name
Mapagmahal
mah-pag-mah-HAL
mɑːpɑːɡmɑːˈhɑːlListen
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Syllable breakdown
Mapagmahal
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Filipino/Tagalog (Philippines)
- Meaning
- a Tagalog feminine name meaning loving, affectionate, and full of deep care — from the Tagalog mapagmahal, the active form expressing someone who habitually loves or is characterised by the giving of love, from the root mahal meaning love and also meaning expensive or precious, reflecting the Filipino cultural understanding that love and preciousness are intimately connected; in Tagalog culture mahal kita — I love you — is the expression of love, and the word mahal encapsulates both emotional devotion and the sense of cherishing something of great value; Mapagmahal as a name expresses the aspiration that the daughter will be a person of deep loving generosity toward all those in her life
- Gender
- female
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