Sioson

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sioson, from Hokkien 小孫／小孙 (siáu-sun, “modest term of address for one's grandson”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsjoson/, [ˈʃo.son]

Proper noun

Sioson (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Hokkien

Statistics
  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sioson is the 680th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 13,727 individuals.

See also

References
  1. 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “小孫”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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