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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Gulliver.

Historical name from an Old French nickname

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Gender context
Boy
Letters
8
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
G
Sources
4

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Gulliver mean?

The etymological dictionary connects Gulliver with Old French goulafre, a word for a glutton. A scholarly onomastic discussion supports this nickname account for the surname and rejects an unsupported Guildford derivation.

Its historical sense is not a judgement about people who use Gulliver as a given name today.

References for this explanation

  1. Wikidata — Gulliver ↗
  2. Online Etymology Dictionary — Gulliver ↗
  3. Peter McClure, Nomina 37 — discussion of Gulliver and Gulliford surname etymology ↗

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.

People with the name Gulliver

Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.

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

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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim

Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ghulli Ghush

THE RECORDED SPELLING

Find Gulliver in the sources

Linked name entries

Wikidata

Source labels on the name entries

Gulliver
Name entry Q110783478 ↗

These are the name items identified by the linked people’s given-name claims. Their source labels are shown above, including other scripts where recorded.

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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Gulliver in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Gulliver appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

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 Gulliver

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What rhymes with Gulliver?

No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.

Names with a similar written ending

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Follow the sources

  1. Wikidata given-name item Q110783478 — Gulliver (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.

  2. Wikidata — Ghulli Ghush (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q110783478 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  3. Online Etymology Dictionary — Gulliver (opens in a new tab)

    Exact male proper-name etymological entry: Old French goulafre.

  4. Peter McClure, Nomina 37 — discussion of Gulliver and Gulliford surname etymology (opens in a new tab)

    Scholarly onomastic discussion supports goulafre nickname account for Gulliver and rejects unsubstantiated Guildford derivation.