THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Panfilo
Panfilo is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Panfilo Lacson Jr., Pampi Lacson. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
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.
People with the name Panfilo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Panfilo Lacson Jr.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Pampi Lacson
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
6
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 ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Panfilo Lacson Jr., Pampi Lacson
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Panfilo in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Panfilo
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
- Pánfilo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Danilo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lanilo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Panlileo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Aquilo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Camilo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Juanilo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nilo♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Panfilo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Panfilo 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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q43382286 — Panfilo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Panfilo Lacson Jr. (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q43382286 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Pampi Lacson (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q43382286 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.