Filip

Filip

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fiˈlip/
• Rhymes: -ip

Proper noun

Filip m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪlɪp]

Proper noun

Filip m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Philip, Phillip (given name)

Proper noun

Filip

1. (biblical) Philip
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

Related terms

• feminine form: Filippa

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Faroese

Proper noun

Filip m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip.

Usage notes

• son of Filip: Filipsson
• daughter of Filip: Filipsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Filip
Accusative	Filip
Dative	Filipi
Genitive	Filips

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Middle English

Proper noun

Filip

1. Philip
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir […] Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also [Filip of Repintoun] whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto.

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Philip (given name)

Proper noun

Filip

1. (biblical) Philip
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲi.lʲip/

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Proper noun

Filip m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

Declension

declension of Filip

	singular	plural
nominative	Filip	Filipowie
genitive	Filipa	Filipów
dative	Filipowi	Filipom
accusative	Filipa	Filipów
instrumental	Filipem	Filipami
locative	Filipie	Filipach
vocative	Filipie	Filipowie

Further reading

• Filip in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Filip m (Cyrillic spelling Филип)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

Declension

Declension of Filip

	singular	plural
nominative	Filip	-
genitive	Filipa	-
dative	Filipu	-
accusative	Filipa	-
vocative	Filipe	-
locative	Filipom	-
instrumental	Filipu	-

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilip/

Proper noun

Filip m (genitive Filipa, nominative plural Filipovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

Declension

Declension of Filip

	singular	plural
nominative	Filip	Filipovia
genitive	Filipa	Filipov
dative	Filipovi	Filipom
accusative	Filipa	Filipov
locative	Filipovi	Filipoch
instrumental	Filipom	Filipmi

Derived terms

• Filipko
• Fiľko
• Fiľo

 

Further reading

• Filip in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Philip

Etymology

Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1581 as Philip.

Proper noun

Filip c (genitive Filips)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip

Related terms

• (biblical form) Filippos
• (feminine form) Filippa
• (surnames) Filipsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 23 675 males with the given name Filip (compared to 14 688 named Philip) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.