Aguinaldo Surname Meaning & Origin (Spanish)

Meaning and formation

Aguinaldo means “gift” in Spanish, especially a gift at Christmas or Epiphany. The surname comes from the noun aguinaldo, which also passed into Tagalog as aginaldo. Emilio Aguinaldo bore this family name as the president of the First Philippine Republic. His full name, Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, places Aguinaldo before the Spanish conjunction y and his maternal surname Famy after it. The surname also became a Philippine place name: the municipality of Aguinaldo in Ifugao was named in honour of Emilio Aguinaldo.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Tagalog: /ʔaɡiˈnaldo/ · Wiktionary ↗
• Spanish: /aɡiˈnaldo/ · Wiktionary ↗

In the 1849 Catálogo transcription

The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.

• aguinaldo · page 3 · column 3 · row 16 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Aguinaldo has 9 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.

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Related given-name entries

The given-name catalogue has separate entries with the same spelling. Each page explains its own given-name use and sources.

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