Guanzon

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡuanˈzon/, [ɡwɐnˈzon]
  • IPA(key): /ɡuanˈson/, [ɡwɐnˈson]
  • Hyphenation: Guan‧zon

Proper noun[edit]

Guanzón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

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

Statistics[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN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