Given name & surname
Philips
“one who loves horses”
Philips is a variant of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Philips is a variant of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Philips is a variant of Phillip. An origin associated with Phillip is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Philips through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1938
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1938. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 6,285 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Philips’s family of names
Philips has a related form in Phillip. In English usage, Philips has a related form in Phillips. In English usage, Philips has a related form in PHILIPPS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Philips has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Philips
- Philips Wouwermanpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1619-1668)
- Philips Koninckpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1619–1688)
- Philips Angel Ipainter from the Northern Netherlands (1616-1683)
- Philips Angel IIDutch painter (1618-1664)
- Philips Erard van der NootDutch priest (1638-1730)
- Philips de MarlierFlemish Baroque painter (1600-1668)1595–1667
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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