MEANING & HISTORY
What does Melito mean?
The exact Melito name entry gives a Latin honey or honey-sweet interpretation. A separate Portuguese dictionary identifies mellitu-related honey vocabulary, while Greek Meliton is another historical honey-name family.
The subtitle is scoped to the consulted Latin account rather than claiming that every Melito descends from the same saint or place. Surname accounts about Italian towns are a separate route.
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
2
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
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MELITOCSV record 5,851 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Melito 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 Melito
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
- Meliton♂Greek honey-name, from meli
- Melitón♂Greek honey-name formation
- Abelito·Affectionate form of Abel
- Benito♂Blessed; contracted form of Benedicto
- Cielito♂♀Spanish affectionate sky or heaven form
- Emerito·As an Italian word: meritorious or honourably retired
- Lito♂Familiar form from Spanish diminutive names
- Lolito·Affectionate diminutive of Lolo, a Manuel familiar form
What rhymes with Melito?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- 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.
- Dicionário de Nomes Próprios — Melito (opens in a new tab)
Exact personal-name entry, Latin language and honey-sweet gloss.
- Infopédia — melito (opens in a new tab)
Portuguese common-word entry and Latin mellitu honey vocabulary; lexical corroboration only, not proof of every personal-name origin.