SOURCE RECORD
The record for Lerma
The source field attests Lerma as a given name, but consulted name references did not establish its personal-name derivation. The existence of places and surnames spelled Lerma cannot decide whether this instance is commemorative, transferred or independently formed.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈleɾma/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈlɛɾ.mɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Ler · ma2 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
a female given name
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
4
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 ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Lerma in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
LERMACSV record 6,123 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
Dictionary trail
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0
Each link opens the language-specific account consulted for this exact spelling. The full source explanation and contributor attribution appear in the dictionary section on this page.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lerma 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 Lerma
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
- Arma·As a Spanish word: weapon or arms
- Irma♀Whole or entire; shortened Germanic name
- Lea·Form of Leah; biblical name with disputed root
- Leila♀Night
- Lelia·Italian form of the Roman name Laelia
- Lena♀Short form of Helena or Magdalena
- Leomar·A documented medieval Leomær spelling, with dear/man + famous accounts
- Leona♀Feminine form of Leon; lion
What rhymes with Lerma?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Lerma further
Follow the sources
- 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.
- 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.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lerma (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.