Hontiveros Surname Origin & Formation

Origin and formation

Hontiveros is a Spanish surname that may have developed from an old personal name. The earlier personal name’s deeper etymology remains unclear. In the Philippines, the surname is borne by families connected with public service and music. Risa Hontiveros, whose full name includes Ana Theresia Navarro Hontiveros, has served in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Her sister Pia Hontiveros is a broadcast journalist. The Jesuit composer Eduardo Hontiveros, known for liturgical music in Filipino, was another Philippine bearer of the same surname.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Tagalog: /ʔontiˈveɾos/ · /ʔontiˈbeɾos/ · Wiktionary ↗

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Hontiveros has 1 record in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.

Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts