As a child, I thought I had invented this name for my doll. First, I thought it was my great-grandmother’s name whom my uncle Philip was named for and then named my doll after her. Later, I learned that I had misheard and her name was Philomena, so I concluded that I invented Philippina.
Philippina Lydia Arena, born on 1st November, 1967, in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, is the singer Tina Arena (she changed her nickname "Pina" to "Tina" for show business). The song with which Tina Arena is known around the world is "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You", which she performs with Mark Anthony, the song is the soundtrack of the film "The Mask Of Zorro" (1998).