MEANING & HISTORY
What does Purificacion mean?
Purificacion is explicitly borrowed from Spanish Purificación and linked with María de la Purificación in Tagalog. The Galician academy independently documents the Latin purification word family and the Marian feast behind the personal name.
The accent distinguishes the standard Spanish form from this recorded local spelling. The devotional history explains the construction, but does not establish a present-day bearer's religious beliefs.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /puɾifikasˈjon/Standard-Tagalog
- [pʊ.ɾɪ.fɪ.x̠ɐˈʃon̪]Standard-Tagalog
- /puɾipikasˈjon/with nativization
- [pʊ.ɾɪ.pɪ.x̠ɐˈʃon̪]with nativization
- [pʊ.ɾɪ.pɪ.x̠ɐsˈjon̪]with nativization
Pu · ri · fi · cac · ion5 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Purificación, after the epithet of the Virgin Mary, María (de la) Purificación).
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Purificacion (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Purificacion 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 →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Purificacion
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
- Purificación♀Purification; a Marian devotional name
- Visitación♂♀Visitation, referring to Mary’s visit to Elizabeth
- Liberacion♀Spanish liberation-word account
- Adoracion·Adoration, in the Spanish Adoración tradition
- Consolacion♀Consolation, from a Marian devotional title
- Encarnacion·Spanish name associated with the Incarnation
- Encarnación♀Incarnation; from a Marian title
- Hilarion♂Cheerful, from Greek hilaros
What rhymes with Purificacion?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- AaronTagalog · /-on/
- AgatonTagalog · /-on/
- ConcepcionTagalog · /-on/
- ConsolacionTagalog · /-on/
- CorazonTagalog · /-on/
- GastonTagalog · /-on/
- RamonTagalog · /-on/
- ShaunTagalog · /-on/
- ShawnTagalog · /-on/
- YvonneTagalog · /-on/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Purificacion further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Purificacion (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Real Academia Galega — Purificaci%C3%B3n (opens in a new tab)
Latin purification word family and Marian feast name; Spanish equivalent explicitly listed.