THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Diwa
The relevant dictionary entry is diwà, encompassing essence, spirit and the meaning of an expression; díwa is a different entry. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas documents the economist Diwa C. Guinigundo. That male bearer supports personal-name use, without making the word an exclusively masculine choice.
Follow the sources
- Diksiyonaryo.ph — Diwa (opens in a new tab)
Dictionary word sense and any language labels; does not establish given-name usage or frequency.
- John U. Wolff, A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan (1972) — díwà (opens in a new tab)
Cebuano díwà: mind/soul and a pervading spirit; corroborates those semantic senses, not Tagalog stress or every Filipino sense.
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, The Story of Philippine Central Banking, author biographies (opens in a new tab)
Official institutional history documents Diwa C. Guinigundo and his career