MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mederico mean?
The specialist saint reference explicitly relates Mederico to Germanic Medericus and the ric rulership element. Accounts vary in how they gloss the first element, including worth, strength or honour.
The precise name-family formation is firmer than a single unqualified centre-of-strength translation found elsewhere.
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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.
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 Mederico in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MEDERICOCSV record 10,297 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mederico 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 Mederico
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
- Federico♂Peaceful ruler
- Enrico♂Home and ruler
- Erico·Erik-family form, from enduring and ruler elements
- Medardo♂From Medardus, with a strong or brave element
- Melecio·Meletios form, connected with care and attention
- Teodorico♂People and ruler
- Uldarico♂Spanish form corresponding to Ulrich
- Lodovico♂Italian Ludwig form; famous in battle
What rhymes with Mederico?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Mederico 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.
- Santi e Beati: San Mederico (opens in a new tab)
Exact Mederico–Medericus relationship, qualified Germanic element discussion and historical Autun/Paris bearer; no universal first-element certainty.