de Silva

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /de ˈsilva/ [d̪ɛ ˈsil.vɐ]
    • IPA(key): (more-native sounding) /de ˈsilba/ [d̪ɛ ˈsil.bɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ilva, (more-native sounding) -ilba
  • Syllabification: de Sil‧va

Proper noun

de Silva (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜊ)

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, de Silva is the 960th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 9,860 individuals.

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