Gatdula

Tagalog

Etymology

From Gat +‎ Dula, variant name of Lakandula, last lakan of the Kingdom of Tondo. The name Dula itself comes from Malay Dolah, short from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh, “servant of God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡatˈdulaʔ/, [ɡɐtˈdu.lɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: Gat‧du‧la

Proper noun

Gatdulà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ)

1. a surname from Tagalog

Related terms

• Lacandola

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gatdula is the 606th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,080 individuals.