Mario Lim Espiritu
This name appears in A List of Philippine Baptismal Names, published in 1905.
Mario — given name (May 2021 #22), Spanish / Other, Derived from Mars, the god of war, or manly (Latin).
Lim — mother's maiden surname, Chinese, forest or woods (Chinese / Hokkien).
Espiritu — father's surname, Spanish / Biblical, spirit (Spanish, from Latin 'spiritus').
Mario is a spanish given name with Lim (chinese) and Espiritu (spanish).
Mario is a classic Spanish and Italian name of ancient Roman origin (Marius). In the Philippines, it became widely established during the Spanish colonial period and remains one of the most common male given names across multiple generations.
7 syllables. Initials MLE.
Mario ends on a vowel and Lim starts the next syllable. That break is ordinary.
Usual stress in the Philippines: the first syllable.
Pair with a crisp 1- or 2-syllable first name to counterbalance the light, four-syllable flow of Espiritu.
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