Puig

Borrowed from Catalan Puig.

Puig

1. A surname from Catalan.
   • 2017 December 16, “These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession”, in Catholic News Agency‎^[1]:

     Fr. Felipe Císcar Puig was a Valencian priest who is also also considered a martyr of the sacramental seal because he was martyred after keeping confessions secret during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War.

From puig (“hill”). Possibly related to the Sicilian surname Pucciu.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈput͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -utʃ

Puig m or f by sense

1. a topographic surname

From Catalan.

Puig

1. a surname from Catalan

Borrowed from Catalan. Doublet of poyo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃ/ [ˈput͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -utʃ
• IPA^(key): /ˈpwiɡ/ [ˈpwiɣ̞] (spelling pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -iɡ
  • Syllabification: Puig

Puig m or f by sense

1. a surname from Catalan

• 220th most common surname in Spain. (Forebears 2014)
• 228th most common surname in Cuba.

Borrowed from Spanish, from Catalan.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃ/ [ˈput͡ʃ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈputs/ [ˈput̪s]
    • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃ, (no palatal assimilation) -uts
  • IPA^(key): /puˈiɡ/ [ˈpwɪɡ̚]
    • Rhymes: -iɡ
    • Syllabification: Pu‧ig

Puíg (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ or ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜄ᜔)

1. a surname from Catalan

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Puig is the 9,586th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,547 individuals.