Sioson

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sioson, from Hokkien 小孫 / 小孙 (siáu-sun, “modest term of address for one's grandson”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈoson/ [ˈʃoː.son̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /siˈoson/ [ˈsjoː.son̪]
  • Rhymes: -oson
  • Syllabification: Si‧o‧son

Proper noun

Sioson (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Hokkien

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sioson is the 680th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 13,727 individuals.

See also

References

  1. ^ 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “小孫”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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