About names in the Philippines
Filipino naming culture reflects the country's layered colonial history, blending Spanish-style given names from centuries of Spanish rule with American influence from the twentieth-century US administration period, plus names drawn from the many indigenous Filipino languages spoken across the archipelago's thousands of islands. It's also very common for a Filipino child to grow up known primarily by one or more nicknames quite different from their official, legally registered given name.
A child registered as "Maria Cristina" might be called "Tin-tin" or "Cris" by everyone in daily life, with the formal name reserved almost entirely for official documents.
Names covered for the Philippines on this site
This page covers a curated set of widely recognized Filipino names, split by gender below, rendered through the same engine as the interactive editor. Any Filipino name not yet listed can still be typed directly into the editor.
Using a Philippines name worksheet
Print at full size so guide-line spacing stays correct. For a classroom, the Teacher Worksheets tool generates one combined PDF with a worksheet per student from a pasted list.
Beyond name tracing for Filipino families
Every Philippines name here also has a Name Pyramid and Name Missing Letter version — worth using for a child's official name even if a nickname is used more often day to day. This site's other worksheet types share the identical engine and print layout.