MEANING & HISTORY
What does Rogelio mean?
Rogelio is the Spanish form related to Roger. The older Germanic name combines fame with spear.
Medieval Latin and Romance forms helped carry the name into Spanish. Famous spearman is an interpretive rendering, while fame and spear give the two elements more directly. Rogelio’s ending is part of the transmitted personal-name form and does not add another independent meaning.
References for this explanation
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
- /ɾoˈheljo/Standard-Tagalog
- [ɾoˈhɛl.jo]Standard-Tagalog
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Rogelio.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Rogelio (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
From Rogerio, from a proper name of Germanic origin (see Roger).
a male given name, equivalent to English Roger
Wiktionary: Rogelio (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
People with the name Rogelio
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Rogelio R. Sicat
Filipino writer (1940–1997)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Filipino chess player
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
110
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
13
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Rogelio R. Sicat, Rogelio Antonio Jr.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Rogelio 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 →
Similar names to Rogelio
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
- Rogelia♀Feminine form of Rogelio
- Rogerio·Hrodgari name family: fame and spear
- Rogel·Spanish personal-name equivalent of Roger: fame and spear
- Rogelyn♀Blend involving Roger and Lyn
- Aurelio♂Golden
- Cornelio♂Form of the Roman family name Cornelius
- Delio♂Cebuano short form of Rodelio
- Evelio♂Spanish form of Evellius; possibly sunny
What rhymes with Rogelio?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Rogelio
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Rogelio 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q3940070 — Rogelio (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Rogelio R. Sicat (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3940070 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Rogelio Antonio Jr. (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3940070 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Rogelio (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Rogelio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Rogelio (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Roger (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted related source-name etymology underlying the stated compound or shortening.