A very beautiful native Tagalog name for girls is Amihan northeast wind.

Hispanic names in the philippines. Many Lebanese also migrated to Philippines with hispanised names Abad Dumdum. Santos Reyes Cruz Garcia Mendoza Torres Vargas Castro etc. Next came the Americans so we also have the usual names like Richard or Jenny.

In 1907 the elected Philippine Assembly was set up with popular. Last Names. The Philippines was a colony of Spain for over 300 years which is why most of our ancestors names have a Hispanic ring to it such as Corazon Caridad or Domingo.

San Jose Spanish Philippines Unaccented form of San José primarily used in the Philippines. Thus the Filipino names Maricel Maritoni Marijo Maritess and Maricon come from Maria Celia or Celeste Marie Antoinette María Josefa or Josefina María Teresa and María Concepción or Consolación respectively. Chances are youve come across a Filipino and wondered why they have Spanish-sounding last names like Garcia or Rodriguez.

Habitational name from any of various places named San Diego so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Didacus San Diego. Their names are survived by prominent families in contemporary Philippine society such as Duremdes Lindo Tupas Gatmaitan Liwanag Mallillin Pangilinan Panganiban Balderas Zabarte and Agbayani Apalisok Aguinaldo to name a few. Before Spanish rule was established other names such as Islas del Poniente Islands of the West and Magellans name for the islands San Lázaro were also used by the Spanish to refer to islands in the region.

The United States established the Insular Government to rule the Philippines. Forces suppressed a revolution led by Emilio Aguinaldo. Even names of towns did not escape this naming pattern.

In fact theres a. Pomponus Melawho wrote around AD 43 was the earlie. The most common last names in the Philippines are all Spanish.