What does Philip mean?

Philip means "lover of horses, friend"

How do we pronounce Philip?

Philip \(p)hi-lip, ph-il-ip\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Philip is pronounced as FIYLihP in Dutch or FIHLihP in English 1.

1 Pronunciation for Philip: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)"

What is the origin of Philip?

Philip is largely used in the English language and its origin is Old Greek. The name is of the meaning lover of horses, friend of horses. Philippos (Old Greek) and Philippus (Latin) are older forms of Philip. The name is derived from the Greek Philippos, which is of the Greek 'philein' (to love) or 'philos' (friend) combined with 'hippos' (horse), which is itself from an ancient Indoeuropean root word 'ekwo' (horse). The name was given to Macedonian kings who built up a cavalry and therefore were known as friends of horses; it was most notably borne by the father of Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedonia (382-336 BC). It was also borne by one of the apostles in the Bible, and later by several other early saints. The name was used as a unisex name in medieval times. As a royalty name, it was borne by several kings of France, Castille and Spain. Its popularity among English speakers declined in the 16th century from association with Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), who led an invasion of England. The name later saw a revival in the 19th century. The name is sometimes derived from the English surname Phillips, resulting in the variant with the '-ll-' spelling. The name meaning of Philippa (English and German) is the female equivalent of Philip. The name Philip is used to a great extent; it has 49 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

Other versions used in English comprise Feidhlim name variations, what does the name Felipo mean (used in Spanish as well), name Phelps, Philipi meaning and origin, Philips definition, meaning of Phill, meaning of Phillipp, name Phillips, nicknames for Phillp, meaning of Philp, baby name Phippin, name Pippo origin, and baby name Piripi. Other English forms comprise the contractions Flip pronounciation, Phil meaning, and name Pip origin, the pet form Philly definition, and the variant spellings name Fillip and Phillip meaning of name. Foreign variants of Philip comprise name Feeleep meaning (Russian), Felip meaning (Catalan), Felipe pronounciation (Spanish), meaning of Felipino (Spanish), nicknames for Felippo (Italian), name Fil (Polish), baby name Filep (Hungarian), Filib name popularity (Scottish), Filip name (Czech, Irish, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Filipe name variations (Portuguese), Filipek meaning of name (Polish), Filipo definition (Spanish), Filipp meaning (German and Russian), Filippo meaning (Italian), Filips definition (Latvian), Fillipp name variations (Russian), Filya name popularity (Russian), name Fischel origin (Yiddish), Fulop definition (Hungarian), Fülöp name popularity (Hungarian), name Phelipe (Spanish), name Philipe meaning (French), Philipp name (German), name Philippe meaning (French), Phillipos meaning (Greek), short names for Phillippe (French), name Phylip (Welsh), name Pilib (Irish), nicknames for Pilipo (Hawaiian), and name Vilppu (Finnish). See also the related form, Jean Philip meaning of name. Philip is a classic favorite. Currently it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1948, 0.346% of baby boys were given the name Philip. Its ranking then was #54. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is now of occasional use. In 2010, its usage was only 0.034% and its ranking #403, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after name Phillip meaning, within all boy names in its group. In 2010, it was 23% more regularly used than Philip.

The following famous people share the name Philip:

  • Activist Philip Berrigan, born 5 October 1923 - 6 December 2002, Two Rivers, Minnesota
  • Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, born 23 July 1967, Fairport, New York
  • Actor Basil Rathbone, born Philip St
  • John Basil Rathbone, 13 June 1892 - 21 July 1967, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Author Philip K
  • Dick, born 16 December 1928 - 2 March 1982, Chicago, Illinois
  • Author Philip Pullman, born 19 October 1946, Norwich, England
  • Author Philip Roth, born 19 March 1933, Newark, New Jersey
  • Fictional Detective Philip Marlowe
  • Mathematician Philip Emeagwali, born 23 August 1954, Akure, Nigeria
  • Royal Consort Prince Philip, born 10 June 1921, Isle of Corfu, Greece.

List of baby names that sound like Philip:

nicknames for Phillip (English), Phylip name (Welsh), Filip meaning and origin (Czech, Irish, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), nicknames for Phelipe (Spanish), Phelippe name variations, what does the name Philipe mean (French), Philipp meaning of name (German), Philippe meaning (French), Phillipp definition (English), short names for Phillippe (French), Feeleep name popularity (Russian), Felip name popularity (Catalan), name Filep origin (Hungarian), Filib name variations (Scottish), name Filipe meaning (Portuguese), baby name Filipp (German and Russian), Fillip meaning and origin (English), Fillipp meaning (Russian), Flavio name (Italian and Spanish), and Fulop meaning of name (Hungarian).

The baby name Philip fun facts:

The name Philip in reverse order is "Pilihp".

The numerological value of the name Philip is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Philip?

Philip is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.04%
20130.04%
20120.04%
20110.04%
20100.04%
20090.04%
20080.04%
20070.04%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames