Filipino Baby Names With Meanings

Traditional Filipino names come from three different places:

- Indigenous languages, like Tagalog, Cebuano, or Ilocano

- The Spanish, who ruled the Philippines for three centuries (until the end of the 19th century)

- Anglo naming traditions, due to the US occupying the country. English remains an official language of the Philippines.

Filipino names follow the Spanish tradition of using both paternal and maternal surnames. The names are structured according to the Western name order of first name, middle name and surname. Filipinos have various naming customs, blending the older Spanish system and Anglo-American conventions