Philip - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Philip \

is pronounced FIL-ip. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "horse lover". Biblical: one of the 12 apostles. Common since early Christian times. Philippe (fil-LEEP) is a French form. Britain's Prince Philip; Crown Prince Felipe of Spain; painter Filippo Lippi; playwright Philip Barry; talk show host Phil Donahue; actor Philip Seymour Hoffman; author Philip Roth; football player Phil Simms.

Philip has 20 variant forms: Felipe, Felipo, Filep, Filip, Filippo, Fillip, Fyllip, Phil, Philipp, Philippe, Philippos, Philippus, Philips, Phillip, Phillips, Philly, Phyllip, Pilipo, Pip and Pippo.

Baby names that sound like Philip are Flip, Felippe, Welby, Wellby and Welbie.

Philip is a very common first name for men (#95 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#6527 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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