Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 Philomena
/fil · oh · MEE · nah/
Meaning
“Loving strength”
From Greek philos (loving) and menos (strength or moon); a 3rd-century martyr saint gave the name Catholic standing, though the Vatican removed her from the calendar in 1961.
Nicknames
filly · philly
Vibe
warmelegant
How it ages.
Victorian and saint-anchored; old enough to feel genuinely fresh again in the grandma-name revival.
The cultural moment.
Common in Ireland and Italy in the early 20th century; rare since 1960 but attracting revival attention since 2020.