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ArchivesRe: What does the name "Rodelio" mean?
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After some googling I got the impression that the meaning of this name is not known.
The user submitted name Rodelio here (use site search to look it up) gives Filipino as usage, but that's incomplete: It seems it's a name that originated in Spain and is in use pretty much in every place where people speak Spanish or were under longtime Spanish influence like the Philippines.
Maybe it started as a modification of Rogelio for "easier" pronounciation?
The user submitted name Rodelio here (use site search to look it up) gives Filipino as usage, but that's incomplete: It seems it's a name that originated in Spain and is in use pretty much in every place where people speak Spanish or were under longtime Spanish influence like the Philippines.
Maybe it started as a modification of Rogelio for "easier" pronounciation?
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Well, I don't know anyone, not even elderly people, who pronounce anything with a "voiceless velar plosive;" it's just replaced with an [h], so Rogelio would be easy to pronounce. It would make sense that it's an easier-to-pronounce variant of Rogelio if it had actually originated in Spain, as the listed pronunciation does include that sound; to my knowledge, [x] is a bit hard to pronounce, so thanks!
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