MEANING & HISTORY
What does Perpetuo mean?
The RAE derives perpetuo from Latin perpetuus and records an enduring or lasting-forever sense, alongside contextual uses for lifelong offices. The independent given-name field establishes the spelling.
The lexical explanation does not prove a family’s naming intention or describe the bearer’s traits.
References for this explanation
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.
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 ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Perpetuo in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
PERPETUOCSV record 17,371 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Perpetuo 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 Perpetuo
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
- Perpetua♀Continuous or perpetual
- Pepito♂Spanish diminutive of Pepe or José
- Perfecto♂Completed, achieved, or perfected
- Pedrito·Affectionate form of Pedro; stone in the older root
- Pekto♂Short form of Perfecto; complete or accomplished
- Penpen♂Repeated familiar form of Stephen
- Pepe♂Spanish affectionate form of José
- Pepita·Spanish affectionate form of Josefa
What rhymes with Perpetuo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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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.
- RAE–ASALE — perpetuo (opens in a new tab)
Exact dictionary word and explicitly language-scoped lexical reading; adoption motive not asserted.