THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Petronila
Petronila is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Petronila.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /petɾoˈnila/Standard-Tagalog
- [pɛ.t̪ɾoˈn̪iː.lɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Pe · tro · ni · la4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /petɾoˈnila/
- [pe.t̪ɾoˈni.la]
Pe · tro · ni · la4 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 Petronila.
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Petronila (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name
Wiktionary: Petronila (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
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Petronila in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Petronila
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
- Petronilo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Petronio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Leonila♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Cerila·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ledenila·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Pedrita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Perla♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Perlita♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
What rhymes with Petronila?
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Explore Petronila further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Petronila (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Petronila (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.