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Forum: Philippines

Sep 21st 2017, 10:08 am

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Filipino Names

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Posted By Raffin

Re: Filipino Names

They definitely like names of Roman,Greek and Biblical origin, at least some of those in power locally do. A look through a list of Mayors and Vice Mayors yielded the following:

Julius Cesar,...

Forum: Philippines

Sep 20th 2017, 12:39 am

Replies: 10

Filipino Names

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Posted By Raffin

Re: Filipino Names

Also come across that one once.

Another given name which amuses me is Benhur. There's one in the House of Representatives, and another, a lawyer, just popped up on the local ANC channel.

A...

Forum: Philippines

Sep 18th 2017, 6:42 am

Replies: 10

Filipino Names

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Posted By Raffin

Re: Filipino Names

Some are Tagalog eg "Kulit", but for most there's no obvious meaning. Except that in the languages here repetition is generally common eg Lapu Lapu etc. Hence "Bong Bong" and
" Bing Bing". Someone...

Forum: Philippines

Sep 14th 2017, 5:55 am

Replies: 10

Filipino Names

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Posted By Raffin

Filipino Names

What's in a Filipino name?

Seeing Senator Lacson having a spat with Senator Trillanes the other day made me think about Filipino names. Why? Because Lacson has an unusual given name.. Panfilio....

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