Guanzon

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Possibly from Hokkien 玄孫／玄孙 (goân-sun, “great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)”)[1] or Hokkien 阮孫／阮孙 (goán sun, “our (exclusive) grandson”),[2] via Spanish Guanzon. Compare Tagalog Henson.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡuanˈzon/ [ɡwɐn̪ˈzon̪]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ɡuanˈson/ [ɡwɐn̪ˈson̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: Gu‧an‧zon

Proper noun

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Guanzón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

Statistics

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According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Guanzon is the 541st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 16,691 individuals.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “goân-sun”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 464; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 464
  2. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, pages 283/261, 356/334; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
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