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Meaning of name Philly

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Meaning

The name Philly 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, Philly is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Philly for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Philip, of which the name Philly is a variant.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Philly is very likely a(n) Greek variant of the name Philip. See other suggested Greek boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Philip.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Philly and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Philly: Boys - Cristopher, Darius, Deo, Galen, Leander, Girls - Damaris, Dea, Dido, Kittie, Larissa, Leandra, Lexi, Lydia, Ophelia, Sophia, Both genders - Christopher, Cora, Stephanie

Variants

The name Philly 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), Pippo

Style

We think the name Philly should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

See other Everlasting boy names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Philly to be: Dashing and wealthy chap

In one word, you might describe Philly as a(n) "dashing" person.

See other "dashing" names for boys.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Philip for names of some famous persons with the name Philly or Philip (or their variants).
Patrick (86)
Paul (121)
Parker (124)
Preston (144)
Peter (145)
Payton (248)
Philip (283)
Pablo (290)
Pierce (517)
Porter (626)
Patten
Paulos
Peat
Petenka
Prezlie
Pierson
Paquito
Peterson
Phips
Piperel
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