Emerito

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/emeɾito/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Emerito is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 76K
  • USUnited States1 in 911K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,800 people, est.

Sources
91 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Puerto Rico, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Emerito counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Emerito is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈4,800 est.≈1 in 23K—Emerito30
ID Indonesia—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 188K—Emerito3
PE Peru—≈420 est.≈1 in 76K—Emerito26
HN Honduras#867≈380 est.≈1 in 24K—Emerito7
US United States—3651 in 911K361Emerito91
PA Panama—≈210 est.≈1 in 19K2—9
PR Puerto Rico#503≈180 est.≈1 in 17K—Emerito7
NI Nicaragua#858≈160 est.≈1 in 38K—Emerito5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Emerito is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Emérito

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Philippines

    Also written Emérito

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Philippines

    Also written Emérito

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Emerito is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ēmeritus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, retired person, emeritus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, emeritus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Emerito,Hi Emerito, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Emerito
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020361#25,807
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19816—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19615—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19565—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20204#25,807
PA PanamaTribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election20242#1,193

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Emerito?
A machine transcription gives /emeɾito/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Emerito a male or female name?
Emerito is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Emerito have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Emerito in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled emerito.
How common is the name Emerito?
In the United States, the national register counted 365 people named Emerito in 2020, about 1 in 911 thousand residents.
How common is Emerito compared with other names?
In Puerto Rico, Emerito is the 503rd most common given name of 1,886 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Emerito” — the 503rd most common given name in Puerto Rico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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