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Feminine Filipino Names
Name Gender Description
ADELFA f American (Hispanic, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
ADELPHA f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Adelfa.
ADIELLE f Hebrew (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Dutch (Rare) Variant of Adiela.
AGAPITA f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Filipino Feminine form of Agapito.
AILEEZA f Filipino, Muslim
AILYN f Filipino, Spanish (Latin American, Modern)
AINJYL f Filipino Modern respelling of Angel.
AISA f Filipino (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Muslim
AIZEL f Filipino
ALAINE f American (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
ALAIZA f Basque, Filipino, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American) Taken from the name of a Marian church in the greater Álava area.... [more]
ALCOMENDRAS m & f Filipino
ALEJAH f & m English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
ALELI f Filipino
ALERIE f Filipino
ALKAID m & f Filipino
ALLIANA f Filipino
ALPHERATZ f Filipino Derived from Arabic surrat al-faras ('the navel of the mare'). This is a traditional name of the star Alpha Andromedae in the constellation Andromeda.
ALYANNA f Filipino Variation of Aliana.
ANATALIA f Filipino Perhaps a rare blend of Anatolia and Natalia.... [more]
ANGELANIE f Filipino (Modern, Rare)
ANGELET f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
ANGELI f Filipino, English (American, Modern, Rare)
ANIELLE f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
APRILLE f English, Filipino (Rare) Variant of April.
ARABIANA f Filipino (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
ARMINDA f Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Italian (Archaic)
ARTHLYN f Jamaican Patois (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Possibly intended as a feminization of Arthur.
ASTRUD f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Filipino, Dutch (Rare), English (Rare) A famous bearer is Brazilian vocalist Astrud Gilberto (1940-).
AUDRIS f Filipino Means 'Lucky'
AUSTRIA f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare) From the name of the European country.
AVERILLA f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
AYEZZA f Filipino (Rare) Meaning unknown. However, the last syllable of the pronunciation means 'To' in Filipino.
AYIN f Filipino Biblical
BAHALA f Tagalog
BENILDA f Filipino, Spanish, Polish (Rare) Spanish variant and Polish form of the Germanic name Bernhilde, which came into common usage thanks to the martyr and saint Benilde de Córdoba (known as Saint Benildis in English, died circa 853).... [more] A well-known saint of the early Irish church was named Berchan the Prophet of Clonsast in King's Co., but often called Brachan by Metathesis. Often used as a surname.
BERLINA f Indonesian, South African, Filipino
BLAISIE f French (Archaic), French (African, Rare), Filipino (Rare) French form of Blasia and feminine form of Blaise.
BLESS f & m English, Filipino From the English word bless meaning 'to consecrate or confer divine favor upon'.
BLESSICA f Filipino (Rare) Possibly a combination of the English word bless meaning 'to confer blessing upon' and the suffix -ica taken from names like Jessica.
BUENAVISTA f Filipino (Rare)
BULANON m & f Filipino came from the visayan word bulan- meaning moon bulanon means fullmoon
BUWAN f & m Tagalog Filipino for 'moon', not often used as a given name.
CAPILI f & m Filipino People having the name Capili are in general originating from United States of America.
CARLAH f English (Rare), Filipino, Brazilian Variant of Carla.
CARLMIE f Filipino Most likely a feminization of Carl, possibly influenced by French amie '(female) friend' (compare Rosamie).
CESYL f Filipino
CHARINA f Spanish, Filipino Diminutive of Rosario.
CHARIZ f Filipino
CHARRIE f & m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
CHECA f Filipino (Rare) Filipino form of Chica.
CHESKA f English, Filipino Diminutive of Francesca.
CHITO m & f Filipino
CHONA f Filipino
CHONNA f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
CHRISEL f Filipino Etymology unknown. Probably a variant of Crystal.
CIELA f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino, Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare) Either a modern variant of Cielo or a truncated form of names that end in -ciela.
CIELLA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
CLEOFÉ f Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Filipino (Rare) Spanish form of Cleofe.
CLIOPATRA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Rare variant of Cleopatra.
COCHALLA f Filipino
CORAZÓN f Spanish, Filipino Means 'heart' in Spanish. It is taken from the devotional name of the Virgin Mary, Inmaculado Corazón de María, meaning 'Immaculate Heart of Mary'.
CRESENCIA f Filipino (Latinized) Variant of Crescencia.
CREZEL f Filipino (Modern, Rare)
CRISTINE f Filipino, Portuguese (Brazilian), American (Hispanic) Variant of Christine.... [more]
CYDRINNE f Filipino
CYREL m & f Filipino
CZARINA f Filipino, English Feminine form of Czar.
DAHLIAN f Filipino (Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare)
DALISAY f Filipino
DALISAY f Filipino filipino word meaning 'pure' or 'undiluted'
DANILYN f Filipino Combination of Danielle and Lynn.
DARI f Filipino the history of this name is unknown, but the meaning is 'grace, or to be graceful'
DARLETH f Filipino
DARNA f Filipino, Popular Culture Darna is a fictional character and superheroine created by Filipinokomiks (Philippine colloquial term for comics) legend Mars Ravelo. In her more popular incarnations, she is a warrior from outer space manifesting herself through a girl from Earth, named Narda.... [more]
DASHIELLE f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare) Feminine form of Dashiell.
DEITHER m & f Filipino
DHARLA f Indian (Rare), South American (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
DITAS f Filipino, Spanish Short form of Merceditas.
DIWA f & m Filipino Filipino. Meaning: Awareness
DIWA f Filipino word meaning 'essence', 'spirit' or 'soul'
DOMINADORES f Filipino
DOMINQUE f & m Filipino
DONALYN f Filipino from Donna and Lyn
DONNABELLE f Filipino, American (Rare) Combination of Donna and Belle.
DORILYN f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare) Variant of Doralyn.
ECLAIRE f Louisiana Creole (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Either an elaboration of Claire or a borrowing of French éclairé 'illuminated'.
EEYA f Tagalog
EFLEDA f Filipino (Rare)
EILENE f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
EINNA f Tagalog (Rare)
EINNOR f Filipino (Rare)
ELLADORA f Literature, Filipino Combination of the popular name elements Ella (see Ella) and dora (see Dora), perhaps based on similar-sounding names such as Eldora and Eleanora... [more]
ELLIONA f English, Filipino, Indonesian, Papuan
ELLITHIA f Filipino
ELNERA f English (Rare, Archaic), Filipino
ELYCA f Filipino (Rare) Variant of Elyce.
EMELENE f Filipino (Rare) Variant of either Emmeline or Emilene.
EMELITA f Spanish (Rare), Filipino
EMILYN f Filipino, English (Modern, Rare) Respelling of Emiline.
ENALYN f Filipino Likely an elaboration of Ena by way of adding the popular name suffix -lyn.
ENLYN f Filipino (Rare)
ERALYN f Filipino
ERLIN f & m Filipino (Rare), English (Rare), Indonesian
ESABELLA f Filipino (Rare)
ESPIE f English, Filipino Diminutive of Esperanza.
EUSTAQUIA f Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Filipino Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Eustace.
EVERLUNA f Filipino Combination of Ever and Luna.
FABRIENNE f American (?), Filipino (?) Possibly a blend of Fabrizia and Fabienne.
FANELLA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
FARLAH f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
FERLENE f Filipino (Rare)
FINDAH f Filipino
FLORIBETH f Spanish, Filipino, English Combination of Flora or any other name beginning with the element Flor- and Beth.... [more]
FLORISSA f Dutch (Rare), Filipino Dutch feminine form of Floris.
FRANCHESKA f Filipino, English Variant of Francesca.
FRELA f Filipino (Rare)
FRELYN f Filipino (Rare)
GANADEN f Filipino
GAUDELIA f Spanish (Mexican), American (Hispanic), Filipino
GENELYN f Filipino Combination of Gene and the popular suffix -lyn.
GENEVIE f Filipino
GERNA f Filipino, Filipino
GIANELLE f Filipino, American (Rare) Elaboration of Giana.
GILBERTINA f Portuguese (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
GIRLIE f & m English, Filipino
GIZELLE f Filipino, Portuguese (Brazilian), English Variant of Giselle.
GLAIZA f Filipino
GLESSIE f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
GRACELA f Filipino, Spanish (Latin American), English (American, Rare) Variant of Gracella.
GRAZIELA f Portuguese (Brazilian), Filipino (Rare) Portuguese form of Graciela.
GREGGIE m & f English, Filipino Diminutive of Gregory or Gregoria.
GRETCHIN f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare) Rare variant of Gretchen.
GUGMA f Cebuano (Modern), Filipino (Modern) Meaning 'love' in Cebuano.
HAHNNA f Filipino
HANILYN f Filipino
HASLEIGH f Filipino (Rare) Feminine variant of ASHLEIGH
HAZELE f American (Archaic), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Hazelle.
HAZELLE f American (Archaic), Filipino An elaboration of Hazel. A combination of the English name Hazel, the tree or the light brown colour, and the French word elle, which means she and is a feminine ending in some French names.
HENYA f Spanish (?), Filipino
HERACLEA f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Filipino (Rare) Latinized form of Greek Herakleia 'festival of Herakles', also an ancient Greek place name (related to Herakleios).
HICIEL f Tagalog
HIMIG f Filipino word meaning 'melody'
HIYAS f Filipino
HIYAS f Filipino word meaning 'jewel' or 'gem'
HONEYLETH f Filipino (Anglicized, Rare)
HYDEE f English (Rare), Filipino Respelling of Heidi.
ICAH f English (American), Filipino
IDONNA f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Most likely a combination of the letter I and the name Donna.
IJKA f Filipino
IYA f Ukrainian, Russian, Filipino Iya's origin is Greek, it means 'violet'. Might be martyr Eudocia of Percia's name before she was christened, and there is also Holy Maryr Iya mentioned in orthodoxian calender... [more]
JAEMILY f Filipino (Rare)
JAHRA f Bangladeshi (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
JAIRENCE m & f Filipino Jaime or James & Florence, Terence, Clarence
JASLENE f English (Modern), Spanish (Latin American), Filipino Combination of the popular name elements Jas (compare Jazlyn) and lene (compare Jolene). It was brought to some public attention in 2007 by Puerto Rican-born model Jaslene Gonzalez (1986-), the eighth winner of the modeling competition/reality television series 'America's Next Top Model'.
JAYZHEL f Filipino
JAZEL f American (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare) Respelling of Giselle.
JEANVIE f Filipino Most likely a feminization of the French masculine name Jean. ... [more]
JEAWN f Filipino A combination of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary. A notable bearer is Jejomar Binay, a former Vice President of the Philippines.
JELINDA f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
JEMELL f Filipino, English (Modern) Perhaps a variant of Jamel or Gemelle.
JEMILYN f Filipino (Modern, Rare)
JENIKKA f Filipino (Rare)
JENNALYN f English (Modern), Filipino (Modern) Combination of the name Jenna and the popular suffix lyn.
JENNIFOR f & m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Jennifer.
JENNYVER f Filipino (Rare) Extremely rare variant spelling of Jennifer.
JEROCEL f Filipino, Spanish, Malaysian
JESAMINE f English, Filipino Variant of Jessamine.
JESIE f & m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Indonesian (Rare) This name, as an English name, is a rare variant of Jessie.
JESIREE f Filipino
JESSABEL f English, Filipino Variant of Jessabelle.
JESSETTA f Filipino Possibly a feminization of Jesse.
JESZIE f Filipino (Modern, Rare)
JEZRA f Filipino
JILCS f & m Filipino (Modern, Rare) The name Jilcs is an acronym for the words Jesus Is Lord Christ Saviour (or Jesus Is Lord Christian School)... [more]
JOANNAH f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant spelling of Joanna.
JOENA f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Polynesian (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Possibly a variant of Joanna.
JOHAIRAH f Arabic (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
JOHAIREN f Filipino
JOKER m & f Filipino Probably derived from the name of the playing card.... [more]
JOLLIBEE f Filipino
JONALYN f Filipino
JONAZEL f & m Filipino (Rare)
JOSALIE f Filipino (Rare)
JOSIEPHINE f American (Rare, Archaic), Filipino Consistently used variation of Josephine, highlighting the diminutive Josie.
JOVANIE m & f Filipino (Modern)
JOVELYN f Filipino
JUDIEL m & f Filipino (Rare)
JUNESSA f Filipino (Rare)
JYNE f Filipino (Rare), English (African, Rare)
KARILYN f English, Spanish, Filipino Variant of Carolyn.
KARMINA f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
KARYLLE f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Carol.
KECELYN f Filipino (Modern, Rare)
KEIY f Filipino
KERO m & f Filipino It was originally 'KERUbin Raymond' but because it was hard to mentioned/call it was then called Kero from the root word Kerubin.
KESSELYN f Filipino (Rare)
KHARLYN f Filipino (Modern, Rare)
KICHELLE f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
KLYDE m & f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Clyde.
KLYNTZ m & f Filipino no popular history but 'loving and loved by all', 'can be easily hurt'
KRISALYN f American (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
KRISHEL f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare), Caribbean (Rare)
KRISHIA f Filipino (Rare)
KRISTELA f English (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare), Filipino, Albanian (Rare)
KULAY-ABO f Filipino (Rare) Means 'grey' from Tagalog kulay 'colour' and abo 'ash, grey'.
LABUGUEN m & f Filipino Philippines
LADELYN f Filipino (Rare)
LADY f Spanish (Latin American), Filipino Probably derived from the common english word lady.... [more]
LALAINE f English, Spanish, Filipino Possibly an invented name, a combination of the name prefix La- and Lane, or derived from the French word laine meaning 'wool'. ... [more]
LEAL m & f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
LEREENA f Filipino (Rare)
LIKHA f Filipino 'art' or 'create'
LIWANAG f Filipino Filipino word commonly named for girls. Meaning: light
LIWAY f Filipino, Ilocano
LIWAYWAY f Filipino, Tagalog, Ilocano
LIZABEL f Filipino (Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare) Presumably a blend of Liz or Liza and Isabel.
LORDIE f & m Filipino (Modern, Rare)
LORLENE f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Lurline, an English altered form of Lorelei.
LORLYN f Filipino (Rare) Likely a variant of Lorlene.
LOUELA f English, Filipino (Rare) Variant of Louella.
LOUISSA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Louisa.
LOVELLA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Possibly coined as a feminine form of Lovell.
LUDIN f & m Filipino, Spanish (Latin American) Of unknown origin and meaning.
LUNABETH f Filipino (Rare) A combination of Luna and Beth.
OPELIA f English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Filipino (Rare) English variant or Latin American Spanish form of Ophelia.
OVETTE f American (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
PADILLA f Filipino
PAG-IBIG f Filipino Love
PANGAKO f Filipino filipino word meaning 'promise'
PATNUBAY f Filipino word meaning 'guide'.
PEARY m & f Filipino from robert edwin peary... [more]
PENNYLANE f Filipino (Rare), English Likely given in reference to the Beatles' song Penny Lane.
PERLAS f Tagalog Tagalog for 'pearl'. Used as a given name.
PHABEZ f Filipino name used in a Filipino drama on radio in 1980's...
PHATIMA f Filipino filipino
PHILMALENE f Filipino
PIAH f Spanish, Filipino
PIRENA f Filipino From the Phillipine fantasy television series 'Encantadia'.
POTENCIANA f Spanish (Rare), Filipino Spanish feminine form of Potentianus. This was the name of a 16th-century Spanish saint (not to be confused with the earlier saint Pudentiana, who was also sometimes known by this name).
PROFETESA f Filipino (Rare)
QUEENEE f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Queenie.
RAGELYN f Filipino
RAGENE f Filipino
RAMLYN f Filipino
RANIELLE f Brazilian, Filipino (Rare)
RAQUELLA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Elaboration of Raquel.
REA f Croatian, English, German, Catalan, Galician, Italian, Spanish, Filipino Variant of Rhea.
REGTA f Filipino Meaning 'warm and sincere' from Filipino dialect Ilocano.
RELNA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
RESHELLE f Filipino
REXANDRA f Filipino (Rare)
REXIE f & m Filipino, American (Rare) Diminutive of Rex.
REYELLA f Filipino (Rare) Combination of the given name Rey with the suffix -ella or a feminine form of Rey.
REYLA f Portuguese (Brazilian), Filipino (Rare), English (Rare) Combination of Rey and the suffix la.
REYLENE f English (American, Rare), Filipino Varient of Raylene.
RHIA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Rhea or Ria.
RHOMA f Filipino (Rare)
RICCI f Filipino not known
ROMELLA f English, Filipino Possibly a feminine form of Romel.
ROMMELA f Filipino A feminine form of Rommel.
RONNELLE f & m Filipino
ROSABETH f English, Filipino (Rare) Combination of Rosa and Beth.
ROSAL m & f Filipino white rose
ROSAMIE f English (Rare), Filipino, Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic) Perhaps a diminutive of Rosamund (compare Annemie, Rosemay), though it is claimed to be a combination of Rose with French amie 'friend'.
ROSECHELLA f Filipino
ROWEEN f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant form of Rowena.
RUBIE f English (Rare), Filipino Variant of Ruby.
RUSELLE f Filipino
RUWEE f Malay (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
RYZZA f Russian (Latinized, Rare), Filipino Diminutive of Clarissa
SABECKI f Filipino filipino name desends from english name becky
SALJANNAH f Filipino
SAMPAGUITA f Filipino Comes directly from sampaguita, the Filipino name for jasminum sambac, a kind of jasmine which is the national flower of the Philippines.
SEYCHELLE f American (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
SHALAMAR f & m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) This name may be a variant of Shalimar. Though the name began to be used (in very small numbers) in America in the 1950s and 1960s, it gained some recognition there in 1980 following the release of Three for Love by the R&B group of the same name.
SHAMCEY f A Filipino name. A famous bearer of this name is Shamcey Supsup who is a Filipino actress, presenter, model, architect and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe-Philippines 2011 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant.
SHARONJAYQUIM f Filipino
SHERICA f African American (Modern, Rare), Jamaican Patois, Filipino (Rare)
SHERRALYN f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Sherilyn.
SHIELA f Filipino Likely a variant spelling of Sheila.
SIMPLE f Filipino
SINAG f & m Filipino filipino word meaning 'ray'. sinag ng araw = sun rays
SWEETHEART f Filipino (Rare)
SYVEL f Filipino (Rare)
TADHANA f Filipino filipino word meaning 'destiny'
TALA f Filipino, New World Mythology, Polynesian Mythology Tala is the goddess of the stars in Tagalog mythology. It is said that she is the eldest daughter of the moon and aids her mother in protecting the stars from the persuing sun... [more]
TALA f Filipino filipino word meaning 'star'. bituin
TALIM f Filipino Means sharp or blade in tagalog. In Soulcalibur II, III, & IV there is a character named Talim.
TCHERUBIN f Filipino
TENEBRA f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
TEODORICA f Italian (Rare), Italian (Swiss, Rare), Filipino (Rare) Feminine form of Teodorico.
THADDEA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare), German (Rare) Feminine form of Thaddeus.
THEODORICA f German (Archaic), Filipino (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Archaic), English (American, Archaic)
THERESSE f Filipino
TREB m & f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
TRELLY f Filipino (Rare)
TRISHIA f Filipino (Rare)
TRIXIA f Filipino, English (Rare) Elaborated form of Trixie.
TRYXIE f Filipino (Modern, Rare) Extremely rare respelling of Trixie.
TULA f Filipino Directly taken from the Tagalog word tula 'poem'.
ULAN m & f Tagalog Means 'rain' in Tagalog. This is considered a male name in the Philippines, but has been given to females on rare occasions.
VEA f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
VEAH f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
VEYA f Filipino (Rare), Various
VIANCA f American (Hispanic, Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Filipino (Rare) Variant of Bianca.
VIRGILINE f Filipino (Rare), Antillean Creole (Rare) Feminine form of Virgil.
WARNA f Filipino jolo sulu philippines
WINTERINA f Filipino
XYRENE f Filipino (Rare), English (Rare)
XYRIEL f Filipino (Rare) There is a Filipina actress who bears this name.
YANARAH f Filipino (Rare)
YHANIE f & m Filipino, Indonesian
YNNA f Filipino
YSA f Filipino
YZABELLE f Filipino, Brazilian Variant spelling of Isabelle.
ZOELLA f English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Elaborated form of Zoe as well as a feminine form of Zoellus.
ZYA f Indonesian, Filipino, English (Modern, Rare) Variant of Zea.
ZYRA f Filipino
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