MEANING & HISTORY
What does Marito mean?
The RAE–ASALE grammar explicitly pairs Marito with Mario as a diminutive example. Mario belongs to the Roman Marius family, whose deeper Mars or male-root proposals remain distinct.
The familiar ending explains this form; Italian marito, husband, is a separate word match.
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 RECORDED SPELLING
Find Marito in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MARITOCSV record 14,774 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Marito 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 Marito
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
- Mariko♀Kanji-dependent; one spelling combines genuine, village and child
- Marino·Form of Marinus; sea and Marius routes are recorded
- Mario♂Italian and Spanish form of Roman Marius
- Marita♀A diminutive name in the Maria and Margaret families
- Makiko♀For 真紀子: truth, record or order, and child
- Marcio♂Spanish form of the Roman family name Marcius
- Marco♂Italian form of the Roman name Marcus
- Mari♂♀Mary-family form; also a separate Japanese name
What rhymes with Marito?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Marito further
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- 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 — Mario (opens in a new tab)
Exact Italian/Spanish Marius form.
- Behind the Name — Marius (opens in a new tab)
Roman family-name account, competing Mars and male-root proposals.
- RAE–ASALE — Nueva gramática de la lengua española (third-party-hosted copy) (opens in a new tab)
Primary authored grammar consulted in full text: section 9.4k–l explicitly Mercedes → Mercedita; section 9.5e explicitly Mario → Marito. Host is a mirror, not the academy publisher.