Dizon

English

Etymology

Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.

Proper noun

Dizon (plural Dizons)

  1. A Filipino surname from Kapampangan/Tagalog/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Dizon is the 5837th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5924 individuals. Dizon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (85.99%) individuals.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫 / 儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫 / 二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with [l̪]~[d̪]~[d͡ʑ] allophony when the next vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Hokkien.[1][2]

Proper noun

Dizon

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

References

  1. ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
  2. ^ Van der Loon, Piet (1967) “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, in Asia Major (New Series)‎[1], volume 13, page 113

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫 / 儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫 / 二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with [l̪]~[d̪]~[d͡ʑ] allophony when the next vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Hokkien.[1][2]

Proper noun

Dizon

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], notably borne by:

References

  1. ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
  2. ^ Van der Loon, Piet (1967) “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, in Asia Major (New Series)‎[2], volume 13, page 113

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫 / 儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫 / 二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with [l̪]~[d̪]~[d͡ʑ] allophony when the next vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Hokkien.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdizon/ [ˈd̪iː.zon̪]
    • IPA(key): (more-native sounding) /ˈdison/ [ˈd̪iː.son̪]
  • Rhymes: -izon, (more-native sounding) -ison
  • Syllabification: Di‧zon

Proper noun

Dizon (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dizon is the 15th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 182,703 individuals.

See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
  2. ^ Van der Loon, Piet (1967) “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, in Asia Major (New Series)‎[3], volume 13, page 113
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