Given name · Russian
Филипп
“lover of horses”
Филипп (Filípp) is a masculine given name. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Philip.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Филипп goes back to Ancient Greek Φίλιππος, meaning “lover of horses.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Филипп’s family of names
In Russian usage, Филипп has a conventional equivalent in the German form Phillip. In Russian usage, Филипп has a conventional equivalent in the English form Philip. In Russian usage, Филипп has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Felipe.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Филипп has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
20 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- PhilipFrench, English
- PhillipGerman
- FelipeSpanish
- FilipPolish, Czech
- PhilippeFrench
- FilippoItalian
- PhilEnglish
- Filipeequivalent
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- PhilippGerman
- Filipposequivalent
- Філіпequivalent
- Pylypequivalent
- Піліпequivalent
- Phylipequivalent
- Иллепborrowing · sia
- Фелькьborrowing · sia
- Filipsequivalent
- Filippusequivalent
- Фили́ппhas masculine form
- ПилипUkrainian
- PhilippusLatin
- LippoItalian
- ΦίλιπποςGreek
- FülöpHungarian
- ФилипBulgarian
- ПiлiпBelarusian
- ՖիլիպArmenian
People named Филипп
- Filipp GolikovSoviet marshal (1900-1980)
- Filipp YankovskySoviet and Russian actor and film directorborn 1968
- Filipp OktyabrskySoviet admiral (1899-1969)
- Filipp MakharadzeGeorgian Soviet politician1868–1941
- Filippo PaulucciRussian military commander (1779-1849)
- Filipp MalyavinRussian painter (1869-1940)
- Filipp FortunatovRussian philologist (1848-1914)
- Filipp GoloshchyokinSoviet politician (1876–1941)
- Filipp YegorovRussian bobsledderborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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