MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mating mean?
Mating is explicitly recorded for Matea and Mathilde, with a local ing ending. The names have different roots: Matea belongs to the Matthew gift-name family, while Mathilde is Germanic, associated with might and battle.
The nickname’s shared shape cannot collapse those histories. The dictionary supports two parent relationships rather than a universal literal meaning.
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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.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
A diminutive of Matea. From Matea + -ing.
a diminutive of the female given names Matea and Mathilde
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mating 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 Mating
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
- Maning♂Manuel or Manolo with the familiar ending ing
- Maring♀Familiar form of Maria or Mari
- Abing♀Isabel with the familiar ending ing
- Baning♂Philippine familiar form of Giovanni
- Enting♂Cebuano familiar Vicente; conquering root
- Gaying♀Joy, through familiar Ligaya
- Inting♂Vicente with the familiar ending ing
- Makring♀Cebuano familiar form of Macaria
What rhymes with Mating?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- Wiktionary contributors — Mating (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Mating (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Matea (opens in a new tab)
Explicit parent or lexical step in the documented formation; the exact local relationship is cited separately.
- Wiktionary: Mathilde (opens in a new tab)
Explicit parent or lexical step in the documented formation; the exact local relationship is cited separately.