THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Tito
Tito is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Tito.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈtito/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈt̪iː.t̪o]Standard-Tagalog
Ti · to2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Tito, from Latin Titus. See also Ancient Greek Τῐ́τος (Tĭ́tos).
a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin].
EnglishEtymology & source
From Romance Tito (Spanish Tito, Portuguese Tito, Italian Tito); from Latin Titus,
A male given name from the Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romance languages
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name
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People with the name Tito
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
Adolfo Tito Yllana
Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop
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
18
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
6
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Adolfo Tito Yllana, Tito Edralin Pasco
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Tito in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Tito
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
- Bito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lito♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tino♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Tita♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Titoh·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Vito·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Zito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Abito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Tito?
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Recorded combinations with Tito
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q6147511 — Tito (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Adolfo Tito Yllana (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q6147511 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Tito Edralin Pasco (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q6147511 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tito (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tito (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tito (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.