Filipino (Tagalog) Baby Names

Filipino baby names pay homage to the rich culture of the Philippines for many American families with roots in the Tagalog dialect. Although many parents in the Philippines choose Hebrew names for their newborns, there are still many popular Tagalog baby names for parents - to - be who want to choose a traditional Filipino baby boy name, Filipino baby girl name, or Unisex Filipino baby name.

Filipino baby boy names
When choosing a Tagalog or Filipino baby name, taking a journey down your family tree will give you traditional baby names as well as a way to pay homage to relatives past. Or, opt for one of these popular Filipino baby boy names:

1. Agapito - Beloved

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Exotic Baby Names from Around the World

Do you prefer the exotic and original for your baby? Whether you are searching for something different that has a potent and positive meaning, or if you are looking for inspiration to create a name of your own, this is the list for you. Browse through unique and meaningful boy’s and girl’s names from around the world.

Exotic Girl Names

Morgandy – Celtic origin, meaning “a little one from the sea’s edge”

Adisa – Origin is Ashanti of Ghana, meaning “the one will teach us”

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Baby Names with Characteristic Meanings

We all want our kids to grow up to be successful, smart and happy adults. Some parents name their baby after a quality they revere and want to grant the child.

Choosing a name with a characteristic can give you an opportunity to name your child after a quality you find important.

Let's say that a baby is born to an agrarian society. The main qualities for being a successful farmer are strength, sturdiness, resilience and independence. An abundance of names were given in hope the baby would grow and succeed his father in the field or her mother in house jobs.

In all societies it is common to give these kinds of names: in Japan, agrarian countries many names were invented: Takeo which means "Strong like bamboo",

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Twilight Zone: Why Do Babies Have the Same Names?

People are naming their children after vampires. The Social Security Administration has released its list of 2009's most popular baby names, and the leading choices were Isabella and Jacob. Both names just happen to belong to main characters in the Twilight book series. True, Isabella has been trending steadily upward since the 1990s, and Jacob has been in the top spot for 10 years in a row (thus predating 2005's Twilight). But one of the rising names is almost certainly the result of Stephenie Meyer's blood-sucking romance: Cullen. The last name of Meyer's sexy main vampire jumped 297 spots in one year and is now the 485th most popular first name for a baby boy.

Cullen is also part of a larger trend: two-syllable male names that end in the sound en. Aiden is another example (12th most popular name). So is Jayden (No. 8), Logan (No. 17), Nathan (No. 24), Kevin (No. 44), Justin (No. 46) and a name I'd never heard of before: Brayden.

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Study: Restless Leg Syndrome During Pregnancy May Recur

Of all the conditions that appear during pregnancy — from gestational diabetes and acne to foot growth and intense cravings — transient restless leg syndrome (RLS) doesn't get a lot of attention. But according to new research published in the December 7 issue of Neurology, it should get its due for at least one reason: it may come back later in life.

RLS is a sleep-related motor disorder in which aches and twinges in the legs cause urges to move them. It flares up at night making sleep difficult, and symptoms of RLS tend to worsen with age.

In the new study of 207 women, 74 had RLS during pregnancy and 133 did not. Over the course of the six-and-a-half-year study, those who had RLS during pregnancy were four times more likely to get the disorder again later on,

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Timing of Birth Linked to Cerebral Palsy

There may be one more reason for expectant moms to think twice before scheduling an elective Cesarean delivery to minimize the time they are pregnant. Researchers report that early or late delivery can increase the chances that a newborn develops cerebral palsy.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a movement disorder that doctors believe originates from an injury to the brain during fetal development or early childhood. The scientists found that babies born at 37 weeks were 90% more likely to have cerebral palsy than babies born at 40 weeks, and that the relative risk was 40% higher among infants born later, after 42 weeks gestation. The overall risk of cerebral palsy among all births, they say, is still small.

While previous studies have found that babies born prior to 39-40 weeks have a higher chance of developing cerebral palsy, it's not clear what contributes to the condition.

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When Mom Exercises in Pregnancy, Her Baby's Heart Benefits

One of the great things about pregnancy is that it offers a seemingly plausible excuse to indulge — eat a little more dessert (why not, when you're going to gain so much weight anyway) and dial down that hard-core exercise regimen (see first parenthetical). But new research upends that mindset, showing that exercise during pregnancy can actually result in a healthier baby.

That exercising while pregnant is good for mom is hardly news, but now that mothers-to-be know it's good for their babies, it will be that much harder to morph into a couch potato. Maternal guilt can now rear its head months before baby even appears on the scene, prompting Mom to hit the treadmill, hard.

Previous research has indicated that exercise in the first trimester, when the placenta is formed, helps forge extra blood vessels so that there is more opportunity to exchange nutrients between mom and baby.

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Sad Mothers Give Birth to Smaller Babies, Study Finds

Women who suffer from depression or anxiety may be more likely to have underweight babies -- even when those babies are born at full term, after a normal-length pregnancy -- a new study shows. This study adds to a body of research that gives conflicting evidence about the role of mental health in pregnancy.

The study assessed 583 women in rural Bangladesh. (Similar studies have been carried out in the U.S. and elsewhere in the developed world. But since the contribution of social factors to depression and anxiety is unknown, it has been useful to analyze the relationship of depression and pregnancy health across many different social settings.) Of all the Bangladeshi women who participated in this study, 18% showed depressive symptoms, and 26% showed symptoms of general anxiety -- all as measured by a standardized international diagnostic test, given during the third trimester of pregnancy.

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Are Oxycontin Babies This Decade's Crack Babies?

In the late 1980s and early '90s, it was almost impossible to avoid hearing about the plight of "crack babies" — infants born to mothers who had used crack cocaine during pregnancy. These offspring were predicted to become a generation of either superpredator criminals or mentally disabled government aid recipients, unable to care for themselves.

Now, the New York Times reports on the children of mothers who misuse prescription painkillers like Oxycontin:

As prescription drug abuse ravages communities across the country, doctors are confronting an emerging challenge: newborns dependent on painkillers…

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Obese Women Are More Likely to Miscarry or Endure a Baby's Death

Women are counseled not to be too thin or too heavy before getting pregnant, and new research gives even more reason for women to watch their weight: obese pregnant women stand a much greater chance of miscarrying or burying their child before the baby's first birthday, the study finds.

"Given the rising prevalence of obesity in the population of pregnant women, the rates of miscarriage, stillbirth and infant mortality can be anticipated to increase," according to the study from Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, which was published this week in the European journal Human Reproduction.

Researchers studied nearly 41,000 singleton pregnancies between 2003 to 2005 at five British maternity wards. They learned that women who were obese in early pregnancy had nearly double the risk of fetal death in utero or up to one year after birth compared to women who fell into recommended weight parameters.

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A High-Tech USB Pregnancy Test? Really?

We live in a techie world where ovulation, pregnancy, even baby's diaper changes can be charted via a multitude of apps. So it's about time someone developed a pregnancy test that not only tells you whether you're about to put on 40 lbs. in the name of creation, but also gives you lots of other sophisticated, computer-driven data about your baby-to-be.

The cleverly named p-Teq USB Pregnancy Test Kit requires users to pee on a stick, just like all the other home pregnancy tests on the market. But that's where the similarity ends. Uncap the other end of the wand to expose a USB connector to insert into your computer.

"The power from your USB port starts the electrospray ionization process, creating a spectrograph of the various masses for your analysis," according to ThinkGeek, which advertises the pregnancy test on its website. "Get it? Your analysis? Urinalysis? *rimshot* Moving on."

According to ThinkGeek, the p-Teq's mass spectrometry software analyzes hormones including human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which rises in pregnancy; hyperglycosylated hCG (hCG-H), which aids in detecting pregnancy before a missed period; and luteinizing hormone (LH), which helps predict ovulation.

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Longer Pregnancy + Breast-Feeding = Bigger Brains, Longer Life

Advice around breast-feeding can drive new mothers mad, but a new study suggests that the long pregnancies and lactation periods of our prehistoric mamas are responsible for the relatively big brains that differentiate humans from other animals.

By comparing 128 species of mammals, researchers at the University of Durham in England sought to answer this question: do large brains make species live longer by making them smarter in cheating death, or is the longer lifespan of big-brained animals simply the result of the fact that big brains require more care and time to grow?

"We already know that large-brained species develop slowly, mature later and have longer lifespans but what has not always been clear is why brains and life histories are related," said Robert Barton, lead author of the research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a press release.

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Too Many Babies Are Delivered Too Early: Hospitals Should Just Say No

Pregnancy lasts 40 weeks for a reason. At 35 weeks, a baby's brain tips the scales at just two-thirds of what it will weigh by weeks 39 to 40. Going full-term gives a baby's lungs time to mature and improves a baby's ability to suck and swallow. But too many doctors — and moms — are disregarding advice from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to wait until at least 39 weeks to deliver.

Desire for convenience and an intolerance for the unpredictability of labor have resulted in thousands of babies being born too early, according to The Leapfrog Group, which tracks hospital quality.

It recently released data collected from 773 hospitals about the percentage of births between 37 and 39 weeks that were considered elective, or not medically necessary. The rates soared as high as 40% and varied widely between hospitals across the country and even in hospitals in the same city; in Los Angeles, for example, some hospitals reported rates as low as 4% and as high as 29%.

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You're Kidding! Medical Clown Increases Pregnancy Rates with IVF

A study of 229 Israeli women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to treat infertility found that a 15-minute visit from a trained "medical clown" immediately after the embryos were placed in the womb increased the chance of pregnancy to 36%, compared with 20% for women whose embryo transfer was comedy-free.

After controlling for factors such as the women's age, the nature and duration of their infertility, the number of embryos used and the day on which they were transferred into the uterus, researchers found an even greater effect of therapeutic laughter: the women who were entertained by a clown were 2.67 times more likely to get pregnant than those in the control group.

The quasi-randomized controlled study was published in one of the leading journals on infertility research, Fertility and Sterility, and led by Israeli researcher Shevach Friedler.

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Lab Report: Health, Science and Medicine

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Hypertension in Kids? Yes, if Parents Smoke

The health hazards of smoking are well known, and these dangers extend to nonsmokers exposed to the secondhand wisps of cigarette toxins as well. But researchers now report on a particularly worrisome problem--high blood pressure--emerging among a particularly worrisome population: children whose parents are smokers.

Compared with youngsters of nonsmoking parents, preschoolers exposed to secondhand smoke had a 21% greater chance of hypertension, defined as blood-pressure values in the top 15% for their age group. That's especially troubling, say experts, since high blood pressure in childhood can carry over into adulthood.

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Missed by medics, 'innocuous' sore throat bug that kills pregnant women

Rising numbers of women are dying during pregnancy or soon after childbirth from a seemingly harmless bug, a report warns.

Death rates from the Group A streptococcal infection, which usually just causes a sore throat, have risen by nearly a third since 2005.

Doctors say that deaths could have been prevented if the bug had been diagnosed by medical staff in time and treated with antibiotics.

The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) found that 29 women died from the infection between 2006 and 2008, up from 21 between 2003 and 2005 and 13 from 2000 to 2002.

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Could Breastfeeding Make Baby Brighter? Just Four Weeks on Mother's Milk Can Benefit Brain

Babies who are breastfed grow up to be more intelligent, scientists suggested yesterday.

Just four weeks on their mothers’ milk can have a ‘significant’ effect on a child’s development in primary and secondary school, research has found.

Those who have been breastfed do better at reading, writing and maths at the ages of five, seven, 11 and 14.

While breast milk has long been known to boost babies’ immunity, helping them fight ear infections, stomach bugs and even asthma, little was known about its effects on intelligence until now.

Maria Iacovou, one of the authors of the study, said: ‘The issue was that while it looked as though breastfeeding did have an impact on cognitive development,

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Morning-After Pill Available Free in Wales - Even to Under 16s if 'CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE'

• Worries measure will cause 'irresponsible' attitudes to sex
• Pill will cost £25 from chemists in rest of Britain

The morning-after pill is being handed out for free from high street chemists in Wales – even to girls under 16.

Ministers hope the controversial move will reduce the number of teenage pregnancies, which is among the highest in Europe.

Women and girls can now walk into pharmacies and supermarkets to obtain the emergency contraception pill, which normally costs around £25.

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Scientists Develop First Test to Predict Pre-Eclampsia in Early Pregnancy

Scientists are developing a blood test that could identify women at risk of a potentially life-threatening pregnancy condition, a report revealed today.

There is currently no way of predicting pre-eclampsia which raises blood pressure and can lead to strokes and even death.

The condition can also lead to premature birth, stillbirth and low birth weight.

But new research paves the way for a test that could predict the complication which can be fatal for both mother and child.

Pre-eclampsia is characterised by high blood pressure and high levels of protein in the urine.

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Junk Food Addiction during Pregnancy May Harm the Unborn Kid

A new study has claimed that junk food addiction during pregnancy could indulge the children in the same type of food habits. Researchers believe that high fat and high sugar diet leads to changes in the brain's pathway of the unborn kids which changes their food preferences.

The research has thrown light on the fact that why some people are addicted to junk-food while others resist it.

Researchers from the FOODplus Research Centre in the School of Agriculture Food and Wine at the University of Adelaide, Australia, conducted a study on a group of pregnant rats.

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