Aguila

Anglicization of Spanish Águila. Also a common Filipino surname. Doublet of Eagle.

Aguila (countable and uncountable, plural Aguilas)

1. A surname from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Águila.
2. A census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aguila is the 5683^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6103 individuals. Aguila is most common among Hispanic/Latino (78.19%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (12.03%) individuals.

Borrowed from Spanish Águila, from águila. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos , but was already adopted by several principalía families in Batangas.

The barangay is probably named after Fernando Águila, mayor of San Jose, Batangas from 1931 to 1937 and in 1941.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡila/ [ˈʔa.ɣɪ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡila
• Syllabification: A‧gui‧la
• Homophone: agila

Águilá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜎ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the common noun], mostly found in Batangas, Quezon and Laguna
2. A barangay of San Jose, Batangas, Philippines