MEANING & HISTORY
What does Materno mean?
The Royal Spanish Academy records exact materno from Latin maternus, relating to the mother or the maternal side of a family. That lexical reading is independently supported alongside the given-name field.
It does not establish that a bearer was named after their mother or has a particular family relationship.
References for this explanation
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
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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 Materno in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MATERNOCSV record 1,259 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Materno 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 Materno
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
- Mamerto♂Name referring to Mamers, the Mars deity
- Mateo♂Gift of the Lord
- Macario♂Blessed or happy
- Magno·Great, in the Latin Magnus name family
- Mamerta·Mamertus name family; associated with Mamers
- Marco♂Italian form of the Roman name Marcus
- Mariano♂From the Roman name Marianus, related to Marius
- Marino·Form of Marinus; sea and Marius routes are recorded
What rhymes with Materno?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Materno 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.
- RAE–ASALE: materno, materna (opens in a new tab)
Exact Spanish maternal adjective, maternal-family-side sense and Latin maternus history.