MEANING & HISTORY
What does Querubin mean?
Querubin is borrowed from Spanish Querubín, based on querubín, cherub. The religious word came through biblical transmission from the Hebrew cherub tradition.
In scripture cherubim are heavenly beings, not simply the modern picture of a small winged child. The Philippine spelling leaves the Spanish accent unmarked; this does not create a new literal root.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Querubín, from querubín (“cherub”).
a male given name from Spanish
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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 ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Querubin 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 Querubin
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
- Quentin♂From Roman Quintinus and Quintus: fifth
- Queenie♀Affectionate form of Queen
- Quintin♂Variant of Quentin, from the fifth-name family
- Quirino♂Form of Roman Quirinus
- Robin♂♀Old French familiar form of Robert; also a bird name
- Albin·Form of Latin Albinus; white
- Quincy♂Surname through Cuinchy, ultimately from Quintus
- Quipot♂Rhyming familiar form of Paquito
What rhymes with Querubin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Querubin further
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.
- Wiktionary contributors — Querubin (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Querubin (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Querubín (opens in a new tab)
Explicit lexical or parent-name step in the described formation.
- Wiktionary: querubín (opens in a new tab)
Explicit lexical or parent-name step in the described formation.