Filomena

Name: Filomena: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Spanish · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Filomena is a given name, most frequently recorded in Argentina. In Angola it is the 65th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Spanish and Portuguese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philomena.

rarermore common

PTPortugal1 in 1.1K◐
CLChile1 in 2.4K
ITItaly1 in 2.6K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈33K ●
: 2 ●
Sources: 232 ●
: 1 in 3.7K ◐

Spellings & scripts●

FilomenaLatin · Spanish●309K records

ΦιλομεναGreek · Greek●0 records

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Philomena95K

Locally spelled Philomena in US United States, NL Netherlands, GB United Kingdom and 9 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philomena

Sources 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Filomena is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
AR Argentina	#563	103,689	78K rec.	—	75	Filomena	46
PE Peru	#472	64,468	53K rec.	—	—	Filomena	36
CL Chile	#315	36,795	808 rec.	—	1	Filomena	35
VE Venezuela	#809	28,255	11K rec.	—	—	Filomena	31
MX Mexico	#891	23,618	21K rec.	—	80	Filomena	66
IT Italy	#379	19,339	19K rec.	—	26	Filomena	117
PH Philippines	—	18,463	18K rec.	—	—	Filomena	33
BR Brazil	—	13,036	6.9K rec.	1 in 16K	19K	Filomena	89
GB United Kingdom	—	11,772	11K rec.	—	listed	Philomena	109
PT Portugal	#142	7,713	3.5K rec.	—	listed	Filomena	95
ES Spain	#738	6,515	4.6K rec.	1 in 7.7K	7.3K	Filomena	63
AU Australia	—	5,552	5K rec.	—	4	Filomena	87
US United States	—	5,472	106K rec.	1 in 61K	5.5K	Philomena	232
NL Netherlands	#864	4,616△	627 rec.	1 in 3.7K	4.6K	Philomena	20
NG Nigeria	—	4,004	5.7K rec.	—	listed	Philomena	47
CA Canada	—	3,051	3.3K rec.	—	3	Filomena	60
DE Germany	—	2,898	2.6K rec.	—	5	Filomena	79
EC Ecuador	#950	1,482△	65 rec.	1 in 11K	1.5K	Filomena	20
IN India	—	1,406	1.3K rec.	—	3	Philomena	40
PL Poland	—	1,400△	64 rec.	1 in 27K	1.4K	Philomena	6
AT Austria	—	1,334	71 rec.	—	338	Philomena	25
IE Ireland	#439	783	586 rec.	—	listed	Philomena	66
AO Angola	#65	751	951 rec.	—	—	Filomena	32
FR France	—	674	479 rec.	—	265	Philomena	83
ID Indonesia	—	592	110 rec.	—	—	Filomena	34
TZ Tanzania	—	448	392 rec.	—	—	Filomena	11
BE Belgium	—	389	568 rec.	—	—	Philomena	23
GH Ghana	#364	388	302 rec.	—	—	Philomena	34
MY Malaysia	—	378	370 rec.	—	—	Philomena	23
CZ Czechia	—	360	—	1 in 30K	360	—	—
SE Sweden	—	—	—	—	107	—	—
NO Norway	—	—	—	—	48	—	—
CH Switzerland	—	—	—	—	29	—	—
SI Slovenia	—	—	—	—	27	—	—
AL Albania	—	—	—	—	18	—	—
XK Kosovo	—	—	—	—	7	—	—
MD Moldova	—	—	—	—	5	—	—
IS Iceland	—	—	—	—	4	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—
LT Lithuania	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—
HR Croatia	—	—	—	—	259	—	—
CR Costa Rica	—	—	—	—	76	—	—
FI Finland	—	—	—	—	41	—	—
DK Denmark	—	—	—	—	12	—	—
LV Latvia	—	—	—	—	7	—	—
GD Grenada	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
GY Guyana	—	—	—	—	1	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Spanish309K42%
Portuguese283K38%
English62K8%
Italian19K3%
Catalan6.5K1%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Spanish	308,971	42%
Portuguese	282,587	38%
English	61,921	8%
Italian	19,261	3%
Catalan	6,521	1%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Filomena is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Catalan given name14K records spelled Filomena5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium
Languages: Catalan, French
Also written Filoména, Filomèna, Filômena
Polish given name9.5K records spelled Filomena14 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Italy
Languages: Polish, Czech, Ukrainian
Also written Філомена, Philomena, Филомена, Fìlomena, Filoména
a separate given name2.6K records spelled Filomena2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, Italy, United Kingdom
Also written Filomêna
Croatian given name2.4K records spelled Filomena9 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Philippines, Italy
Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Also written Филомена
Hindi given name2.3K records spelled Filomena3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India, United States, Italy, Peru
Languages: Hindi, Urdu
Also written Filoména
Lithuanian given name166 records spelled Filomena3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Lithuania, United States, Italy, Latvia
Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian
Also written Filomēna

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Filomena is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In English, A female given name from the Romance languages Synonym of Philomena.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, a female given name, equivalent to English Philomena
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, do nome próprio Filomena
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Fedele all’amore
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

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Filomena in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1885–2025
Year	records
1885	5
1886	5
1888	10
1889	8
1890	8
1891	9
1892	12
1894	14
1895	14
1896	14
1897	13
1898	14
1899	29
1900	25
1901	25
1902	30
1903	41
1904	47
1905	46
1906	43
1907	70
1908	57
1909	49
1910	70
1911	71
1912	82
1913	105
1914	130
1915	146
1916	155
1917	141
1918	160
1919	171
1920	176
1921	182
1922	171
1923	207
1924	184
1925	146
1926	174
1927	114
1928	116
1929	107
1930	90
1931	70
1932	68
1933	52
1934	56
1935	43
1936	41
1937	42
1938	39
1939	30
1940	30
1941	24
1942	28
1943	22
1944	19
1945	13
1946	19
1947	17
1948	23
1949	27
1950	19
1951	29
1952	16
1953	19
1954	18
1955	26
1956	25
1957	17
1958	20
1959	35
1960	28
1961	24
1962	28
1963	34
1964	33
1965	30
1966	27
1967	34
1968	31
1969	36
1970	30
1971	31
1972	24
1973	27
1974	24
1975	24
1976	23
1977	27
1978	17
1979	13
1980	13
1981	15
1982	12
1983	11
1984	6
1985	14
1986	6
1987	14
1988	14
1989	7
1990	7
1991	5
1992	13
1993	7
1994	10
1997	5
1998	11
2000	9
2001	7
2002	11
2003	6
2004	9
2005	8
2006	8
2007	7
2008	9
2009	13
2010	8
2011	8
2012	15
2013	19
2014	20
2015	22
2016	26
2017	27
2018	16
2019	27
2020	26
2021	29
2022	34
2023	37
2024	30
2025	31

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 136 years between 1885–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Filomena de Romab. 291GRChristian saint, martyr and wonderworker
Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Siciliesb. 1843ITnot in their usual nameItalian princess (1843-1871)
Princess Alice of Parmab. 1849ITnot in their usual namePrincess of Bourbon-Parma (1849-1935)
Mercedes of Orléansb. 1860ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Spain
Filomena Nittib. 1909ITItalian pharmacologist (1909-1994)
Alba Arnovab. 1930ARnot in their usual nameBallet dancer and actor (1930-2018)
Luz Salgadob. 1949PEnot in their usual namePeruvian politician
Filomena Tassib. 1962CACanadian politician and lawyer
Filomena Morettib. 1973ITItalian musician
Filomena Cautelab. 1984PTPortuguese television presenter and actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 82 sources across 43 countries.

Official registers attesting Filomena
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
BR Brazil	IBGE — Nomes (census name API)	—	19K	#1,436
BR Brazil	IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)	2022	13K	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	13K	#1,412
ES Spain	INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	7.3K	#346
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	6.5K	#738
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	5.5K	#3,704
EC Ecuador	INEC — civil registry names	2024	1.5K	#740
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	1.4K	#239
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	794	#533
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	360	#727
FR France	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)	1981	265	#1,343
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	259	#1,031
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)	2021	205	—
CZ Czechia	naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot	—	180	#803
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	163	#102,173
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	152	#115,034
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	150	#121,361
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	107	#8,166
MX Mexico	RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)	—	80	#862
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	2000	76	—
CR Costa Rica	TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names	—	76	#2,540
AR Argentina	RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)	—	75	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	72	#1,412
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2024	57	#872
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	48	#12,260
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	41	#10,521
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	37	#13,994
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	36	—
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	31	—
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	29	#28,044
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	27	#1,558
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2024	26	#489
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	26	#3,214
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	25	#19,227
AL Albania	INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)	—	18	#7,769
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	17	#91,572
FI Finland	DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)	—	15	—
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	12	#7,218
AR Argentina	RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)	2024	8	#2,283
PL Poland	Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)	—	8	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	7	#3,704
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	7	#8,027
LV Latvia	PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)	—	7	—
LV Latvia	PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)	—	7	#5,739
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2020	5	—
MD Moldova	e-services.md — living population register	—	5	#3,985
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2026	4	#6,489
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2024	4	#924
AR Argentina	datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015)	2015	4	—
AR Argentina	RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)	2015	4	—
AU Australia	Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM)	1980	4	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1976	1	—
GD Grenada	Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025	2025	1	#132
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	1	#593
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2024	1	—
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	2021	1	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	2003	1	—
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
LT Lithuania	VLKK — Lietuvos Respublikos piliečių vardų sąvadas (recommended names)	—	—	—
PT Portugal	IRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos	—	—	—

Reference works 6

Dictionary of American Family Names
Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Filomena?: We estimate roughly 33 thousand people bear Filomena (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
In which country does Filomena have the most bearers?: Filomena is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled filomena.
How common is Filomena compared with other names?: In Argentina, Filomena is the 563rd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.
Is Filomena a male or female name?: Filomena is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Filomena mean?: Recorded meaning: a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philomena

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Filomena” — the 563rd most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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