Meaning and formation
Ledesma has two proposed Celtic readings: “the broadest one” or “the greyest one”. The Spanish surname comes through Latin Bletisama, with a superlative ending traced to a local Celtic language. The church leader Antonio Javellana Ledesma served as archbishop of Cagayan de Oro. Jules Ledesma has represented Negros Occidental in Congress.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /leˈdesma/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /leˈdesma/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /leˈdesma/ · Wiktionary ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Ledesma has 3 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts