MEANING & HISTORY
What does Neofito mean?
Neofito appears in the Italian DOP as a historical personal name. Treccani also records neofito as a form of neofita, a new convert.
Its Greek word history joins “new” with planting or generation, explaining its religious imagery.
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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.
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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
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
NEOFITOCSV record 2,752 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Neofito 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 Neofito
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
- Nenito·Baby or infant, in a regional Spanish word reading
- Nonito·Historically attested in the Nonitus–Nonnitus name family
- Benito♂Blessed; contracted form of Benedicto
- Bonito♂Pretty, handsome, or pleasing
- Jopito·Documented Galician familiar name paired with Antonio
- Jovito♂Name related to Jovita and Jove
- Lolito·Affectionate diminutive of Lolo, a Manuel familiar form
- Melito·Latin honey-name explanation in the consulted name dictionary
What rhymes with Neofito?
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.
- Treccani — neofita² (opens in a new tab)
Explicit variant neofito; new-convert and newly baptized senses; Late Latin neophytus from Greek neophytos, new plus plant/generate.
- DOP — neofito (opens in a new tab)
Indexed entry explicitly includes Neofito as a historical masculine personal name; direct page retrieval was unavailable.