Authentic Filipino Baby Names with Meanings and Origins

This book is a celebration of Filipino names, showing how each one holds a story of love, faith, nature, and history. It gathers familiar and forgotten names from across the islands, explaining their meanings, pronunciation, gender, origins, symbolism, and variants in simple, clear language. The book blends ancient deities, folk tales, Spanish and Asian influences, and modern choices to present a living heritage of names. Short story snippets make each name vivid and relatable, while practical details help parents, grandparents, teachers, writers, and young readers choose or understand names with confidence. By preserving these names in one place, the book safeguards a tradition at risk of fading, inspiring pride in cultural roots. It is both a practical guide for naming and an invitation to explore identity, values, and shared history-reminding readers that every Filipino name is a link between the past, the present, and the hopes for the future.