Querubin

See also: querubin, querubín, and Querubín

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Querubín, possibly via Cebuano or Tagalog.

Proper noun

Querubin (plural Querubins)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Querubin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Querubín, from querubín.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Que‧ru‧bin

Proper noun

Querubin

1. a surname from Spanish
2. a male given name from Spanish

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Querubín, from querubín (“cherub”), in reference to cherubim.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /keɾuˈbin/ [kɛ.ɾʊˈbin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: Que‧ru‧bin
• Homophone: kerubin

Proper noun

Querubín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜓᜊᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a surname

Related terms

• kerubin

 

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Querubin is the 1,021st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 9,473 individuals.