de Vega

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /de ˈveɡa/ [d̪ɛ ˈvɛː.ɣɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /de ˈbeɡa/ [d̪ɛ ˈbɛː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: de Ve‧ga

Proper noun

de Vega (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. a surname from Spanish, most associated with:
   1. Lydia de Vega, athlete in the 1980s

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, de Vega is the 2,634^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 4,640 individuals.