Philip

Philip

English

Alternative forms

• Phillip

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος (phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) +‎ ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fĭlʹĭp, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlɪp/

• Audio (RP)

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləp/
• Hyphenation: Phil‧ip
• Homophone: fillip

Proper noun

Philip (countable and uncountable, plural Philips)

1. (uncountable) One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.
2. (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1605 William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith (1870), page 93:

     Philip Berold, conceiting this his name, very Clerkly proves that Philip is an Apostolical name by Saint Philip the Apostle, a Royal name by King Philip King of Macedonia, and an Imperial name by Philip the first Christian Emperour.

   • 1972, Nate Perlmutter, A Bias of Reflections: Confessions of an Incipient Old Jew, Arlington House, →ISBN, page 27:

     I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was Nathan Hale.

   • 2010, Debbie Macomber, Orchard Valley Brides, MIRA, published 2010, →ISBN:

     "Philip," Luke repeated slowly, and a brightness came into his eyes. "She decided to name him Philip, after all." "A family name?" Cody asked him. Luke shrugged. "Actually, it's mine. I never much cared for it as a kid and dropped it when I started school. I insisted everyone call me by my middle name." "Ellie says your son looks like a Philip," Sherry put in. A wide grin split Luke's face. ""I think she's right―he does."

3. (countable, rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A small city, the county seat of Haakon County, South Dakota, United States.

Derived terms

• Philipstown
• St Philip's Marsh

Related terms

• (pet forms) Phil, Pip
• (feminine forms) Philippa

surnames

• Filkin
• Filkins
• Fill
• Filson
• Killip
• MacKillop
• McGilp
• McKillop
• McPhillips
• Phalp
• Phelp
• Phelps
• Philbin
• Philcox
• Philipps
• Philips
• Philipson
• Phillip
• Phillips
• Phillipson
• Phillis
• Phillott
• Phillpot
• Phillpots
• Phillpott
• Phillpotts
• Philp
• Philpin
• Philpot
• Philpots
• Philpott
• Philpotts
• Philps
• Philson
• Phipp
• Phippard
• Phippen
• Phipps
• Phips
• Phipson
• Potkin
• Potkins
• Pottle
• Pott
• Potts

Translations

biblical persons

Arabic: فِيلِيب‎ m (fīlīb) Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʿilippos) Old Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʿilippos) Catalan: Felip (ca) m Cherokee: ᏈᎵᎩ (quiligi) Chinese: Mandarin: 腓力 (zh) (Féilì), 斐理伯 (zh) (Fěilǐbó) (Catholic) Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ m (philippos) Danish: Filip Dutch: Filippus (nl) m Estonian: Filippus Finnish: Filippus (disciple), Filippos (deacon) French: Philippe (fr) Galician: Filipe (gl) Georgian: ფილიპე (piliṗe) German: Philippus Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌿𐍃 m (filippus) Greek: Ancient: Φίλιππος m (Phílippos) Hawaiian: Pilipo Hebrew: פיליפוס‎ Indonesian: Filipus Irish: Pilib m Italian: Filippo (it) Kazakh: Філіп (Fılıp) Latvian: Filips m Lithuanian: Pilypas (lt) m Maore Comorian: Filiɓusa Maori: Piripi Norwegian: Filip Polish: Filip (pl) m Portuguese: Filipe (pt) m Russian: Фили́пп (ru) m (Filípp) Scottish Gaelic: Filib m Sicilian: Filippu m Spanish: Felipe (es) m Swedish: Filippos Vietnamese: Philípphê Welsh: Philip

male given name

Arabic: فِيلِيب‎ m (fīlīb), فِيلِبُس‎ (fīlibus), فِيلِيبُوس‎ (fīlībūs) Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʿilippos), Ֆիլիպ (Filip) Old Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʿilippos) Bulgarian: Филип m (Filip) Catalan: Felip (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 菲臘, 菲腊 (fei1 lip6) Mandarin: 菲利普 (Fēilìpǔ), 腓力 (zh) (Féilì) Czech: Filip (cs) m Danish: Filip Esperanto: Filipo Finnish: Vilppu (fi) French: Philippe (fr) m Galician: Filipe (gl) Georgian: ფილიპე (piliṗe) German: Philipp (de) m Greek: Φίλιππος (el) m (Fílippos) Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος m (Phílippos) Hawaiian: Pilipo Hungarian: Fülöp (hu) Indonesian: Filipus Irish: Pilib m Italian: Filippo (it) Japanese: フィリップ (Firippu) Korean: 필립 (Pillip) Latin: Philippus (la) Latvian: Filips m Lithuanian: Pilypas (lt) m Macedonian: Филип (Filip) Maori: Piripi Norwegian: Filip Occitan: Filipe m Persian: فیلیپ‎ (Filip) Polish: Filip (pl) m Portuguese: Felipe (pt) m, Filipe (pt) m Romanian: Filip m Russian: Фили́пп (ru) m (Filípp), Фи́ли́п (ru) m (Fílíp) Scottish Gaelic: Filib m Serbo-Croatian: Филип m, Filip m Sicilian: Filippu m Skolt Sami: Fee´la, I´llep Slovak: Filip m Spanish: Felipe (es) m Swedish: Filip (sv) Ukrainian: Пили́п m (Pylýp) Welsh: Philip m, Phylip m, Ffilip m, Ffylip m

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Danish

Proper noun

Philip

1. a male given name of popular usage, variant of Filip

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German

Proper noun

Philip m (proper noun, strong, genitive Philips or (with an article) Philip, plural Philips or Philipe)

1. a male given name, a less common variant of Philipp

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Philip

1. a male given name, variant of Filip

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Swedish

Proper noun

Philip c (genitive Philips)

1. a male given name, variant of Filip