Given name & surname
Filon
Filon is a surname. It is used in English, French, and Polish.
Original LatinPhilon
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Filon comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Filon’s family of names
In Polish usage, Filon has a conventional equivalent in the English form Philo. In Polish usage, Filon has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form FILONE. In Polish usage, Filon has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Filón.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Filon has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Filon comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Filon
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“trusted soul”
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