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Philoctète

Philoctète is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

Original LatinPhiloctetes

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Philoctète comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Philoctetes.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Philoctète’s family of names

In French usage, Philoctète was borrowed from the Latin form Philoctetes.

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Ancient Greek

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Latin

Filippus

Filippus is a masculine given name. It is used in Faroese.

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Latin

Filon

Filon is a surname. It is used in English, French, and Polish.

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Latin

Fidalba

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Proto-Italic

Firmius

“stable, firm”

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