Filipino Name Generator

Filipino names are a layered record of the country's history. Most surnames are Spanish because of the 1849 Clavería decree, which assigned families names from an alphabetical catalogue: Santos, Reyes, Cruz, Bautista, Garcia, Mendoza, Torres, Flores, and the very Filipino dela Cruz and Villanueva. A minority kept native Tagalog, Kapampangan, or Visayan surnames, and these are unmistakably Filipino: Dimaculangan, Macapagal, Magsaysay, Pangilinan, Katigbak, Manansala, Panganiban, Batungbakal, Dimagiba. Chinese-Filipino families carry names like Tan, Sy, Lim, Cojuangco, and Syjuco.

First names show the American and Catholic layers. Older Filipinos are Jose, Maria, Corazon, Remedios, Rodolfo, and Rosario. From the 1970s onward, English double names became the norm: John Paul, Mark Anthony, Mary Grace, Kristine Joy, Rhea Mae, often with the honorific abbreviation Ma. for Maria. Creative spellings (Jhon, Jhoanna, Analyn, Aiza) are common and not errors. Nearly everyone has a nickname used more than the legal name: Jun for a junior, Boy, Baby, Bong, Kiko, Toni, Kuya (older brother) as a prefix. Since the 1990s parents have also revived precolonial Tagalog names: Tala (star), Bituin (star), Diwata (goddess), Amihan (northeast wind), Bayani (hero), Makisig (handsome), Dakila (great).

The list covers every layer, plus historical heroes and celebrities so you can see which combinations feel real.