Mario Navarro Borja
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).
Navarro — mother's maiden surname, Spanish, person from Navarre (from the Basque 'nava', meaning plain near mountains).
Borja — father's surname, Spanish, tower (from Spanish placename Borja, ultimately of Arabic origin).
Mario is a spanish given name with Navarro (spanish) and Borja (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 MNB.
Mario ends on a vowel and Navarro starts the next syllable. That break is ordinary.
Usual stress in the Philippines: the first syllable.
Pairs well with first names of two to three syllables ending in consonants to balance the open terminal vowel.
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