MEANING & HISTORY
What does Milagros mean?
Milagros is the Spanish plural word for miracles, used in a devotional personal name. The dictionary traces it to María de los Milagros, referring to Our Lady of Miracles, and the Cebuano entry documents Spanish transmission.
The plural is meaningful: miracle is a related singular word, but the recorded name is Milagros. Its devotional origin is historical context rather than evidence that every present-day bearer or family maintains the same religious practice.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Milagros.
a female given name from Spanish
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SpanishEtymology & source
milagros (“miracles”), shortened from María (de los) Milagros, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Miracles".
a female given name
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SpanishEtymology & source
Inherited from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).
a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary
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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.
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Milagros 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 Milagros
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
- Milagrosa♀Miraculous
- Mila♂♀Dear or gracious in the Slavic name tradition
- Milan♂♀Dear or gracious in Slavic naming; also an Italian city
- Mildred♀Gentleness and strength
- Miles♂From Milo; possibly connected with “dear”
- Millard♂Guardian of the mill, through an English surname
- Miller·Person who operates a mill
- Milo·Related to Miles; possibly connected with “dear”
What rhymes with Milagros?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Milagros
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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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.
- Wiktionary contributors — Milagros (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Milagros (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Milagros (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.