THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Filemón
Filemón is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Filemon Lagman. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name, equivalent to English Philemon
Wiktionary: Filemón (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Filemón
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Filemon Lagman
Filipino trade unionist
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Filemon Lagman
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Filemón in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Filemón
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Filemon♂Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Felimon·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Alamon♂From Cebuano
- Filimeno·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Filma·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Filmore·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Filomena♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Filomeno♂Spanish form: Filomeno
What rhymes with Filemón?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- ConcepciónSpanish · /-on/
- EncarnaciónSpanish · /-on/
- HilariónSpanish · /-on/
- LeónSpanish · /-on/
- NapoleónSpanish · /-on/
- PantaleónSpanish · /-on/
- PurificaciónSpanish · /-on/
- RamónSpanish · /-on/
- SimeónSpanish · /-on/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Filemón further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q5861941 — Filemón (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Filemon Lagman (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5861941 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Filemón (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.