Filomena
Meaning
beloved, or friend of strength; a devotional old-world classic still cherished as a family heirloom name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Filomena peaked in the 1900s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
13,036 people · the #1,412 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 15,625 · median age 65
Among people named Filomena living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Filomena deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Filomena truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Filomena fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Filomena travels
Italian Brazilian · a classic name carried by early-generation Italian-Brazilian grandmothers
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