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Filipino baby names draw from a diverse variety of languages and cultural sources. Parents looking for cool, unusual, creative and distinctive baby names could look to the Philippines for inspiration.
Thus the Filipino names Maricel, Maritoni, Marijo, Maritess, and Maricon come from Maria Celia (or Celeste ), María Antonieta (or Antonia ), María Josefa (or Josefina ), María Teresa, and María Concepción (or either Consuelo or Consolación ), respectively. A related custom is that parents combine their given names to create a name for ...
Pages in category "Filipino feminine given names" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Santo Niño de Cebú. The Señor Santo Niño de Cebú is a Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child [ 1] widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics. [ 2][ 3] It is the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines, [ 4] originally a gift from the Conquistador Ferdinand Magellan to Rajah ...
Ophelia (given name) Ophelia or Pause for Thought by Pierre Auguste Cot, 1870. The hybrid tea rose Ophelia. Ophelia is a feminine given name, probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια ( ōphéleia, "benefit"). [ 1][ 2] The name is best known as a character from William Shakespeare 's Hamlet who has a tragic end.
Traditional Filipino games or indigenous games in the Philippines ( Tagalog: Laro ng Lahi) [ 1][ 2][ 3] are games that are played across multiple generations, usually using native materials or instruments. In the Philippines, due to limited resources for toys, children usually invent games that do not require anything but players.
Luna (name) The Moon, a 1902 Art Nouveau illustration by Alfons Mucha. The word lūna, which means Moon in Latin, is the origin of the given name Luna. Luna is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning moon. In Roman mythology, Luna was the divine personification of the Moon.
Filipino given names (2 C, 4 P) S. Surnames of Philippine origin (6 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Filipino names" This category contains only the following page.