Phil
Pronunciation/ˈfɪlɪp/
/ˈfɪləp/
GenderMale
Name day14 November
Origin
Word/nameGreek: Φίλιππος
Meaning"fond of horses"
Other names
Cognate(s)

Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek Φίλιππος (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"[1][2]), from a compound of φίλος (philos, "dear", "loved", "loving") and ἵππος (hippos, "horse").[3] Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity.

Philip has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, and Pip. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa.

Antiquity

Kings of Macedon

New Testament

Others

Rulers and royalty

Papacy

Byzantine Empire

King of Belgium

Kings of France

Kings of Navarre

King of Germany

Counts and Dukes of Savoy

Dukes of Burgundy

Kings of Castile and Spain

Kings of Portugal

Others

First name

Surname

Country

The Philippines is a country that was part of the Spanish Empire and named after King Philip II of Spain.

Fictional characters


Philip in other languages

  • Afrikaans: Filip
  • Arabic: فيلبس (Fīlibus), فيليبوس (Fīlībūs), فيليب (Fīlīb)
  • Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʿilippos)
  • Asturian: Felipe
  • Belarusian: Філіп (Filip), піліп (Pilip)
  • Bengali: ফিলিপ (Philipa)
  • Bosnian: Filip
  • Bulgarian: Филип (Filip)
  • Chinese(Cantonese): 腓立 (Fei4 laap6)
  • Chinese(Mandarin): 腓力 (Féilì), 菲利普 (Fēilìpǔ)
  • Catalan: Felip
  • Celtic: Fulup
  • Croatian: Filip
  • Czech: Filip
  • Danish: Filip
  • Dutch: Philip, Filip, Filips
  • Esperanto: Filipo
  • Filipino: Felipe, Pelipe
  • Finnish: Vilppu
  • French: Philippe
  • Galician: Filipe
  • Ganda: Filipu
  • Georgian: ფილიპ (P’ilip)
  • German: Philipp
  • Greek: Φίλιππος (Phílippos, Philippides)
  • Gujarati: ફિલિપ (Philipa)
  • Hawaiian: Pilipo
  • Hebrew: פיליפ (Filip)
  • Hindi: फिलिप (Philip)
  • Hungarian: Fülöp
  • Irish: Pilib, Feidhlim
  • Italian: Filippo
  • Japanese: フィリップ (Firippu)
  • Korean: 필립 (Pillip)
  • Latin: Philippus
  • Latvian: Filips
  • Lithuanian: Pilypas
  • Macedonian: Филип (Filip)
  • Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പൊസ് (Philippose)
  • Maltese: Pinu
  • Maori: Piripi
  • Norwegian: Filip
  • Occitan: Felip
  • Persian: فیلیپ (Filip)
  • Poitevin: Félipe
  • Polish: Filip
  • Portuguese: Filipe
  • Portuguese (Brazilian): Felipe
  • Romanian: Filip
  • Russian: Филипп (Filipp)
  • Samoan: Filipo
  • Serbian: Филип/Filip
  • Slovak: Filip
  • Slovenian: Filip
  • Spanish: Felipe
  • Swahili: Felipo
  • Swedish: Filip
  • Turkish: Filipus
  • Ukrainian: Пилип (Pylyp)
  • Welsh: Ffilip

See also

References

  1. φίλιππος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  2. Harper, Douglas. "Philip". Online Etymology Dictionary.
  3. φίλος, ἵππος in Liddell and Scott.
  4. Harding, Merete; Larsen, Helge (2 August 2017). "Grethe Philip". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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