Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Philip. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Philip, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Philip in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Philip you have here. The definition of the word
Philip will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Philip, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English Philip, 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
Proper noun
Philip (countable and uncountable, plural Philips)
- (uncountable) One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.
- (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 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."
- (countable, rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A small city, the county seat of Haakon County, South Dakota, United States.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
male given name
- Arabic: فِيلِيب m (fīlīb), فِيلِبُس (fīlibus), فِيلِيبُوس (fīlībūs)
- Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʻilippos), Ֆիլիպ (Filip)
- Old Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʻilippos)
- Belarusian: Піліп (Pilip)
- 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
- Dutch: Filip (nl) m
- 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)
- Gujarati: ફિલિપ m (philip)
- Hawaiian: Pilipo
- Hindi: फिलिप (philip)
- Hungarian: Fülöp (hu)
- Icelandic: Filip (is) m
- Indonesian: Filipus
- Irish: Pilib m
- Italian: Filippo (it)
- Japanese: フィリップ (Firippu)
- Kannada: ಫಿಲಿಪ್ (philip)
- Korean: 필립 (Pillip)
- Latin: Philippus (la)
- Latvian: Filips m
- Lithuanian: Pilỹpas (lt) m
- Macedonian: Филип (Filip)
- Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പൊസ് (philipposŭ)
- Maori: Piripi
- Norwegian: Filip (no)
- 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)
- Thai: ฟีลิป
- Ukrainian: Пили́п m (Pylýp)
- Welsh: Philip m, Phylip m, Ffilip m, Ffylip m
|
Danish
Proper noun
Philip
- a male given name of popular usage, variant of Filip
German
Proper noun
Philip m (proper noun, strong, genitive Philips or (with an article) Philip, plural Philips or Philipe)
- a male given name, a less common variant of Philipp
Middle English
Alternative forms
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”).
Proper noun
Philip
- a male given name
- (rare) a surname
Descendants
References
Norwegian
Proper noun
Philip
- a male given name, variant of Filip
Swedish
Proper noun
Philip c (genitive Philips)
- a male given name, variant of Filip