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Why do so many people from the Philippines have Hispanic names?

April 26, 2017Hispanic names people Philippines

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Why do so many people from the Philippines have Hispanic names?

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Spain ruled the Philippines from many years before the Americans defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War (1898). Hence, Spanish was spoken by educated Filipinos for many decades and they took Spanish names to accommodate them to their new rulers.