Habitational name from any of various places named San Diego so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Didacus San Diego.

Hispanic names in the philippines. Eventually the name Las Islas Filipinas would be used to cover the archipelagos Spanish possessions. The Philippines then became a territory of the United States. 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.

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. Sebastian Liam Ian Dylan Mateo Thiago Lucas Adrian Noah.

Many Lebanese also migrated to Philippines with hispanised names Abad Dumdum. Sometimes very cruelly a disgusting name was given to an individual. After the revolutionary war some 20000 peninsulars remained in the Philippines.

The aforementioned María Cristina and María Victoria may thus acquire the nicknames Maricris and Marivic. That is how Cagayan was made into a place name. The most common last names in the Philippines are all Spanish.

In fact theres a. Even names of towns did not escape this naming pattern. Next came the Americans so we also have the usual names like Richard or Jenny.

Pomponus Melawho wrote around AD 43 was the earlie. Chances are youve come across a Filipino and wondered why they have Spanish-sounding last names like Garcia or Rodriguez. The Pentalore presents 5 Former Names of the PhilippinesFor this new installment of Featured History well be showing you some of the most and lesser know.