MEANING & HISTORY
What does Paulito mean?
Paulito is explicitly recorded as a diminutive of Paulo. The ending ito marks an affectionate or small form.
Paulo belongs to the Paul family, from Latin Paulus, small or humble. The diminutive and the older Latin meaning are different historical layers; they do not need to be multiplied into an invented phrase such as smallest of all.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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SpanishEtymology & source
a diminutive of the male given name Paulo
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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.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Paulito 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 Paulito
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
- Pablito♂Spanish diminutive of Pablo
- Paulino♂Derived from Paulus, meaning small
- Raulito·Spanish familiar diminutive of Raúl
- Carlito♂Affectionate form of Carlos
- Pablita·Spanish familiar feminine form in the Paul name family
- Paquito♂Affectionate diminutive of Francisco
- Paulina♀Feminine form of Paulinus; in the Paul family
- Pauline♀Feminine of Paulinus, from Paulus: small
What rhymes with Paulito?
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Explore Paulito 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.
- Wiktionary contributors — Paulito (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Paulito (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Paulo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit lexical or parent-name step in the described formation.
- Wiktionary: Paulus (opens in a new tab)
Explicit lexical or parent-name step in the described formation.