♂Familiar form of Gregorio
- Goyong♂Watchful, through Gregorio and Goyo
- Godfrey♂God and peace
- Goldwin·Historical continuation of Old English Goldwine
What rhymes with Goten?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Goten (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.