Around the globe, Филомена (Filomena 
, Philomena , Филомена 
) is a widespread female first name. The given name Филомена is habitual in Cabo Verde, where it is a common female name, Italy, where it is quite a common feminine name, and Guam (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Italy, Brazil, and Philippines. Much less frequently, Филомена is the last name as well as the forename.
Филомена is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Filomena , the one of the ten fictional narrators in Boccaccio's Decameron, The Decameron and Filumena Marturano , the theatrical character in the play "Filumena Marturano".