Pio Dizon Arellano
This name appears in A List of Philippine Baptismal Names, published in 1905. Spelling in the catalog: Pío.
Pio — given name.
Dizon — mother's maiden surname, Chinese / Filipino, second grandson (from Hokkien di/ji [second] + sun [grandson]).
Arellano — father's surname, Spanish, habitational name from Arellano in Navarre, Spain (derived from Latin Aurelianus / estate of Aurelius).
7 syllables. Initials PDA.
Pio ends on a vowel and Dizon starts the next syllable. That break is ordinary.
A one- or two-syllable first name balances the four-syllable rhythm of Arellano smoothly.
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