Roxas Surname Meaning & Origin (Spanish)

Meaning and formation

Roxas comes from rojas, “red” in the feminine plural. It is an older Spanish spelling of Rojas, preserving x for the sound now written j. The surname was borrowed into Tagalog while that older spelling was still in use. Manuel Roxas bore it as the last president of the Commonwealth and the first president of the independent Third Republic in 1946. His son Gerry Roxas became a senator, and his grandson Mar Roxas served in the Senate and the national cabinet. Philippine places also commemorate Manuel Roxas.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Tagalog: /ˈɾohas/ · Wiktionary ↗
• Spanish: /ˈroxas/ · Wiktionary ↗

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Roxas has 11 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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