naming the country

The word "Philippines" came from the name of a Spanish King, Philip II. In 1543 the explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos coined the term by referring to this archipelagic cluster of islands as "Las Islas Filipinas" (Philip's Islands) in deference (perhaps even with affection) to the child heir of Spain's reigning monarch at that time, King Charles.

Hence, from the name of King Philip II, the word "Philippines" came into being.