MEANING & HISTORY
What does Marivic mean?
Marivic is explicitly recorded as a blend of Spanish María and Victoria, from María Victoria. Victoria is the Latin victory name, while María continues the Mary family.
The shortened compound keeps the opening of each parent. Victory is the supported meaning of the Victoria component, not a complete translation of the entire blend or a claim about a bearer’s achievements.
References for this explanation
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
- /ˈmaɾivik/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˌmaː.ɾɪˈvɪk̠̚]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈmaɾibik/with nativization
- [ˌmaː.ɾɪˈbɪk̠̚]with nativization
Ma · ri · vic3 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
Blend of Spanish María + Spanish Victoria, from Spanish María Victoria. By surface analysis, Maria + Victoria.
a diminutive of the female given name Maria Victoria, from Spanish
Wiktionary: Marivic (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
8
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 ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Marivic 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 →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Marivic
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
- Marvic·Bearer-documented formation from planned Maria Victoria
- Marikit·Beautiful; especially attractive
- Marvin♂From the surname linked to Merfyn or Mærwine
- Mabini·As a Tagalog word: modest or restrained
- Makisig♂Dashing; having an attractive bearing
- Malvin·Documented Mal- and -vin formation, or a Malvina derivative
- Marc♂French, Catalan, or Welsh form of Marcus
- Marcio♂Spanish form of the Roman family name Marcius
What rhymes with Marivic?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Marivic
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Marivic 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 — Marivic (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Marivic (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: marivic (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Maria (opens in a new tab)
Explicit parent or lexical step in the documented formation; the exact local relationship is cited separately.
- Wiktionary: Victoria (opens in a new tab)
Explicit parent or lexical step in the documented formation; the exact local relationship is cited separately.