Cebuano Submitted Surnames

Cebuano names are used in the southern Philippines by speakers of Cebuano.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Abayon Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano abay meaning "parallel, analogue, juxtapose".

Abuhan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano abohan meaning "hearth, fireplace".

Adlao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano adlaw meaning "sun, day".

Adlawan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "daytime" in Cebuano.

Agbay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to put one's arm around another's shoulders" in Cebuano.

Aguinod Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano aginod meaning "plod, crawl, move slowly".

Aligato Filipino, Cebuano
Means "spark, flying ember" in Cebuano.

Alimasag Filipino, Cebuano
Means "flower crab" in Cebuano.

Alimpolos Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano alimpulos meaning "whirlwind, cyclone".

Alindajao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano alindahaw meaning "drizzle, sprinkle".

Amahan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "father" in Cebuano.

Ambong Filipino, Cebuano
Denotes a type of hut or shack used as storage for food harvest.

Amihan Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon
Means "north wind" in Cebuano and Hiligaynon.

Anib Filipino, Cebuano
Means "chapter, volume" in Cebuano.

Antolijao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano antulihaw meaning "Philippine oriole" (a type of bird).

Apas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "catch up with, overtake" in Cebuano.

Atis Filipino, Cebuano
Means "sugar apple" in Cebuano.

Auman Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano awom meaning "mole".

Babao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano babaw meaning "top, above, over".

Bacalso Filipino, Cebuano
Meaning uncertain.

Bacatan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano bakat meaning "billow, large wave of water".

Baclay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "long walk, hike" in Cebuano.

Bacolod Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Derived from Hiligaynon bakolod meaning "hill, mound, rise". This is also the name of a city in the Negros Occidental province in the Philippines.

Baconawa Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Bacunawa.

Bacunawa Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano bakunawa referring to a type of serpent or dragon in Visayan mythology.

Bagacay Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bagakay referring to a type of bamboo.

Bago Cebuano
Derived from malabago and maribago, the Cebuano name for the Hibiscus tiliaceus plant.

Baguio Filipino, Cebuano
Hispanicized form of Cebuano bagyo meaning "typhoon, storm".

Bahandi Filipino, Cebuano
Means "wealth, riches, treasure" in Cebuano.

Balansag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bansag meaning "name".

Baliad Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to bend backwards" in Cebuano.

Balili Filipino, Cebuano
Means "grass, turf" in Cebuano.

Balogbog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano balugbog meaning "marble".

Banogon Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hawklike" in Cebuano, ultimately from banog meaning "hawk".

Bantayan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "watchtower, guard-place" in Cebuano.

Bascug Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano baskog meaning "healthy, strong".

Batobalani Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Means "lodestone, magnet" in Hiligaynon and Cebuano.

Batoon Filipino, Cebuano
Means "rocky, rugged, stony" in Cebuano.

Berongoy Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano barungoy meaning "black-finned flying fish" (genus Cypselurus).

Bihag Filipino, Cebuano
Means "captive, hostage" in Cebuano.

Bitoon Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon
Means "star" in Cebuano and Hiligaynon.

Bocboc Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bukbok meaning "clobber, maul" or "woodboring insect, weevil".

Bohol Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Habitational for someone from the province of Bohol in the Philippines. It is derived from bo-ol, a kind of tree that flourished on the island

Bonhoc Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bunhok meaning "bird louse" (a type of small biting insect).

Bonjoc Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Bonhoc.

Buaya Filipino, Cebuano
Means "crocodile" in Cebuano.

Bucag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bukag meaning "basket".

Bucao Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hawk-owl" (genus Ninox) in Cebuano.

Bucog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bukog meaning "bone".

Bugas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "milled rice, grain" in Cebuano.

Bughao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bughaw meaning "blue".

Bugtai Filipino, Cebuano
Means "Siamese rough bush" (a type of tree in the genus Streblus) in Cebuano.

Buhat Filipino, Cebuano
Means "work, job, deed" or "make, create" in Cebuano.

Bulac Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bulak meaning "flower, bloom, blossom".

Bulahan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lucky, fortunate, blessed" in Cebuano.

Bulan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "moon" in Cebuano.

Bulanon Filipino, Cebuano
Means "moonlit, moonstruck" in Cebuano.

Bulawan Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Means "gold" in Tagalog and Cebuano.

Bunal Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hit, strike (with a bat or club)" in Cebuano.

Ca-ang Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kaang meaning "flowerpot".

Cabahug Filipino, Cebuano
Means "feeder" from Cebuano bahog meaning "feed, slop".

Cabatuan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano kabatoan meaning "rocky area, rocky place".

Cabilan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "petroleum nut" (a type of tree in the genus Pittosporum) in Cebuano.

Cahayag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kahayag meaning "light, splendour".

Calinao Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon
Derived from Cebuano and Hiligaynon kalinaw meaning "calmness, peace, tranquility".

Calinawan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kalinawan meaning "peace".

Camansi Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kamansi meaning "breadfruit".

Camay Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kamay meaning "sugar" or "gesture".

Campilan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kampilan referring to a type of sword.

Capin Filipino, Cebuano
Means "excess, surplus, over" in Cebuano.

Capoy Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kapoy meaning "tired, weary".

Casilao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kasilaw meaning "lustre, shine".

Casuco Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kasuko meaning "anger, hostility, fury".

Catagbo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano katagbo meaning "someone one is meeting with".

Cohitmingao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kuhit meaning "pole (used to reach or hook something)" and mingaw meaning "deserted, lonely".

Daan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "old" in Cebuano.

Dagohoy Filipino, Cebuano
From a shortened form of the Cebuano phrase dagon sa huyuhoy meaning "talisman of the breeze", which was the nom de guerre of Filipino rebel Francisco "Dagohoy" Sendrijas (1724-1800).

Daitol Filipino, Cebuano
Means "touch a small part (of something)" in Cebuano.

Daligdig Filipino, Cebuano
Means "ooze, trickle" in Cebuano.

Dalogdog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano dalugdog meaning "thunder".

Dasig Filipino, Cebuano
Means "fast, quick" or "vivacious" in Cebuano.

Duhaylungsod Filipino, Cebuano
Means "having two hometowns" from Cebuano duha meaning "two" and lungsod meaning "town."

Dumdum Filipino, Cebuano
Means "remember, recall" in Cebuano.

Dungog Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Means "pride, honour" or "celebrity" in Hiligaynon.

Duterte Filipino, Cebuano
Hispanicised spelling of the French surname Dutertre. A notable bearer is Rodrigo Duterte (1945-), the current president of the Philippines.

Fabroa Filipino, Cebuano

Gahi Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hard, stiff, tough" in Cebuano.

Geonzon Filipino, Cebuano

Goc-ong Filipino, Cebuano

Guimao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano gimaw meaning "emerge, protrude, stick out".

Gutang Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cracked heels, cracked calluses of the feet" in Cebuano.

Habagat Filipino, Cebuano
Means "southwest monsoon, southwest wind" in Cebuano.

Hamoy Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lick" in Cebuano.

Hilot Filipino, Cebuano
Means "massage" in Cebuano.

Himaya Filipino, Cebuano
Means "glory, praise" or "bliss, joy" in Cebuano.

Hinay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "slow, feeble, weak" in Cebuano.

Hindang Filipino, Cebuano
From the name of a small tree in the genus Myrica.

Igot Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lipote" (a type of tree in the genus Syzygium) in Cebuano.

Impas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "pay off (a debt), pay back" in Cebuano.

Inday Cebuano
Inday means ''darling'' in Visayan language after the Spanish colonized the Philippines the name Inday became derogatory often associated with ''slaves'' and in present days ''domestic helpers''

Indig Filipino, Cebuano
Means "compare, compete" in Cebuano.

Inot Filipino, Cebuano
Means "frugal, stingy" in Cebuano.

Jabagat Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Habagat.

Jumawan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano hawan meaning "bare, clear".

Jusay Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog and Cebuano husay meaning "settled, orderly, arranged" or "settle, arrange, put in order".

Labang Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cross, pass" in Cebuano.

Labao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano labaw meaning "surpassing, outdoing, prevailing".

Lacang Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano lakang meaning "step, pace".

Lagbas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "pierce" in Cebuano.

Lahaylahay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to pass time" in Cebuano.

Langit Filipino, Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano
Means "heaven, sky" in several languages.

Laurel Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Topographic name for someone who lived by a laurel tree, Spanish laurel (Latin laurus), or a habitational name from Laurel in the Canary Islands.

Lawas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "body" in Cebuano.

Macalipay Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon
From Cebuano and Hiligaynon makalipay meaning "comfort, pleasant".

Magbanua Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano magbanwa meaning "townsperson", derived from Cebuano bánwa meaning "city, town".

Magindara Cebuano
Magindara is a name of a demigoddess who turned into a mermaid, it is also the name of mythical creatures in the Philippines that are man-eating mermaids. It's a Central Bikol word for "mermaid".

Maglasang Filipino, Cebuano
Denotes a forest dweller or a person originally from a forest, derived from Cebuano lasang meaning "forest".

Magsayo Filipino, Cebuano

Mahilom Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Mahilum.

Mahilum Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano mahilom meaning "quiet, still, silent".

Mahinay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "gently" or "slowly" in Cebuano.

Mahusay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "orderly" in Cebuano.

Malacad Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano malakad meaning "walkable (distance)".

Malalis Filipino, Cebuano
Means "arguable, questionable" in Cebuano.

Malig-on Filipino, Cebuano
Means "strong, resilient, sturdy" in Cebuano.

Malinao Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano malinaw meaning "calm, peaceful, serene".

Maloloy-on Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano maluloy-on meaning "kind, merciful, compassionate".

Manatad Filipino, Cebuano
Means "common emerald dove (a type of bird)" in Cebuano.

Mangubat Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to battle, to wage war" in Cebuano.

Manlangit Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Means "to go to heaven" in Tagalog and Cebuano.

Maputi Filipino, Cebuano
Means "white" or "silvery" in Cebuano.

Odtohan Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Odtojan.

Odtojan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano udtohan meaning "noon, zenith".

Olasiman Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano ulasiman meaning "common purslane" (a type of plant).

Osmeña Filipino (Hispanicized), Cebuano (Hispanicized)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Spanish form of the Arabic name Uthman. A notable bearer was Sergio Osmeña (1878-1961), the fourth president of the Philippines.

Pacquiao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano pakyaw meaning "wholesale, to buy in bulk", ultimately from Hokkien 跋繳 (poa̍h-kiáu). A famous bearer is Filipino politician and former boxer Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao (1978-).

Paglinawan Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Means "to clarify" or "to make clear" in Tagalog and Cebuano.

Panganoron Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cloudy" in Cebuano.

Paquiao Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Pacquiao.

Patalinghug Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano patalinghog meaning "listen".

Pilapil Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog
Means "rice paddy, rice field" in Cebuano and Tagalog.

Pitogo Filipino, Cebuano
Means "queen sago" (a type of plant in the genus Cycas) in Cebuano.

Potot Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano putot meaning "short person", "flower bud" or "young coconut fruit".

Punay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "yellow-breasted fruit dove" or "pink-necked green pigeon" (both species of bird) in Cebuano.

Quiapo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kiyapo meaning "water cabbage" (a type of plant), ultimately from Tamil கயப்பு (kayappu).

Quibol Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kibol meaning "bobtail".

Rizal Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
From Spanish ricial meaning "green field" or "rice field". A notable bearer was José Rizal (1861-1896), a Filipino nationalist and national hero.

Sacayan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano sakayan meaning "boat, vessel".

Servania Cebuano
Meaning unknown. Probably a form of Cervantes.

Simbahon Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Simbajon.

Simbajon Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano simbahon meaning "adore".

Sinahon Filipino, Cebuano
Means "envious" in Cebuano.

Sugarol Filipino, Cebuano
Means "gambler" in Cebuano.

Sumalinog Filipino, Cebuano
Meaning uncertain.

Sungcad Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano sungkad meaning "perfect fit, exact fit".

Tabanao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tabanaw meaning "fake, not genuine".

Taghap Filipino, Cebuano
Means "guess, fluke" in Cebuano.

Tahanlangit Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Tajanlangit.

Tajanlangit Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tahan langit meaning "to surrender to heaven".

Talaba Filipino, Cebuano
Means "oyster" in Cebuano.

Talingting Filipino, Cebuano
Means "sieve, plover" in Cebuano.

Tindog Filipino, Cebuano
Means "rise, stand up" in Cebuano.

Tuquib Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tukib meaning "well-defined, detailed, complete".

Valmorida Filipino, Cebuano
Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).

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