abcde as a name is pronounced like absidee. Philippine rep also neglected to mention how Middle Names in the Philippines are mandated to be the Mother's maiden last name. If the mother is unmarried and/or the father did not acknowledge the child, the child will inherit the mother's maiden last name and they will have No middle name.
Same case with me but dad lore was dad forgot where he put my supposed to be surname his surname. And I got my mom's maiden with my great grandma firsts name.
You cannot have no middle name in the Philippines. You're legally obligated to have a middle name if you are a Filipino citizen. Naturalized Filipinos need to put their mother's maiden name on their identification. It cannot be blank. If your father did not acknowledge you, or he is unknown, your middle name will be either your mother's middle name or the same as your surname, e.g. John Santos Santos.
@@krdiaz8026 it is but it sometimes can go problematic with you identification. For my case because my dad's not married to mom but legally fiancee or live in spouse. You'll get the maiden them like your example but sometimes it goes awry taken in mother's maiden maiden name and because mine have already have confusing records. I was left with a nul or no middle name. You can fixed this but if your case is mine where I have so many maiden names and conflicting surnames. And costly affairs. It's decided I should just have no middle name
The abcde name can also be Abecede (read ah-beh-seh-deh). Filipino words are structured generally like english where vowels accompany consonants per syllable. They are also usually read as spelled.
NAHHH THESE PARENTS ARE SO HILARIOUS FOR COMING UP ON THESE NAMES 😂😂😂 But having their younger sibling named as HTML is so out of pocket considering the older siblings are named after foods
Exactly. I'm Filipino and the examples she's giving are not common at all. She's giving the most unusual names to get a reaction. The American can also give weird names if she wanted like, "Meta World Peace" and "North West" which are actual names of people but again, not common. The Filipina in this video is creating a very inaccurate perception of the Philippines.
I worked as a encoder for Public School in the Philippines before... They have a lot of "cool" names like Bruce Lee, Batman, Brad Pitt, Juan Direksyon 🤷
Some shop owners in the Philippines also create funny store, brand, or business names: Krispy Kleen car wash, Bread Pit bakery, Summa Cum Laundry laundry shp, Petness First pet shop, Blow Jab boxing gym, Starducks balut whole seller, Johnn Lemon lemonade store, etc.
I had a classmate in middle school. This was back in the Philippines. All of their first names are royal/noble titles. This is because their mom’s name is Queenie. First born is a Prince. Second born is Princess. Third and fourth (twins) are Duchess and Duke. Their father has the same tradition as the Bridgertons. They name the kids as they follow the alphabet. So combining them, the names of my classmate and his siblings are Prince Axxxxxx, Princess Bxxxxx, Duchess Cxxxxx, Duke Dxxxxx (the girl was the older one) and their cousin is named Earl.
in the 21st century, Filipino First name really changed. Back then, Filipino Names were purely hispanic. Like Leonora, Guadalupe, Melchora, Kristina, Maria, Pedro, Juan, Jose, Apolinario, Miguel, Fidel, Emilio etc. Like my grandma's name was Eusebia and my grandpa's name was Regino (rehino). nowadays it's random names usually english names
My oldest sister's 4th kid was born during the pandemic (April 2020 iirc) so we joked about naming her "Covida Rose" lol. As for funny names, we have a neighbor whose kid is called Jhun Pyo. Yes, with the H.
You can undo this colonial names by changing it legally so from Spanish to Filipino last names. Ph government needs to do this. Those Spanish last names are forced change on Pilipinos and not through sexual intercourse, marriage so it's definitely okay to change last names.
@@Toolbox12-y1p The only problem is that those with adopted Spanish/European names no longer know their local indigenous names if they even had one, traditionally Filipinos didn't really have local surnames and a few who had where nobilities who kept their surnames during the Spanish period as respect to their station by the Spanish Crown while Filipinos who really have real original surnames of European or Chinese origin most likely have ancestors from those ethnicities who already had a long tradition of having surnames no to mention those of Islamic culture like some Malays who use their Father's first names as their surnames meaning they don't really have a tradition of surnames. Undoing colonial names is next to impossible unless people would re-register and invent a new surname that came out of nowhere.
80's and 90's really changed the names in the Philippines... cuz back in the , JOSE MARi is a common name for boys and MARIA +ANY HISPANIC NAME for girls... LIKE: Maria Eleonora(Elen), Maria Rosario(Rosa), Maria Conchita(Chichi) , Maria Guadalupe (Guada), Maria Olivia (Ibyang), Maria Remedios (Remi)
I'm FiIipino. I have male relatives who were born between 1945 and 1950. They are Douglas, MacArthur, and Arthur. No one is name Franklin or Delano or Roosevelt for obvious reasons.
may kababayan forgot that Filipino love Redundant Words even in Names, I expect her to react to Dong Dong name. that kind of naming are also common in the Philippines. Dondon, Mac Mac, Nene, Nini, May May, LuLu, Jon Jon, Bek Bek, JoJo, Mic Mic etc.. although commonly its a nickname. there are also Filipino legal names using the same manner, like Bernardo Bernardo, Razon Razon etc...
Sad news to everyone! Here in the Philippines, Ma. and Maria are now different names. Before, people that has a Maria in their first name, they are allowed to spell it as "Ma." instead. It's the same. My mother retired and now registering for a senior retirement payment, and she was supposed to get this figure PXX,XXX but instead, she only got PX,XXX because they said they can only acknowledge her governement contributions with Maria. And they will not accept the tax contributions she made where her name is registered as "Ma." No news provided a clear instruction with this. Not sure if they are just corrupt or it was a rule that was not clear and communicated properly to all the citizens. So sad for my mom. She could've had enjoyed her retirement more if she got the pay that she deserves.
Drink Water Rivera is definitely real, lol. He's one of the choir members here in our locales church. The first time he was introduced to me, coz I was choir president at that time, I was shocked that Drink Water is his name
I had this neighbor who named "CHARGER" it was the combination of his parents name, Charlene&Gerry . some filo loved naming their children like it was a joke 😂
@@TaLeng2023Actually, if you work in the Philippines exclusively and you have a name like that. They would only look at you like you're crazy the first few weeks and then it will become business as usual.
The Filipina forgot to mention (perhaps it was cut) that what they call "Middle Name" is actually the initial of the Maternal Surname, she kept saying "Multiple first names" but in Western culture those would be considered middle names. E.g.; "Drink Water A. Rivera" in the PH would mean that his mother's surname starts with the letter A, perhaps Aloncio, in the west this could be "Drink W. Aloncio-Rivera". I don't know when this happened, considering the National Heroes, Jose P. Rizal and Marcelo H. Del Pilar, have initialised "Second First names", not the modern maternal surname.
The Philippines weird names have a more mundane and frustrating reason - NBI clearance. They always never fix the "pings" you get for having common normal names. Like, I never get my clearance same day like most folks. Even those that use "normal" names would change the spelling with extra letters, etc, making them look ratchet.
I wish we Filipinos have some sort of guidelines when it comes to naming children. It's interesting when we hear it from other people but if you're the one who have weird names like that it's not that fun trust me 😂 parents should be responsible because it's hard to get your name change legally here !!!!
The Philippines was colonized by the Spanish that's why it has so much in common with its roots. Spanish was the official language up until, like the 70s. In the south there is a large contingent of settlers from Spain, who will have lighter features than some other parts of the Philppines. Fun fact: Spanish last names in the Philippines lack the accent marks in the names because when the US colonized those accent marks weren't used on their typewriters. So, all records made then lacked any accents. Like my last name in Spain is García but in the Philippines and US, it's Garcia. I went to school with a guy named Chi Chan Chong, like Cheech & Chong.
@@MrJeszamYou’re such a hypocrite, dude you’re living in the Philippines. It is really weird seeing people like you undermining their own country. No honor at all. Your ancestors must be proud of you. Looking at your profile, you seem like a loser, dude, 😂 girls must hate you capping 🧢 a lot and desperate
@@MrJeszam Filipino self hate is as toxic as overtly extreme pridefulness for our country. In this case, bro was just trying to give some background information regarding the topic and just because the "Philippines is not an important country" doesn't mean we don't have a rich history regarding names. Since by using that logic, we can say that your name doesn't matter since you're a Filipino.
I have travelled widely and met people of many different races and nationalities, and in my opinion the Philippines has the widest variety of names in the world. As mentioned in the video, most of the surnames are Hispanic, with a variety of other Western surnames, but there are are also a large number of native Filipino surnames, as well as many Philippine people with Chinese and other Asian surnames, (even Japanese and Korean surnames occasionally). But it is in the field of given names ("first name"/"Christian name") where Filipinos really show their imagination and ingenuity. Apart from some goofy names like those mentioned, and native Philippine names, Filipinos/Filipinas use a lot of Spanish and Portuguese names, a wide variety of English names (both ones that are common in the USA, including some fairly rare ones, and also some that are seldom used outside the UK. But it is not at all unusual to meet Filipinos with French, German, Italian, Nordic or Slavic first names, and some Arabic first names are also quite popular, even among the non-Muslim community in the Philippines. The Korean gentleman and the Filipina lady mentioned the occasional practice in Western countries of addressing people by just their surname. Since I have met a lot of Asian people, particularly people whose first language is not English, who do this wrongly, I would just like to explain the etiquette behind how the surname is used in this way. Generally, the surname (only) is only used with people one knows well, but are not personal friends, e.g. colleagues working in the same organisation or classmates at a school or college. Also, a senior person in an organisation or a member of the teaching staff at a school may use the surname only to address a person working under them. However, it is NOT correct (in fact it is considered rude) to use this form of address to a stranger, a customer/client, or a superior. With such people, one should use "Sir"/"Madam" (or "Ma'am") or use the title Mr./Mrs./Miss before the person's surname if one knows it. Regarding using the person's first name alone, in the USA and some other American -influenced places, the use of first names is widespread even among relative strangers, but in the UK and many European countries, first names are reserved for family and close friends, and it is considered rude to use another person's first name without their invitation or permission.😢
UK and British colonies and territories use first names to almost everyone. We call our superiors by their first names. We even call the CEO by his first name. Sir is reserved for knight’s anointed by the queen or now by the king.
I agree. The one thing I noticed the surname is use directly in the Philippines, is in the military. Most officers call their subordinate in their surnames.
Me and my friend for a long time is addicted to a video game, then my friend got married and had a daughter, he asked me to suggest some names that came from video games we played and I gave him a name "Mobily Jane", he said it's quite unique and can't remember where he heard the said name, it's quite familiar tho.. and later on realized it's actually pronounced as "Mobile Legends" a somewhat popular mobile game in the Philippines.. He got so excited and actually gave it to their child, but his wife did not register it when she discovered what the name means..
In some cases in the Philippines some names were derived from movies i still can remember one time i saw it on the news and the kid's name was "Lord Voultemort" from harry Potter 😅
Also interesting in the Philippines, the middle name comes from the mother's maiden surname, unlike mostly in the west your middle name is a second name.
Back then in the Philippines before colonization on how they name us is based on events like for example the mother is giving birth to the child but the mother is sleeping the name of the baby if it's a boy then tulog but if girl then tulogin
I had a schoolmate in elementary and high school who was always a valedictorian and has a unique name. Her name is Vienna Austria. Yes, Vienna is the capital of the country Austria.
We had a Klein Calvin in class once. Knew a girl named after an airline company. Abcde was in another section. And I think the school got an Xyz years later.
There were siblings named A, B, C, D and theres First, Second, Third, and Fourth. And theres a family with the grandfather named Ricardo, the son Ricardo Jr., the grandson Ricardo III (my classmate), and the younger brother Ricardo IV.
A friend of friend of mine was a big fan of Yuyu Hakusho and was so eager to name his first kid as Toguro. They asked him what if it's a girl and he simply said he'll name her Togurita. Philippines don't give af about names.
that's only applied to new generation.. year 1990s and above.. before 80s 90s still using more hispanic name But for me i still prefer more hispanic name than english
@@arnelelero Mismo pre parang niwalang pansin nayung mga pangalang "Pedro Juan Antonio" etc sa mga kagaya nating mga 90s at 2000s bihira kana lang maka-kita ng mga español sa pangalan sa mga minor de edad ngayon
in Zambia and Malawi, you ask people their names on Monday, try asking them again on friday and you will get a different spelling and pronunciation. Ask them if it's the same, they'll say it is. 😅😂
I get paperwork back from a lot of places and was told you need to put E in Ellen as your middle initial, and I always tell them, my first name is Maryellen and I have no middle name
I Had a classmate named Rambo because his father was a fan of the movie and named his son Rambo, PH is quite free of the name, that you'd find Korean, Japanese, English or even Chinese names written on them, from objects to movies to basically almost anything and the children sometimes are either proud or shy about said name but at least I wasn't named like "Freddy Krueger" since my dad loved horror movies a lot.
She forgot to share about kids with half of the parent’s first name but combined. Literally a romantic ship name. My sister for example is Cielin (mom is Jacqueline, dad is Cielo). Its pronounced Celine like as in Celine Dion. It’s pretty but sometimes that naming method doesn’t always turn out well. For example Philip x Marie would be Philmar and so on.
I mean for Chinese, yes they don't put Arabic numerals in the name. However numbers are quite common. Just to name a few 王一博 (wang yibo)，张一山 (zhang yishan)，江一燕 (jiang yiyan) all have 1 (一）and 孙千 (sun qian)，易烊千玺 (yi yangqianxi) has 1000 （千）。
This is more true for our grandparents generation where they had minimal education or none at all. My friend's grandfather's sisters born in early 1900 were all name numerically, the oldest girl is 大妹, followed by 二妹 and so on - so their names literal translation are "eldest sister", "2nd sister" etc
There's a mom in the Philippines where she literally named her child Furina Focalors (which is the name of the video game characters from Genshin Impact).... I'm shook 💀💀💀
Most Filipinos love unique names. Sometimes they combine the names of the parents. Or they wanted longer names like 3 or more aside from the middle and last name. Sometimes they spell it differently. Like I named my 2 kids from my favorite anime character hehe
Usually, back in the old days, the rule of thumb for how long a child's name is dependent on how many syllables the last name has. If your last name only has a single syllable like the Chinese surnames Lee, Tan, Go, etc. then the parents usually try to offset that by giving their child a longer name like Jason Christopher Lee or Maria Catherine Elizabeth Tan. If your last name has multiple syllables like Villanueva, Duhaylungsod or Macabaleg-uten for example, then a shorter single syllable name is preferable like John Villanueva or Dina Duhaylungsod. Of course there are exceptions and so there are small kids who end up complaining to their parents because they have to learn to write down a very long name on their first day in kindergarten compared to their classmates. But today, parents tend to name their kids after their favorite movie, TV or book characters with most common names taken from the Bible. There is also the unique Filipino name mash ups that often baffle foreigners. Parents combine their names and give it to their child so a boy whose parents are named Phillip and Maria for example would be named Philmar, or a girl Marivic after her parents Marie and Victor.
My name is Ma. Johanna and my international friends would read it as just 'Ma' and I keep on telling them it is pronounced as "Maria" and I don't even know how to explain it 🥲
I'm surprised that they didn't mention the Chinese habit of choosing a random English name and changing it when they want. I've met a "Winky" and an "Elvis". Both ladies
Germanys naming laws are pretty strict, you basically will never be allowed to give your child weird names, or names that can be connected to our dark history... For example, especially the number 88 is pretty restricted in Germany, as certain people use this number as a code... the 8th letter of the alphabet is H, so 88 stands for HH... or "Heil (that awful person that ruled in Germany 1933-45)"
I've encountered a DaoMingSi in the Philippines. That is his legal name, and he has no chinese blood whatsover. Just that the parents love Meteor Garden that they named their child the same name with the main character
there was one animated video (i think it was hentai) where it was her 1st time to the USA, a japanese girl was lost and 2 dark-skinned men asked for her name and she said "Fuwa Kumi"?
omg! One of my classmates is literally called Abcede (pronounced ab-se-deh) and my teacher said he had a classmate named drinkwater rivera too! I also have a classmate named -Julius- Giulius, which is just a weird way to spell julius Also, my english teacher is missing a middle name so his name is [FIRST NAME] and then [SURNAME] and thats it.
abcde as a name is pronounced like absidee.
Philippine rep also neglected to mention how Middle Names in the Philippines are mandated to be the Mother's maiden last name. If the mother is unmarried and/or the father did not acknowledge the child, the child will inherit the mother's maiden last name and they will have No middle name.
The middle name of the child of unmarried lady will follow her middle name.
Same case with me but dad lore was dad forgot where he put my supposed to be surname his surname. And I got my mom's maiden with my great grandma firsts name.
You cannot have no middle name in the Philippines. You're legally obligated to have a middle name if you are a Filipino citizen. Naturalized Filipinos need to put their mother's maiden name on their identification. It cannot be blank. If your father did not acknowledge you, or he is unknown, your middle name will be either your mother's middle name or the same as your surname, e.g. John Santos Santos.
@@krdiaz8026 it is but it sometimes can go problematic with you identification. For my case because my dad's not married to mom but legally fiancee or live in spouse. You'll get the maiden them like your example but sometimes it goes awry taken in mother's maiden maiden name and because mine have already have confusing records. I was left with a nul or no middle name. You can fixed this but if your case is mine where I have so many maiden names and conflicting surnames. And costly affairs. It's decided I should just have no middle name
The abcde name can also be Abecede (read ah-beh-seh-deh). Filipino words are structured generally like english where vowels accompany consonants per syllable. They are also usually read as spelled.
Fun fact:
Spaghetti 88, Macaroni 85, Sincerely yours and cheese pimiento are all related and they even have another one named HTML
They have a younger sibling too!!!
NAHHH THESE PARENTS ARE SO HILARIOUS FOR COMING UP ON THESE NAMES 😂😂😂
But having their younger sibling named as HTML is so out of pocket considering the older siblings are named after foods
Cheese Pimiento, Parmesan Cheese at Mozzarella ang mga anak ni Spaghetti "88
@@tatty522 Farmer John Cheese
Exactly. I'm Filipino and the examples she's giving are not common at all.
She's giving the most unusual names to get a reaction. The American can also give weird names if she wanted like, "Meta World Peace" and "North West" which are actual names of people but again, not common. The Filipina in this video is creating a very inaccurate perception of the Philippines.
Wait 'til they learn that someone named their baby HTML in the Philippines 😂
@@aristagne THERE IS?!!! Wait
@@sarang_anica7040 hahaha me too my bias I'm shocked
I used to teach at a school 2 years ago, there were kids named Aeiou and Newsome
Meron?!?!
there's also a kid whose name is lord voldemort here in the philippines 😂
I worked as a encoder for Public School in the Philippines before... They have a lot of "cool" names like Bruce Lee, Batman, Brad Pitt, Juan Direksyon 🤷
WHAT JUAN DIREKSYON?!!!! I shouldve known this
Juan Dyreksion😂😂😂😂😂
Holy hell, holy shit😂😂😂😂😂
🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
I need drink
hindi ko kinaya iyong "Juan Direksyon" hindi halata fan yarn ng 1D HAHAHAHA
🍺🍻🍧⚘🧁On board with you, it's a joke fake story by facker that loves do jokes with animes and boybands🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺⚘⚘⚘⚘👍👍👍👍
Lovingly Yours de los Santos, See You Tonight, Thinking of you, Lots of weird names in the Phils.
Some shop owners in the Philippines also create funny store, brand, or business names: Krispy Kleen car wash, Bread Pit bakery, Summa Cum Laundry laundry shp, Petness First pet shop, Blow Jab boxing gym, Starducks balut whole seller, Johnn Lemon lemonade store, etc.
We have a store in our province. EGG SHEERAN and TEALOR SWIFT lol
@@rickrogue6993 oh yeah this should be the next topic 😂😂😂
I think I've seen a John Lemon in the mall.
Bro ive seen a computer shop named "Port hub" even with the original logo of the site💀
Cool 😂
I had a classmate in middle school. This was back in the Philippines. All of their first names are royal/noble titles. This is because their mom’s name is Queenie. First born is a Prince. Second born is Princess. Third and fourth (twins) are Duchess and Duke. Their father has the same tradition as the Bridgertons. They name the kids as they follow the alphabet. So combining them, the names of my classmate and his siblings are Prince Axxxxxx, Princess Bxxxxx, Duchess Cxxxxx, Duke Dxxxxx (the girl was the older one) and their cousin is named Earl.
That's cool. 😮
in the 21st century, Filipino First name really changed. Back then, Filipino Names were purely hispanic. Like Leonora, Guadalupe, Melchora, Kristina, Maria, Pedro, Juan, Jose, Apolinario, Miguel, Fidel, Emilio etc. Like my grandma's name was Eusebia and my grandpa's name was Regino (rehino). nowadays it's random names usually english names
I would name my son as Roberto Antonio de San Agustin 😂
@migueldesanagustin2296 nice keep the tradition bruh HAHAHA
My mom's side all has hispanic names, Juanita, Julieta, Pedro, Lolita and such. They are 9 siblings though haha
My grandpa and mom have a Spanish name, Santiago is my grandpa and Lucrecia is my mom
@@LOL-tm6tp Wow!! No offense but Lucresia has another meaning😭
A lot of Filipinos named their kids Covid or Corona during the pandemic!
My oldest sister's 4th kid was born during the pandemic (April 2020 iirc) so we joked about naming her "Covida Rose" lol. As for funny names, we have a neighbor whose kid is called Jhun Pyo. Yes, with the H.
My mom is a midwife, she once told me a mother named her child “Quarantina” during the pandemic 😭
Bruh that's wild 💀
Oh yeah, I saw in the news that some parents named their pandemic baby Covid Bryant hjhslhadf
I'm dead if I saw name "Pan De Michael"
Weirdest names in the world: Venezuela 🤝 Filipinas
Indonesians take the cake 😂
When it comes to nicknames I think Filipinos are on top though
In the Philippines during the pandemic, a baby was named Covid Bryant
disrespectful
@@hallucy2215 how
i believe the roots of these all is Colonization 😂
You can undo this colonial names by changing it legally so from Spanish to Filipino last names. Ph government needs to do this. Those Spanish last names are forced change on Pilipinos and not through sexual intercourse, marriage so it's definitely okay to change last names.
Spain created the Philippines, and the U.S. added some ingredients, so here we are now as Filipinos.
@@luelzone7474 true!!!
@@Toolbox12-y1p The only problem is that those with adopted Spanish/European names no longer know their local indigenous names if they even had one, traditionally Filipinos didn't really have local surnames and a few who had where nobilities who kept their surnames during the Spanish period as respect to their station by the Spanish Crown while Filipinos who really have real original surnames of European or Chinese origin most likely have ancestors from those ethnicities who already had a long tradition of having surnames no to mention those of Islamic culture like some Malays who use their Father's first names as their surnames meaning they don't really have a tradition of surnames. Undoing colonial names is next to impossible unless people would re-register and invent a new surname that came out of nowhere.
@@oxvendivil442 Invent your own last name. Whatever words you like just the first name.
80's and 90's really changed the names in the Philippines... cuz back in the , JOSE MARi is a common name for boys and MARIA +ANY HISPANIC NAME for girls... LIKE:
Maria Eleonora(Elen), Maria Rosario(Rosa), Maria Conchita(Chichi) , Maria Guadalupe (Guada), Maria Olivia (Ibyang), Maria Remedios (Remi)
Barbarra (barbs)😂😂😂
This is pick for girls name.,
My mom told me that way back they base the name from the calendar. Based on whos saint is on that date if i can remember it correctly.
Danny Drinkwater should name his kid Drink Water. Drink Water Drinkwater. 😂
Philippines inherits the last name drink water was his given name Rivera was the last name so his child would be "something" Rivera
filipinos would have the wildest and weirdest first names but their nicknames would probably just be Janjan, Lotlot, Nene, Dodong etc. 😂
Basically repeating😂
HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NICKNAME IS JANJAN??
who said he knew ur nickname is janjan
@@Dumboisforreal are you 5
I always thought some Brazilians were crazy when giving a name for their children but the Philippines LMAO
Philippines just like indonesia they both using weird name. For example batman bin suparman
@@boboboy8189 that's in Singapore. He descended from Indonesian parents
@@boboboy8189and there is Indonesian name Muhammad Yesus Sidharta
Yeah especially in our generation We Filipinos really love unique and longer names.
Right?!
I remember a filipino parents named their child Meruem and i liked it a lot
Parent(s) must be a big HXH
bentilador
When she said A-B-C-D-E, I think she's referring to the last name Abcede. I've seen that when I worked in the hospital.
No, no it’s really ABCDE
But I have encountered Abecede tooo! In school
I had a classmate name abcde garcia
I have a coworker named Abcd and a friend similar to yours Athens and his sibling's names are all taken from the capital names of some countries
My nephew's classmate has literally the name ABCDE 😂
I am Angolan and would love to visit the Philippines... The people there seem so kind and humble.
I'm FiIipino. I have male relatives who were born between 1945 and 1950. They are Douglas, MacArthur, and Arthur. No one is name Franklin or Delano or Roosevelt for obvious reasons.
I’m so happy the Filipino representatiive improved a lot. Kudos!
may kababayan forgot that Filipino love Redundant Words even in Names, I expect her to react to Dong Dong name. that kind of naming are also common in the Philippines. Dondon, Mac Mac, Nene, Nini, May May, LuLu, Jon Jon, Bek Bek, JoJo, Mic Mic etc.. although commonly its a nickname. there are also Filipino legal names using the same manner, like Bernardo Bernardo, Razon Razon etc...
Never ran into Bernardo Bernardo name.
@@sarang_anica7040he is a celebrity.
Those are nicknames but yeah I get what you meant.
@@sarang_anica7040Bernardo Bernardo (RIP) was an artist back then.
@@onzkie2671 Repeated names are nicknames.
Sad news to everyone!
Here in the Philippines, Ma. and Maria are now different names.
Before, people that has a Maria in their first name, they are allowed to spell it as "Ma." instead. It's the same.
My mother retired and now registering for a senior retirement payment, and she was supposed to get this figure PXX,XXX but instead, she only got PX,XXX because they said they can only acknowledge her governement contributions with Maria. And they will not accept the tax contributions she made where her name is registered as "Ma."
No news provided a clear instruction with this. Not sure if they are just corrupt or it was a rule that was not clear and communicated properly to all the citizens.
So sad for my mom. She could've had enjoyed her retirement more if she got the pay that she deserves.
In the Philippines, we have no limit in naming children😏😅
Filipino loves to create a unique and sometimes crazy nicknames!!They want to be one of the kind!!Thanks for sharing and blessings to you❤❤
I'm in shock with Filipino names and Korean names pronounced in English 😂
Drink Water Rivera is definitely real, lol. He's one of the choir members here in our locales church. The first time he was introduced to me, coz I was choir president at that time, I was shocked that Drink Water is his name
I think I've heard the story that his father wanted to remember and emphasize how drinking water is very important. Serious.
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I had this neighbor who named "CHARGER" it was the combination of his parents name, Charlene&Gerry . some filo loved naming their children like it was a joke 😂
No regards what so ever for the future
@@TaLeng2023Actually, if you work in the Philippines exclusively and you have a name like that. They would only look at you like you're crazy the first few weeks and then it will become business as usual.
@@AlteredProf not if you're a child
The Filipina forgot to mention (perhaps it was cut) that what they call "Middle Name" is actually the initial of the Maternal Surname, she kept saying "Multiple first names" but in Western culture those would be considered middle names.
E.g.; "Drink Water A. Rivera" in the PH would mean that his mother's surname starts with the letter A, perhaps Aloncio, in the west this could be "Drink W. Aloncio-Rivera".
I don't know when this happened, considering the National Heroes, Jose P. Rizal and Marcelo H. Del Pilar, have initialised "Second First names", not the modern maternal surname.
The Philippines weird names have a more mundane and frustrating reason - NBI clearance. They always never fix the "pings" you get for having common normal names. Like, I never get my clearance same day like most folks. Even those that use "normal" names would change the spelling with extra letters, etc, making them look ratchet.
I wish we Filipinos have some sort of guidelines when it comes to naming children. It's interesting when we hear it from other people but if you're the one who have weird names like that it's not that fun trust me 😂 parents should be responsible because it's hard to get your name change legally here !!!!
The Philippines was colonized by the Spanish that's why it has so much in common with its roots. Spanish was the official language up until, like the 70s. In the south there is a large contingent of settlers from Spain, who will have lighter features than some other parts of the Philppines. Fun fact: Spanish last names in the Philippines lack the accent marks in the names because when the US colonized those accent marks weren't used on their typewriters. So, all records made then lacked any accents. Like my last name in Spain is García but in the Philippines and US, it's Garcia.
I went to school with a guy named Chi Chan Chong, like Cheech & Chong.
Move on bruh. We dont need your explaination. PH is not important country.
@@MrJeszam What makes you think you're more important than this comment? 😂
@@MrJeszamYou’re such a hypocrite, dude you’re living in the Philippines. It is really weird seeing people like you undermining their own country. No honor at all. Your ancestors must be proud of you. Looking at your profile, you seem like a loser, dude, 😂 girls must hate you capping 🧢 a lot and desperate
@@MrJeszam Filipino self hate is as toxic as overtly extreme pridefulness for our country. In this case, bro was just trying to give some background information regarding the topic and just because the "Philippines is not an important country" doesn't mean we don't have a rich history regarding names. Since by using that logic, we can say that your name doesn't matter since you're a Filipino.
I have travelled widely and met people of many different races and nationalities, and in my opinion the Philippines has the widest variety of names in the world.
As mentioned in the video, most of the surnames are Hispanic, with a variety of other Western surnames, but there are are also a large number of native Filipino surnames, as well as many Philippine people with Chinese and other Asian surnames, (even Japanese and Korean surnames occasionally).
But it is in the field of given names ("first name"/"Christian name") where Filipinos really show their imagination and ingenuity. Apart from some goofy names like those mentioned,
and native Philippine names, Filipinos/Filipinas use a lot of Spanish and Portuguese names, a wide variety of English names (both ones that are common in the USA, including some fairly rare ones, and also some that are seldom used outside the UK. But it is not at all unusual to meet Filipinos with French, German, Italian, Nordic or Slavic first names, and some Arabic first names are also quite popular, even among the non-Muslim community in the Philippines.
The Korean gentleman and the Filipina lady mentioned the occasional practice in Western countries of addressing people by just their surname. Since I have met a lot of Asian people, particularly people whose first language is not English, who do this wrongly, I would just like to explain the etiquette behind how the surname is used in this way. Generally, the surname (only) is only used with people one knows well, but are not personal friends, e.g. colleagues working in the same organisation or classmates at a school or college. Also, a senior person in an organisation or a member of the teaching staff at a school may use the surname only to address a person working under them.
However, it is NOT correct (in fact it is considered rude) to use this form of address to a stranger, a customer/client, or a superior. With such people, one should use "Sir"/"Madam" (or "Ma'am") or use the title Mr./Mrs./Miss before the person's surname if one knows it.
Regarding using the person's first name alone, in the USA and some other American -influenced places, the use of first names is widespread even among relative strangers, but in the UK and many European countries, first names are reserved for family and close friends, and it is considered rude to use another person's first name without their invitation or permission.😢
UK and British colonies and territories use first names to almost everyone. We call our superiors by their first names. We even call the CEO by his first name. Sir is reserved for knight’s anointed by the queen or now by the king.
Same with clients, we call them by their first name.
I agree. The one thing I noticed the surname is use directly in the Philippines, is in the military. Most officers call their subordinate in their surnames.
We have no limit in naming children😏😅
0:47 MY NAME IS CONSTANCE DE LA CRUZ
I used to have a classmate called kakashi
88 (otso - otso) was actually a song made by actor named Bayani
There's also a Philippine last name ABECEDE which mistakenly pronounced ABCD🤣
Me and my friend for a long time is addicted to a video game, then my friend got married and had a daughter, he asked me to suggest some names that came from video games we played and I gave him a name "Mobily Jane", he said it's quite unique and can't remember where he heard the said name, it's quite familiar tho.. and later on realized it's actually pronounced as "Mobile Legends" a somewhat popular mobile game in the Philippines.. He got so excited and actually gave it to their child, but his wife did not register it when she discovered what the name means..
In some cases in the Philippines some names were derived from movies i still can remember one time i saw it on the news and the kid's name was "Lord Voultemort" from harry Potter 😅
Also interesting in the Philippines, the middle name comes from the mother's maiden surname, unlike mostly in the west your middle name is a second name.
As a Filipino yes we have weird names like amariz moira daniella M. Cruz
Back then in the Philippines before colonization on how they name us is based on events like for example the mother is giving birth to the child but the mother is sleeping the name of the baby if it's a boy then tulog but if girl then tulogin
I had a schoolmate in elementary and high school who was always a valedictorian and has a unique name. Her name is Vienna Austria. Yes, Vienna is the capital of the country Austria.
I’ve heard people having names that sound inappropriate
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“takeashit” in Japanese I remember I saw it in the Olympics once and it really impressive me a lot 😂
We had a Klein Calvin in class once. Knew a girl named after an airline company. Abcde was in another section. And I think the school got an Xyz years later.
There were siblings named A, B, C, D and theres First, Second, Third, and Fourth. And theres a family with the grandfather named Ricardo, the son Ricardo Jr., the grandson Ricardo III (my classmate), and the younger brother Ricardo IV.
A friend of friend of mine was a big fan of Yuyu Hakusho and was so eager to name his first kid as Toguro. They asked him what if it's a girl and he simply said he'll name her Togurita. Philippines don't give af about names.
At least name her Togura wtf
I remember laughing my heart out as a kid when I swapped the 'p' from the surname 'Paquiao' to 'f' - "Manny FAQUIAO".
I live in the Philippines and even I’m shocked
True Filipino first names English last name is Spanish
that's only applied to new generation.. year 1990s and above.. before 80s 90s still using more hispanic name
But for me i still prefer more hispanic name than english
@@arnelelero Mismo pre parang niwalang pansin nayung mga pangalang "Pedro Juan Antonio" etc sa mga kagaya nating mga 90s at 2000s bihira kana lang maka-kita ng mga español sa pangalan sa mga minor de edad ngayon
Weird is misspelled on the thumbnail.
No, it’s not.
Yes, it is.
@@Iceburnification Where
The wierd 😂
@@rushiihatofiriadragneel1531 Search it on google “Weird” then.
in Zambia and Malawi, you ask people their names on Monday, try asking them again on friday and you will get a different spelling and pronunciation. Ask them if it's the same, they'll say it is. 😅😂
My classmate in uni is Ma. Dawn Daffodil Kathleen Grace. And my prev workmate's legal name is J-J (still got a hit in NBI). 🎉🎉🎉
I get paperwork back from a lot of places and was told you need to put E in Ellen as your middle initial, and I always tell them, my first name is Maryellen and I have no middle name
I Had a classmate named Rambo because his father was a fan of the movie and named his son Rambo, PH is quite free of the name, that you'd find Korean, Japanese, English or even Chinese names written on them, from objects to movies to basically almost anything and the children sometimes are either proud or shy about said name but at least I wasn't named like "Freddy Krueger" since my dad loved horror movies a lot.
Di Ming - Damien
Zhang Fhang - John Paul
She forgot to share about kids with half of the parent’s first name but combined. Literally a romantic ship name. My sister for example is Cielin (mom is Jacqueline, dad is Cielo). Its pronounced Celine like as in Celine Dion. It’s pretty but sometimes that naming method doesn’t always turn out well. For example Philip x Marie would be Philmar and so on.
I mean for Chinese, yes they don't put Arabic numerals in the name. However numbers are quite common. Just to name a few 王一博 (wang yibo)，张一山 (zhang yishan)，江一燕 (jiang yiyan) all have 1 (一）and 孙千 (sun qian)，易烊千玺 (yi yangqianxi) has 1000 （千）。
This is more true for our grandparents generation where they had minimal education or none at all. My friend's grandfather's sisters born in early 1900 were all name numerically, the oldest girl is 大妹, followed by 二妹 and so on - so their names literal translation are "eldest sister", "2nd sister" etc
The meaning is not always numerical though, it's deeper, such as in Yibo - always rich, and Yangqianxi - to welcome the millennium.
in the olden times, names are taken from a catholic calendar. You are named after a patron saint whose day correspond to your birthday…
My random classmate named Eruhim (pronounced Ervin):yeh idk why they named me this.
3:05 OMG ♥Niki🔥
I remember her she's with Dave Oppa and Queen Erina in their collab vids.
Good luck and thanks a lot for this contest, when I watch each video I learn a lot of information about different countries ❤🤝
Next is 12 thing about Philippines like culture
Our Filipino friends are the clear winners here with their creativity!
There's a mom in the Philippines where she literally named her child Furina Focalors (which is the name of the video game characters from Genshin Impact)....
I'm shook 💀💀💀
Mom: Chie T. dela cruz
Dad:Cridel joseph(in bibble) T. Dela cruz
Lola: Fernanda T. Dela Cruz
Me:Felicia Caeli T. Dela Cruz
probably not a good idea to reveal too much personal details on the web.
Imagine if Danny Drinkwater, the football player had a kid with Drink Water Rivera, and named their kid Drink Water Drinkwater.
Most Filipinos love unique names. Sometimes they combine the names of the parents. Or they wanted longer names like 3 or more aside from the middle and last name. Sometimes they spell it differently. Like I named my 2 kids from my favorite anime character hehe
Harley David So and Michael Jack So. Brothers. True story.
‘Bit-na’ thinking about the kdrama the judge from hell
Where is the Indian in this panel? What about names like Sukhdeep and Harshit 🤣🤣
i have cousins nicknamed Nemo and Goku. others named Princess and Lord-josh.
4:02 It's so funny cause I have one with that name right now😂
Usually, back in the old days, the rule of thumb for how long a child's name is dependent on how many syllables the last name has. If your last name only has a single syllable like the Chinese surnames Lee, Tan, Go, etc. then the parents usually try to offset that by giving their child a longer name like Jason Christopher Lee or Maria Catherine Elizabeth Tan. If your last name has multiple syllables like Villanueva, Duhaylungsod or Macabaleg-uten for example, then a shorter single syllable name is preferable like John Villanueva or Dina Duhaylungsod. Of course there are exceptions and so there are small kids who end up complaining to their parents because they have to learn to write down a very long name on their first day in kindergarten compared to their classmates. But today, parents tend to name their kids after their favorite movie, TV or book characters with most common names taken from the Bible. There is also the unique Filipino name mash ups that often baffle foreigners. Parents combine their names and give it to their child so a boy whose parents are named Phillip and Maria for example would be named Philmar, or a girl Marivic after her parents Marie and Victor.
my partner used to be a teacher and one of her students first name was "frincess"
I thought the Filipina girl looks like Lisa from Blackpink 😅
@@murdockfiles9406 oh my I’m soo honored but she’s top tier pretty maybe its the bangs
@@sarang_anica7040I think it’s your style too!
@@gayZ99 awww thank you I was actually tryna copy Jungkook’s style 😝
it's the hairstyle
@@sarang_anica7040 You're beautiful don't be ashamed
You dont want to hear Indonesian weird names😭
My name is Ma. Johanna and my international friends would read it as just 'Ma' and I keep on telling them it is pronounced as "Maria" and I don't even know how to explain it 🥲
they forgot to mention that Drink Water's nickname is H2O
Soo Tang Hoon is absolutely awesome name!!! and also Go Juhn Pong!!!
I'm surprised that they didn't mention the Chinese habit of choosing a random English name and changing it when they want. I've met a "Winky" and an "Elvis". Both ladies
I remember one parent naming their son Covid Bryan
Germanys naming laws are pretty strict, you basically will never be allowed to give your child weird names, or names that can be connected to our dark history... For example, especially the number 88 is pretty restricted in Germany, as certain people use this number as a code... the 8th letter of the alphabet is H, so 88 stands for HH... or "Heil (that awful person that ruled in Germany 1933-45)"
babies born during any important or even catastrophic events, expect they'd be name aftef such.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know someone with a surname "tumamodtamod". Tamod means male's seeds
ow i know someone named "Aeiou", i love how it works coz you just say it like "eyou"
In PH, I also knew someone whose name is Kimberly, but he's actually a very masculine man. 😅
I've encountered a DaoMingSi in the Philippines. That is his legal name, and he has no chinese blood whatsover. Just that the parents love Meteor Garden that they named their child the same name with the main character
there was one animated video (i think it was hentai) where it was her 1st time to the USA, a japanese girl was lost and 2 dark-skinned men asked for her name and she said "Fuwa Kumi"?
omg!
One of my classmates is literally called Abcede (pronounced ab-se-deh) and my teacher said he had a classmate named drinkwater rivera too! I also have a classmate named -Julius- Giulius, which is just a weird way to spell julius
Also, my english teacher is missing a middle name so his name is [FIRST NAME] and then [SURNAME] and thats it.
UY PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭🇵🇭
In Indonesia we have a guy with name “Tuhan” ( literally means “ almighty God” ) and a guy with name “Suparman bin Batman ”. 😂
As a filipino, we are random with names.
Idk if Tradgedeighs are a thing here cuz many have unique names that we just move on lol
in the PH, there are also 7 brothers/siblings whose names are all the same, it was from the name of their grandfather and father😅.
Oh gosh, I still can't forget my schoolmate named with 7 Bible names. He has a lot of names to memorize.
THERE'S TWO BROTHERS IN MY SCHOOL AND THE OLDEST IS ABC, THE YOUNGEST IS XYZ
Drink water rivera takes the cake only because even the surname works, but im gonna have to put Covid Bryant who was born in 2020 as 2nd place🥲
Reject anime, KPop and weirdo names Embrace Spanish, Latin names.