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Origin not established NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Pitoy.

Short form of Agapito

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

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT

The story behind Pitoy

Pitoy is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Agapito as a short or familiar form.

The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.

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

  • /piˈtoj/Standard-Tagalog
  • [pɪˈt̪oɪ̯]Standard-Tagalog

Pi · toy2 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

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Pitoy in the birth records

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

No exact-spelling count for Pitoy 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.

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What rhymes with Pitoy?

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Names with a similar written ending

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  1. Wiktionary contributors — Pitoy (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)

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