Philoumene

Derived from φῐλουμένη (philoumene), which is the feminine passive infinitive participle of the Greek verb φῐλοῦμαι (philoumai). The latter is a contracted form or variant of the Greek verb φιλέω (phileo) meaning "to love" as well as "to kiss".

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- http://www.trismegistos.org/name/3255 (in English; this is about the name)
- see the entry for Philoumene at Pavlos' Etymologica: http://web.archive.org/web/20120325073717/http://www.etymologica.com/page26.htm (in English)
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_(Vorname) (in German; derives the form Philumena from "philouménē")
- Philoumene at the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN): http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%A6%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B7 (in English; features 121 results)
- Philoumena at the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN): http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%A6%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B1 (in English; features 19 results)
- https://glg.csic.es/NombresGriegosDePersona/ListasNombres/NombresDePersona_F.html (in Spanish)
- φιλέω (phileo) meaning "to love" as well as "to kiss":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=file%2Fw&la=greek&can=file%2Fw (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%89#Ancient_Greek (in English; look at the inflection table for φῐλοῦμαι (philoumai) and φῐλουμένη (philoumene)!)
- Philoumene, daughter of Telekleos: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG59783 (in English)
- grave stele of Philoumene and her husband Philoxenos: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10752/unknown-maker-grave-stele-of-philoxenos-with-his-wife-philoumene-greek-attic-about-400-bc/ (in English)

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(Information from name #359789 originally submitted by user Lucille)