Azucena

See also: azucena

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Azucena

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the Spanish given name Azucena, from azucena (“lily”). Doublet of Susan, Susanna and others.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Azucena (plural Azucenas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Azucena is the 33379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 684 individuals. Azucena is most common among Hispanic/Latino (66.52%) and Asian/Pacific islander (29.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Azucena”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 75.

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Azucena

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From azucena (“lily”). Cognate with Portuguese Açucena and doublet of Susana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθuˈθena/ [a.θuˈθe.na] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asuˈsena/ [a.suˈse.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: A‧zu‧ce‧na

Proper noun

Azucena f

1. a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Lily

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish given name Azucena, from azucena (“lily”). Doublet of asusena.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔazuˈsena/ [ʔɐ.zʊˈsɛː.n̪ɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ʔasuˈsena/ [ʔɐ.sʊˈsɛː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: A‧zu‧ce‧na
• Homophone: asusena

Proper noun

Azucena (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜐᜒᜈ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Azucena is the 1,119^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 8,829 individuals.