THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Liwayway
Liwayway refers to dawn, specifically the first daylight in the morning. Linguist R. David Zorc records it among personal names drawn from natural phenomena. The writer Liwayway A. Arceo is separately documented in Philippine Studies, showing actual personal-name use rather than only a dictionary suggestion.
Follow the sources
- Diksiyonaryo.ph — Liwayway (opens in a new tab)
Dictionary word sense and any language labels; does not establish given-name usage or frequency.
- R. David Zorc, Philippine Naming Practices, pp. 925–928 (opens in a new tab)
Scholarly documentation of Philippine personal names; relevant examples on p. 926
- Lolita Rodriguez Lacuesta, Theme and Technique in the Short Stories of Liwayway A. Arceo (opens in a new tab)
Scholarly literary study documents the writer and her given name