Meaning and formation
Villar is a Spanish surname from places named Villar, connected with villar, “small village”. The place-name origin belongs to a wider group of names formed from Latin villare, referring to a rural settlement or outlying farm. The Spanish surname was borrowed into Tagalog. In the Philippines, Manny Villar bears it as a businessman and former president of the Senate. His wife Cynthia Villar also served in the Senate, and their son Mark Villar held national office. Manny was born in Tondo, Manila, before building a career in real estate and politics.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /vilˈjaɾ/ · /bilˈjaɾ/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /biˈʝaɾ/ · /biˈʎaɾ/ · /biˈʃaɾ/ · Wiktionary ↗
In the 1849 Catálogo transcription
The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.
- villar · page 136 · column 5 · row 59 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Villar has 10 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