as a First Name
From the Greek name Philippos, meaning ‘lover of horses’, from philein ‘to love’ + hippos ‘horse’. This was popular in the classical period and since. It was the name of the father of Alexander the Great. It was also the name of one of Christ's apostles, of a deacon ordained by the apostles after the death of Christ, and of several other early saints. See also Philippa.
| 222nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 278,493
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 325,679
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Maine
- has the most people named Philip per capita
- 1949
- marked the height of its popularity
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