Given name · Ukrainian
Пилип
“fond of horses”
Пилип (Pylýp) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “fond of horses.” It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Pilip.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Пилип developed from Φίλιππος.
Пилип’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Пилип developed from the Ancient Greek form Φίλιππος. In Ukrainian usage, Пилип has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Filip. In Ukrainian usage, Пилип has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Filippo.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Пилип has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Пилип comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Пилип
- Pylyp OrlykHetman of the Zaporozhian Host in exile (1710–1742), Ukrainian Cossack statesman, diplomat and military leader1672–1742
- Pylyp BudkivskyiUkrainian footballerborn 1992
- Pylyp IllenkoUkrainian politicianborn 1977
- Pylyp KozytskiyUkrainian composer, musicologist and music educator (1893-1960)
- Pylyp HarmashUkrainian volleyball playerborn 1989
- Filip BondarenkoUkrainian chess composer (1905-1993)
- Pylyp KapelhorodskyUkrainian writer1882–1938
- Pylyp ChyrkoUkrainian painter (1859-1928)
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