Dizon
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.
Proper noun[edit]
Dizon (plural Dizons)
- A Filipino surname from Kapampangan/Tagalog/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dizon is the 5837th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5924 individuals. Dizon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (85.99%) individuals.
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫/儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫/二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with /l/~/d/~/d͡ʑ/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Dizon
- a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, 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 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
Kapampangan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫/儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫/二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with /l/~/d/~/d͡ʑ/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Dizon
- a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], notably borne by:
- Sunshine Dizon, actress
- Ryzza Mae Dizon, child actress and television personality
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, 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 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫/儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫/二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with /l/~/d/~/d͡ʑ/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdizon/ [ˈdi.zon]
- Rhymes: -izon, (more native-sounding) -ison
- Syllabification: Di‧zon
Proper noun[edit]
Dizon (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)
- a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], notably borne by:
- Sunshine Dizon, actress
- Ryzza Mae Dizon, child actress and television personality
Statistics[edit]
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dizon is the 15th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 182,703 individuals.
See also[edit]
- Tuazon/Tuason
- Tiongson/Tiongzon
- Sioson
- Echon/Ichon/Itchon/Etchon/Ychon
- Samson/Sanson
- Sison
- Gozon/Goson/Gozum
- Lacson
- Sitchon/Sichon
- Pueson
- Causon/Cauzon
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, 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 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
- English terms derived from Hokkien
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Spanish
- English surnames from Hokkien
- Cebuano terms derived from Hokkien
- Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish
- Cebuano terms derived from Spanish
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano terms spelled with Z
- Cebuano surnames
- Cebuano surnames from Spanish
- Cebuano surnames from Hokkien
- Kapampangan terms derived from Hokkien
- Kapampangan terms borrowed from Spanish
- Kapampangan terms derived from Spanish
- Kapampangan lemmas
- Kapampangan proper nouns
- Kapampangan terms spelled with Z
- Kapampangan surnames
- Kapampangan surnames from Spanish
- Kapampangan surnames from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/izon
- Rhymes:Tagalog/izon/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ison
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ison/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with Z
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Spanish
- Tagalog surnames from Hokkien