Philomela

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Origin and Meaning

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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) meaning 'beloved'

Related Names

Philomela

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See also Philomena

Further Information

Greek Mythology

• Philomela is an Athenian princess who was raped and had her tongue cut out by her brother-in-law Tereus. She turned into a nightingale.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland		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.