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Latin spelling of the Greek name Φιλομηλα (Philomela)
1) meaning 'lover of song', 'nightingale' (bird), combination of Greek φιλος (philos) = 'lover', 'friend' and μελος (melos) = 'song' [2] [3]
2) meaning 'beloved' [4]
Philomela | ♀ |
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See also Philomena
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[5] |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[6] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[7] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[8] |
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n.a. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greenland[9] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Philomela.