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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Isagani.

Literary name, possibly from bountiful harvest

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Language connections
Filipino
Gender context
Boy
Letters
7
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
4
First letter
I
Sources
9

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Isagani mean?

Isagani is the name of the student poet in Rizal’s El Filibusterismo. A consulted name reference tentatively connects it with Tagalog masaganang ani, bountiful harvest.

The novel directly proves the literary form; it does not by itself prove that proposed compression or Rizal’s private naming intention.

References for this explanation

  1. Behind the Name — Isagani ↗
  2. Wiktionary contributors — Isagani (Tagalog) ↗
  3. José Rizal — El Filibusterismo (1891), Project Gutenberg transcription ↗

Pronunciation & syllables

Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.

Tagalog

  • /ʔisaˈɡani/Standard-Tagalog
  • [ʔɪ.sɐˈɣ̠aː.n̪ɪ]Standard-Tagalog

I · sa · ga · ni4 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.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

People with the name Isagani

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

Public-record transcription

13

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

4

distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim

Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Isagani Cruz, Isagani Yambot

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Isagani 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 Isagani 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 Isagani

Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.

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What rhymes with Isagani?

Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.

Names with a similar written ending

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Follow the sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Wikidata given-name item Q109568694 — Isagani (opens in a new tab)

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

  5. Wikidata — Isagani Cruz (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q109568694 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  6. Wikidata — Isagani Yambot (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q109568694 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  7. Wiktionary contributors — Isagani (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  8. Behind the Name — Isagani (opens in a new tab)

    Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.

  9. José Rizal — El Filibusterismo (1891), Project Gutenberg transcription (opens in a new tab)

    Actually opened original Spanish novel attests the character Isagani; it does not independently establish a bountiful-harvest etymology.