Given name & surname
Phillipp
“fond of horses”
Phillipp is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Phillipp is a form of Philipp. Philipp means “fond of horses.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Phillipp is a form of Philipp. Philipp comes from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Phillipp through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 8 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 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124 as a first name in 2020; 387 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.
Phillipp’s family of names
In English usage, Phillipp has a diminutive in PHILL. In German usage, Phillipp has a related form in Philipp. In German usage, Phillipp as a surname has a related form in PHILIPPI.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Phillipp
- Phillipp MweneAustrian association football playerborn 1994
- Philipp HeydenGerman basketball player (born 1988)
- Phillipp SteinhartGerman footballerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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