WHAT’S IN A NAME

WHAT’S IN A NAME

During the Spanish colonial period, a decree was made for all Filipinos to have surnames. In some cases, the surnames were localized like “Agbuya” and “Ulep” which means “watch” and “cloud” in Ilocano dialect. There was actually a catalog/book created listing all of the surnames. The catalog contains common names like Mendoza and Garcia, but…