Filomena
Pronunciation | fee-lo-ME-nah |
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Gender | Female |
Language(s) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch |
Origin | |
Meaning | friend of strength |
Other names | |
See also | Philomena |
Filomena is a form of the Greek female given name Philomena.[1] It means "friend of strength" (φιλος (philos) "friend, lover" and μενος (menos) "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμενη (philoumene) meaning "loved").[2] Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the frame story of The Decameron.
People with the name Filomena[]
- Filomena Almarinez, Filipino folk saint
- Filomena Barros Dos Reis, East Timorese activist
- Filomena Campus, Italian singer
- Filomena Cautela, Portuguese presenter
- Filomena Costa, Portuguese runner
- Filomena Dato, Spanish writer
- Filomena Delli Castelli, Italian politician
- Filomena Embaló, Bissau-Guinean writer
- Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė, Lithuanian artist
- Filomena Margaiz, Mexican politician
- Filomena Moretti, Italian guitarist
- Filomena Rotiroti, Canadian politician
- Filomena Tassi, Canadian politician
- Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote, Bissau-Guinean politician
- Filomena Trindade, Angolan handball player
- Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea, Chilean soldier
See also[]
- Philomena (given name)
- Filomena (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Filomena". behindthename.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Philomena". behindthename.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
Categories:
- Given names
- Feminine given names