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Help[Facts] Igleceria / Eglecerio
What do the names Igleceria and Eglecerio mean? I have encountered some variation of these names in Philippine records. There are a lot of variants:
Egleceria/o, Egliceria/o, Egleseria/o, Igleseria/o, Igliceria/o, Egliseria/o, Egleciria/o, Eglesiria/o, Egliciria/o, Eglisiria/o, Igleciria/o, Iglesiria/o
Egleceria/o, Egliceria/o, Egleseria/o, Igleseria/o, Igliceria/o, Egliseria/o, Egleciria/o, Eglesiria/o, Egliciria/o, Eglisiria/o, Igleciria/o, Iglesiria/o
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Igleseria (sometimes spelled Egleceria) means “churchyard” in Spanish. This name and its variants is also found in Mexico as a surname and first name (both rarely.) The Spanish colonized the Philippines for many years and made strong missionary efforts, which may explain its appearance there.
This message was edited 3/23/2023, 10:43 PM
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Thanks! I found that there's also the name "Eclicerio" on this site. Could that name be related?
https://www.behindthename.com/name/eclicerio/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/eclicerio/submitted
This message was edited 3/24/2023, 11:37 PM
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It seems it is not related. It is a different word (not commonly used in everyday language) which means something like cleric or someone who was formerly a cleric. It seems like it was transferred from a surname. Maybe someone who used to be a monk or priest perhaps.
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