Romualdez Surname Meaning & Origin (Spanish)

Meaning and formation

Romualdez means “son of Romualdo” in its formation. It combines the personal name Romualdo with the Spanish patronymic suffix -ez. The surname uses that Spanish naming pattern in a form established in the Philippines. A family associated with Leyte includes Daniel Romualdez, who served as speaker of the House of Representatives, and Martin Romualdez, who later held the same office. Imelda Romualdez Marcos bears Romualdez as her birth family surname and Marcos through marriage. Her father was Vicente Romualdez, a member of the same Leyte family.

Dictionary pronunciation

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

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Romualdez 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