THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Goyo
Goyo is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Gregorio as a short or familiar form.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈɡojo/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈɡ̠oː.jo]Standard-Tagalog
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Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /ˈɡoʝo/
- [ˈɡo.ʝo]
- /ˈɡoʃo/
- [ˈɡo.ʃo]
- /ˈɡoʒo/
- [ˈɡo.ʒo]
- /ˈɡojo/
- [ˈɡo.jo]
Go · yo2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Goyo, diminutive of Gregorio, a learned borrowing from Latin Grēgorius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios), from γρήγορος (grḗgoros) + -ιος (-ios).
a diminutive of the male given name Gregorio
SpanishEtymology & source
a diminutive of the male given name Gregorio
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
Goyo 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 →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Goyo
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
- Goryo♂Short form of Gregorio
- Gold♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Goly·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Gory·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Goyong♂Short form of Gregorio
- Godino·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Gohan♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Gonda·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Goyo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Goyo further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Goyo (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Goyo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.