Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Φίλιππος
“to love”·“horse”
Φίλιππος (Phĭ́lĭppos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Hellenic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Philip.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Φίλιππος is built from elements meaning “to love” and “horse”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Φίλιππος comes from Proto-Hellenic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus, built from Ancient Greek φιλέω (“to love”) + ἵππος (“horse”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Φίλιππος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Φίλιππος has a feminine form in Φιλιππία. In Greek usage, Φίλιππος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Philip. In Greek usage, Φίλιππος has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Felipe.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Φίλιππος has relatives in 17 languages.
20 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Philipderivative · English, Middle English
- Phillipequivalent
- Felipederivative · Spanish
- Philippaderivative · Latin
- FilipPolish
- PhilippeFrench
- Filippoderivative · Italian
- Filipeequivalent
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- Philipposequivalent
- Philippborrowing · German
- Filipposequivalent
- Filippequivalent
- Филипequivalent
- Філіпequivalent
- Pylypequivalent
- Піліпequivalent
- Phylipequivalent
- 菲利普Chinese
- ФилиппRussian
- Филипъborrowing · cu
- Пилипderivative · Ukrainian
- prwypwsꜣborrowing · egy
- ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥborrowing · Coptic
- Φιλιππίαfeminine form · Greek
- Pilibborrowing · Irish
- Philippusderivative · Latin
- Filipsequivalent
- Filippusequivalent
People named Φίλιππος
- Philip II of MacedonKing of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC385 BC–335 BC
- Philip III of Macedonking of Macedonia358 BC–316 BC
- Philip V of Macedonking of Macedon237 BC–178 BC
- Philip I PhiladelphusSeleucid ruler124 BC–82 BC
- Philip IV of Macedonking of Macedon400 BC–295 BC
- Philip I of MacedonKing of Macedon700 BC–600 BC
- Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmarkmember of the former Greek royal familyborn 1986
- Filippos Karvelasgymnast (1877–1952)
- Philip of Opusancient Greek philosopher400 BC–400 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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