Manalo Surname Meaning & Origin (Tagalog)

Meaning and formation

Manalo means “to win” in Tagalog. The surname comes from the verb manalo, used for winning, achieving victory or conquering, and was also borrowed into Cebuano. Felix Manalo was born Felix Ysagun and later adopted the surname of his mother, Bonifacia Manalo. He founded Iglesia ni Cristo, registered in 1914. His son Eraño Manalo succeeded him as executive minister in 1963. The comedian Jose Manalo was born Ariel Pagtalonia Manalo; Jose is his professional given name.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Tagalog: /maˈnalo/ · Wiktionary ↗
• Cebuano: /maˈnalo/ · Wiktionary ↗

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Manalo has 19 records 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