MEANING & HISTORY
What does Masoy mean?
Masoy is explicitly recorded as a Philippine diminutive of Damaso with a familiar ending. Damaso belongs to the Greek Damasos name family, connected with taming or subduing.
The nickname keeps a later section of the parent name. Its local shape is documented rather than reconstructed by splitting the written letters into unrelated modern words.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
A diminutive of Damaso. From Damaso + -y.
a diminutive of the male given name Damaso
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Masoy 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 Masoy
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
- Mason♂Stoneworker
- Insoy♂Dionisio with the familiar ending oy
- Macy·Surname from the French place name Massy
- Maloi♀Blend of Ma. and Loi
- Manny♂Short form of Emmanuel or Manfred
- Marcy♀Familiar form of Marcia
- Marky♂Familiar form of Mark
- Mary♀English form of Maria, from Hebrew Miryam
What rhymes with Masoy?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Masoy further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Masoy (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Masoy (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Damaso (opens in a new tab)
Explicit parent or lexical step in the documented formation; the exact local relationship is cited separately.
- Behind the Name: damasus (opens in a new tab)
Greek damazo tame parent-name root.