Appendix:Tagalog given names

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This appendix lists given names of the Tagalog-speaking people.

Tagalog given names are usually of these types: Spanish, English, and native names. The common trend on naming is mostly using English names, through many Spanish given names may still be popular. Given names are mostly composed of one or two individual names, with three or more on some cases. Usually, where two given names are used, they tend to be from one source language, but given names composed of two or more names from different languages also occur. Usually in the case of two given names, with the exception of true compound names, such as some Spanish given names like Jose Maria (male, most commonly shortened to Jomari or Jomar), and a few English ones, like Mary Ann, only one of them is used in everyday conversation.

This appendix lists given names alphabetically using the Filipino alphabet (with Ñ and NG as separate letters), and by type. Common hypocoristics, usually used as nickname are listed after each.

Spanish-derived given names edit

This list also includes given names that are spelled the same in English, but pronounced differently.

While accents (except the tilde in Ñ) are not normally written except with historical figures, accents are provided for pronunciation.

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This name category is broad: it can include names from other languages except Spanish.

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Diminutives, hypocoristics, or pet forms, in Tagalog are usually formed by adding the suffixes -ng (both genders, e.g. Berting for Alberto, Norberto, or Roberto, or Maring for Maria), -ay (female names: e.g. Chichay, Pepay) or -oy (male names, e.g. Buboy, Nonoy) to a short form of a name, or clipping a longer name to two syllables (e.g. Cora for Corazon). Most hypocoristic forms are based on a Spanish diminutive form, commonly with the suffixes added. In other cases, reduplication (e.g. Tonton, for Anton, Antonio, or Anthony), Anglicization (e.g. Connie for Consolacion) or English-based forms (e.g. Joey for Jose) are used. Diminutives using -ng are no longer popular, with forms using the suffixes -ay/-oy, clipped forms, reduplicated names, and English-based diminutives being more common.

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* Also a given name.

Most popular given names edit

1948-2012 (leap years) edit

This section lists the top 10 most popular given names for newborn babies as listed by the Philippine Statistics Authority on leap years between 1948 and 2012. [1]

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1. Romeo
2. Wilfredo
3. Richard
4. Michael
5. Joel
6. Reynaldo
7. Roman
8. Ronald
9. Jose
10. Rolando

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1. Evelyn
2. Vilma
3. Maricel
4. Jocelyn
5. Michelle
6. Jennifer
7. Elizabeth
8. Mary Grace
9. Mary Ann
10. Fe

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This section lists the top 10 most popular given names for newborn babies as listed by the Philippine Statistics Authority as of 2015. Provided also are the influences that popularized the name.[2]

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1. Nathaniel (popularized by Nathaniel, a local TV series with the protagonist of the same name)
2. Gabriel
3. James
4. Francis (popularized by Pope Francis's visit in the Philippines in 2015)
5. Joshua
6. Jacob
7. Angelo
8. Daniel
9. Alexander
10. John Mark

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1. Angel
2. Althea
3. Princess
4. Ashley
5. Samantha
6. Sophia
7. Andrea
8. Angela
9. Janine
10. Sofia (popularized by Sofia the First)

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1. Nathaniel
2. James
3. Angelo
4. Joshua
5. Gabriel

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1. Althea
2. Angel
3. Princess
4. Sophia
5. Samantha

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