MEANING & HISTORY
What does Perfecto mean?
Perfecto is the Spanish form of Latin Perfectus. The older name uses a word meaning achieved, completed, or perfected, rather than the modern claim that a person cannot make mistakes.
Saint Perfectus of Córdoba is an important Christian bearer of this form. The name’s lexical history is therefore clear and its devotional use is traceable. Both can be explained without turning the historical adjective into an unrealistic promise about a child’s abilities.
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.
Tagalog
- /peɾˈfekto/Standard-Tagalog
- [pɛɾˈfɛk̠.t̪o]Standard-Tagalog
- /peɾˈpekto/with nativization
- [pɛɾˈpɛk̠.t̪o]with nativization
Per · fec · to3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Perfecto.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Perfecto (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Perfecto.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Perfecto (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name
Wiktionary: Perfecto (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Perfecto
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
Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr.
Filipino politician (1947–2020)
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
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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 ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Perfecto 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 Perfecto
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
- Perfecta♀Complete, accomplished, or perfected
- Pekto♂Short form of Perfecto; complete or accomplished
- Pepito♂Spanish diminutive of Pepe or José
- Perlita♀Diminutive of Perla; little or dear pearl
- Perpetua♀Continuous or perpetual
- Benedicto♂Blessed; from Latin Benedictus
- Pedot♂Familiar form recorded for Pedro and Alfredo
- Pedro♂Rock or stone
What rhymes with Perfecto?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Perfecto 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.
- 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 Q43400373 — Perfecto (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q43400373 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Perfecto (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Perfecto (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Perfecto (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Perfecto (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.