Filomena
- Meaning:
- Beloved; friend of strength
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Filomena
From Greek 'philos' (love) and 'menos' (strength); St. Philomena was venerated as a martyr.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- August 11 (sv. Filomena)
Popularity with newborns
Filomena has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
205 people in Croatia are called Filomena, according to the 2021 census. That is #1082 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Filomena is recorded in 3 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.