Filomena

Filomena is a form of the Greek female given name Philomena. It means "friend of strength" (φίλος : phílos "friend, lover" and μένος : ménos "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμένη : philouménē meaning "loved"). Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the frame story of The Decameron.

People with the name Filomena

 * Filomena Barros Dos Reis, East Timorese activist
 * Filomena Campus, Italian singer
 * Filomena Cautela, Portuguese presenter
 * Filomena Costa, Portuguese runner
 * Filomena Dato, Spanish writer
 * Filomena Delli Castelli, Italian politician
 * Filomena Embaló, Bissau-Guinean writer
 * Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė, Lithuanian artist
 * Filomena Margaiz, Mexican politician
 * Filomena Moretti, Italian guitarist
 * Filomena Rotiroti, Canadian politician
 * Filomena Tassi, Canadian politician
 * Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote, Bissau-Guinean politician
 * Filomena Trindade, Angolan handball player
 * Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea, Chilean soldier