THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Jomar
Jomar is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Jose Maria as a short or familiar form.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈd͡ʒomaɾ/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈd͡ʒoː.mɐɾ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈdjomaɾ/no palatal assimilation
- [ˈd̪joː.mɐɾ]no palatal assimilation
Jo · mar2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Blend of Jose + Maria, or from Jose Maria.
a diminutive of the male given name Jose Maria, from Spanish
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 Jomar
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jomar Malangkit Maturan
Filipino politician
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
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jomar Malangkit Maturan
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jomar 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 Jomar
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
- Jamar·Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Joar♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Joemar♂From Jomar, from a clipping of Jose Maria. Most likely influenced by English Joe.
- Joma♂Short form of Jose Maria
- Jomari♂Short form of Jose Maria
- Jomas·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nomar·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Omar♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Jomar?
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Explore Jomar further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q33101597 — Jomar (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jomar Malangkit Maturan (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q33101597 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jomar (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.