Balite

Tagalog

Etymology

From balite, variant of balete (“banyan”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlite/ [bɐˈliː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: Ba‧li‧te

Proper noun

Balite (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜆᜒ)

1. a surname

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Balite is the 2,588^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 3,609 individuals.