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Origin not established NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Pilar.

Name formation documented in dictionary sources

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Language / origin
Origin not established
Gender context
Girl
Letters
5
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
2
First letter
P
Evidence layers
3

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT

The story behind Pilar

Pilar is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. Its individual lexical definition is supplied below. The entry’s language identifies where this name sense is documented, without establishing an ultimate etymological origin.

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

  • /piˈlaɾ/Standard-Tagalog
  • [pɪˈlaɾ]Standard-Tagalog

Pi · lar2 source divisions

Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Spanish

  • /piˈlaɾ/
  • [piˈlaɾ]

Pi · lar2 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.

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 Pilar

Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.

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

4

distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim

Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Pia Cayetano, Pilita Corrales

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Pilar in the birth records

Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Pilar appears in the PSA top-ten tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

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 →

Related forms & spellings

Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.

Pilár

Similar names to Pilar

Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.

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What rhymes with Pilar?

Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.

Names with a similar written ending

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Follow the sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Wikidata given-name item Q1163454 — Pilar (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.

  4. Wikidata — Pia Cayetano (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1163454 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  5. Wikidata — Pilita Corrales (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1163454 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  6. Wiktionary contributors — Pilar (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  7. Wiktionary contributors — Pilar (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  8. Wiktionary contributors — Pilar (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.

  9. Wiktionary contributors — Pilar (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.