MEANING & HISTORY
What does Teófilo mean?
Teófilo is the Spanish form of Greek Theophilos. The compound joins theos, God, with a loving or friendly element.
Friend of God and loving God are conventional ways to explain that relationship. The name is distinct from Theodore, gift of God, despite their shared divine element. The accent is retained as part of the exact Spanish spelling.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name, equivalent to English Theophilus
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People with the name Teófilo
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
Martín Delgado
Filipino military leader (1858–1918)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Teófilo Yldefonso
Filipino swimmer (1902–1942)
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
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Teófilo Yldefonso, Martín Delgado
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Teófilo 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 Teófilo
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
- Teofilo♀Theophilus family: friend of God
- Teofila♀God and beloved, through feminine Theophilus
- Leonilo·Masculine counterpart of Leonila in the Leonilla family
- Teodulo♂Servant of God, through Greek Theodoulos
- Cerilo·Cirilo-family form, from Greek kyrios, lord
- Nonilo·Documented Aragonese name in the Nunilo tradition
- Panfilo♂Friend of all
- Pánfilo♂Friend of all
What rhymes with Teófilo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Teófilo further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q18121215 — Teófilo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Teófilo Yldefonso (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18121215 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Martín Delgado (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18121215 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Teófilo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Teófilo (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: teo10filo (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted exact-form or underlying source-name relationship.
- Behind the Name: theophilus (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted exact-form or underlying source-name relationship.