Meaning  The name Phillip has the following meaning: One who loves horses or "friend of horses". Derived from Greek elements "philos" (friend) and "hippos" (horse).
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys. Popularity
As a baby boy name, Phillip is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 233 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Phillip fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 36 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 340 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Phillip in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Phillip and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Phillip: Boys - Cristopher, Darius, Deo, Galen, Leander, Girls - Damaris, Dea, Dido, Kittie, Larissa, Leandra, Lexi, Lydia, Ophelia, Sophia, Both genders - Christopher, Cora, StephanieVariants The name Phillip is a variant of Philip. Other popular variants of the name Philip are: Felipe (Portuguese), Flip (Nickname), Phil (Nickname), Philipp, Philippe, Philippos, Philippus, Philips, Phillip (English), Phillipe, Phillips, Philly, Phipps, Phips, Phylip, Phyllip, Pilipo, Pip (Nickname), PippoStyle We think the name Phillip should fall under the following style category: Everlasting. See other Everlasting boy namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Phillip to be: Dashing and wealthy chapIn one word, you might describe Phillip as a(n) " dashing" person. See other "dashing" names for boys. |
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Meaning of name Phillip
