Name Sampaguita

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Sampaguita

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About the name Sampaguita in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	Tagalog
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database

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About Sampaguita, the group of names with the same origin as Sampaguita

Meaning/translation:	Sampaguita
Language of origin:	Tagalog
Info about origin:	use of the name of a flower as given name in the Philippines
	the Sampaguita, the national flower of the Philippines, is a kind of white Jasmine
	folk etymology sees the name as derived from Tagalog sumpa kita (I promise you)
	more probable might be from Spanish champaquita as diminutive of champaca, the name of a similar flower
Topics:	Everyday word, Plants