MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ma. Elizabeth mean?
Ma. Elizabeth is preserved exactly as recorded in the given-name evidence.
A DepEd primary document explicitly exemplifies Ma. as an abbreviation expanded to Maria. Elizabeth belongs to the Hebrew oath-and-God name family. The abbreviation and second component explain separate name histories; they do not prove a particular bearer’s legally expanded name or produce a new combined literal sentence.
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.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
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 parts of this recorded form
These parts have their own entries. Their separate histories do not automatically create a single combined meaning.
THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Ma. Elizabeth in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MA. ELIZABETHCSV record 4,695 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ma. Elizabeth 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 Ma. Elizabeth
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
- Elizabeth♀My God is an oath
- Madelaine♀Variant of Madeleine; woman from Magdala
- Manuelita·God is with us, through the Manuel name family
- Manuelito♂God is with us, through the Manuel name family
- Marceliano·Spanish personal name in the Latin Marcellianus tradition
- Marcelina♀Feminine form in the Marcellinus name family
- Marianela·Documented María and Estela combination
- Marianito·Documented affectionate form used with Mariano
What rhymes with Ma. Elizabeth?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Ma. Elizabeth 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.
- 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.
- Behind the Name — Maria (opens in a new tab)
Latin/Greek transmission of Miryam.
- Behind the Name — Mary (opens in a new tab)
Miryam with unresolved ultimate sense; competing proposals retained.
- Behind the Name — Elizabeth (opens in a new tab)
Hebrew oath and God elements.
- DepEd Ozamiz — Citizen’s Charter 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Primary document explicitly gives Ma. to Maria as an example of spelling out an abbreviation. Cultural spelling relationship only; no legal advice or automatic legal-name replacement.