Name: Philomena
Gender: Female
Usage: Philomena is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Philomena are in general originating from Germany, Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Philomena is: To love strength, Loving.
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Numerology of the first name Philomena: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Philomena is ranked on the 8,347th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 31900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Philomena has nine characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Philomena for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Philomena (c. 291-c. 304) was a young woman believed by some to have been a Christian martyr
Others named Philomena include:
- Philomena Begley (born 1950), Irish country music singer
- Philomena Garvey (1926-2009), Irish golfer
- Philomena Gianfrancisco (1923-1992), outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- Philomena McDonagh, an English actress and writer
- Philomena Mensah (born 1975), Canadian sprinter
- Petrus de Dacia (mathematician), 13th century Danish mathematician also called Philomena
- Philomena, a 2013 film, and its title character
English and German: from the name of an obscure saint (probably of the 3rd century) with a local cult in Italy. In 1527 the bones of a young woman were discovered under the church altar at San Severino near Ancona, together with a Latin inscription declaring them to be the body of St Filomena. Her name seems to be a feminine form of Latin Philomenus, from Greek Philomenēs, composed of the elements philein to love + menos strength. The name became popular in the 19th century, as a result of the supposed discovery in 1802 of the relics of another St Philomena in the catacombs at Rome. All the excitement, however, resulted from the misinterpretation of the Latin inscription Filumena pax tecum ‘peace be with you, beloved’ (from Greek philoumena beloved).
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