Filipino
names are used on the island nation of the Philippines.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Johari m Malay, Indonesian, Filipino, Maguindanao, MaranaoFrom the name of Turkic lexicographer Abu Nasr al-Jawhari, who authored an Arabic dictionary. His name was probably derived from Arabic جوهر
(jawhar) meaning "jewels, precious stones, gems".
Joriz m & f FilipinoContraction of
José Rizal, given in honour of the prominent Filipino nationalist (1861-1896).
Junrey m FilipinoUnknown meaning. A famous bearer is Junrey Balawing, currently one of the smallest humans in the world.
Jupet m & f FilipinoPapaibigin niya ang bakla at pagkatapos ay iiwanan lang. Naging girlfriend nito si
Jestoni.
Juvy f FilipinoMeaning unknown. Actress Juvy Cachola is a well-known bearer.
Kawis m BontocMeans "good" in Bontoc. This was the name in a folktale about a nameless man, who saved a village from a monster snake and in reward was given this name.
Kero m & f FilipinoIt was originally "KERUbin Raymond" but because it was hard to mentioned/call it was then called Kero from the root word Kerubin.
Kumala f Indonesian, Filipino (Rare), Tausug (Rare)Means "gem, gemstone" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit कोमल
(komala) meaning "tender, delicate, gentle". This is also a variant of the Tausug name
Kumalah, which has the same meaning and is of the same origin.
Lakambini ᜎᜃᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜒ f Filipino, TagalogMeans "muse, princess" in Tagalog. It was historically used as a title for the wife of a lakan (a precolonial ruler).
Lakandula m Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)From Tagalog "lakán", meaning 'gentleman,' historically denoting a paramount ruler. Lakandula was the last paramount ruler of pre-colonial Tondo when the Spaniards first conquered the lands of the Pasig River delta in the Philippines in the 1570s.
Lamuel m Biblical, Biblical Latin, FilipinoForm of
Lemuel used in the Bishops' Bible (1568), Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610), the Clementine Vulgate (1592) and the Nova Vulgata ("Neo-Vulgate", 1979). The latter two are respectively the former and current official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.
Lenlen f FilipinoDiminutive of any name containing
len,
lin,
lyn,
lene, and other similar sounds.
Liberacion f Spanish (Philippines, Rare)Derived from Spanish
liberación meaning "liberation". This name was most commonly (though still very rarely) given in 1945, the year that the Philippines was liberated from Japanese occupation... [
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Liliosa f History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (Philippines)Feminine diminutive of Latin
lilium "lily". This name belonged to an Iberian Christian woman martyred in Córdoba, Andalusia c.852 under Emir Abd ar-Rahman II, along with her husband Felix, his cousin Aurelius and Aurelius' wife Natalia.
Lord m English (African), FilipinoFrom the English word, likely used as a reference to God or Jesus. A bearer of this name is Lord Allan Velasco, a Filipino politician.
Lourene f FilipinoLourene BEVAART took part in the SECOND "international" series of the T.V. programme "Gladiators" (which took place in 1996). She got as far as the GRAND FINAL before being defeated by Peggy Odita (from the U.S.A.).