Message: "What does the Filipino name Mylene mean?"

What does the Filipino name Mylene mean?

by I like old names

8/14/2021, 10:52 PM

I don't think it's an unaccented form of Mylène, as that name is pronounced as MEE-LEHN while Mylene is pronounced as mie-LEEN.

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- clevelandkentevans +1

8/15/2021, 9:39 AM

Though it is certainly possible this was independently invented by blending names like Myra and Arlene, there is no reason why it just couldn't be the French name Mylene being used in the Philippines. There are scores of examples of names adopted from one language into another where the pronunciation changed in the new language. Certainly English speakers in the USA don't pronounce Charles, Diane, Guy, or Jeanne the way they are pronounced in French, or Gretchen the way it's pronounced in German, just to give a few examples. Lots of people will see a name from another culture written and pronounce it according to the conventions of their own language, without realizing how it's pronounced in the original culture.

- I like old names

8/20/2021, 9:36 AM

You do have a fair point, wiktionary does say that it's derived from Mylène and doesn't mention Dutch usage.

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- Rene

8/14/2021, 11:19 PM

I couldn't find anything, which is not surprising as I never found *anybody* seriously researching Filipino names (which probably only somebody being in the Philippines could do, realistically).

To me this looks like a name made-up using components / syllables from other names, like many other popular Filipino names.

I noticed that it seems to be quite popular among younger people nowadays.

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