name
Luningning
loo-ning-NING
luːnɪŋˈnɪŋListen
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Syllable breakdown
Luningning
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Filipino/Tagalog (Philippines)
- Meaning
- a Tagalog feminine name meaning brightness, brilliance, and the luminous quality of stars or sparkling light — from the Tagalog luningning meaning to shine or glimmer with a particularly clear, star-like quality; the name belongs to the Tagalog tradition of feminine names expressing luminous qualities including Maliwanag (bright light), Liwayway (dawn light), and Luningning itself — a naming tradition that associates feminine beauty and character with the quality of light; the reduplication in the name — ning repeated — is a characteristic feature of Tagalog phonology and word formation, where reduplication intensifies meaning, making Luningning more brilliantly luminous than a simpler form would express
- Gender
- female
- Also spelled
- Luningning
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