Filomena

Where Filomena comes from

From Latin Filumena, ultimately from Ancient Greek Φιλομήνη (Philomḗnē).
— Wiktionary's entry for Filomena
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #1,047 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Peak, #427
    70 babies named Filomena — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,350.
  4. 1969
    Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote born
    Bissau-Guinean politician
  5. 1984
    Filomena Cautela born
    Portuguese television presenter and actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Romance languages Synonym of Philomena.
Namesakes
  • Filomena Cautela · Portuguese television presenter and actress, born 1984
  • Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote · Bissau-Guinean politician, born 1969
  • Filomena Embaló · Angolan-born Bissau-Guinean writer, born 1956
  • Filomena Tassi · Canadian politician and lawyer, born 1962
  • Filomena Moretti · Italian musician, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.