Pilpil
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Boquila trifoliolata (a species of flowering plants in the family Lardizabalaceae)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Pilpil is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Philippines.
- PHPhilippines
- TRTürkiye
- IDIndonesia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Boquila trifoliolata (a species of flowering plants in the family Lardizabalaceae)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Pilpil is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In mbb, to pat something with the flat of the hand; to pat something as a sign of approval
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In nci, diminutive of pilli; a child or youth.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, to slap someone’s hands lightly
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In poz-wmp-pro, pound on, hit, beat, or crush
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In chn, blood
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pilpil mean, and where does it come from?
- Boquila trifoliolata (a species of flowering plants in the family Lardizabalaceae) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Pilpil have the most bearers?
- Pilpil is most frequently recorded in the Philippines.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pilpilThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Pilpil”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.