Philip Explained

Phillip, Philip
Pronunciation:
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	"fond of horses"
Name Day:	14 November
Origin:	Greek Φίλιππος

Philip, also Phillip, is a male name, derived from the Greek (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"^[1]), from a compound of (philos, "dear", "loved", "loving") and (hippos, "horse").^[2] Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity.

Philip has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. The original Greek spelling includes two Ps as seen in Philippides and Philippos, which is possible due to the Greek endings following the two Ps. To end a word with such a double consonant—in Greek or in English—would, however, be incorrect. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Phillie, Lip, and Pip. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa.

Antiquity

Kings of Macedon

• Philip I of Macedon
• Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great
• Philip III of Macedon, half-brother of Alexander the Great
• Philip IV of Macedon
• Philip V of Macedon

New Testament

• Philip the Apostle
• Philip the Evangelist

Others

• Philippus of Croton (c. 6th century BC) Olympic victor and legendary hero
• Philip of Opus, one of Plato's students
• Philip of Acarnania, physician
• Philip (son of Antipater), general of Alexander the Great
• Philip (son of Machatas) builder of Alexandria on the Indus
• Philip (first husband of Berenice I of Egypt), son of Amyntas and first husband of Berenice I
• Philip, brother of Lysimachus and youngest son of Agathocles of Pella
• Philip, one of the sons of Lysimachus from his wife Arsinoe II
• Philip (satrap), Greek satrap of Sogdiana and governor of Parthia
• Philip I Philadelphus, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom
• Philip II Philoromaeus, last ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom
• Lucius Marcius Philippus (disambiguation), multiple Roman statesmen
• Philippides of Paiania, Greek son of Philomelos, archon of nobility, basileus 293/2 B.C.
• Herod Philip I, son of Herod the Great and husband of Herodias
• Philip, "the Tetrarch", son of Herod the Great and ruler of Ituraea and Trachonitis
• Philippus of Thessalonica, epigrammatic Greek poet and compiler of an Anthology
• Philip the Arab, Roman emperor from 244 to 250
• Philip of Side, Byzantine historian of the early Christian church

Rulers and royalty

Papacy

• Antipope Philip (c. 701 – c. 800)

Byzantine Empire

• Philippikos Bardanes (r. 711–713), Byzantine emperor
• Philip of Courtenay, titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1273–1283)

King of the Belgians

• Philip of Belgium

King of England

• Philip of England

Kings of France

• Philip I of France
• Philip II of France
• Philip III of France, "the Bold"
• Philip IV of France, "the Fair"; also known as Philip I of Navarre
• Philip V of France, "the Tall"; also known as Philip II of Navarre
• Philip VI of France, "the Fortunate"

Kings of Navarre

• Philip I of Navarre, also known as Philip IV of France
• Philip II of Navarre, also known as Philip V of France
• Philip III of Navarre

King of Germany

• Philip of Swabia, King of Germany (r. 1198–1208) and Duke of Swabia

Counts and Dukes of Savoy

• Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207–1285)
• Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438–1497)

Dukes of Burgundy

• Philip I, Duke of Burgundy
• Philip the Bold, also known as Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
• Philip the Good, also known as Philip III, Duke of Burgundy

Kings of Castile and Spain

• Philip I of Castile, "the Handsome"; also known as Philip IV, Duke of Burgundy
• Philip II of Spain, also known as Philip I of Portugal and Philip V of Burgundy
• Philip III of Spain, also known as Philip II of Portugal and Philip VI of Burgundy
• Philip IV of Spain, also known as Philip III of Portugal and Philip VII of Burgundy
• Philip V of Spain
• Philip VI of Spain

Kings of Portugal

• Philip I of Portugal, also known as Philip II of Spain and Philip V of Burgundy
• Philip II of Portugal, also known as Philip III of Spain and Philip VI of Burgundy
• Philip III of Portugal, also known as Philip IV of Spain and Philip VII of Burgundy

Others

• Philip of Sweden, a medieval king of Sweden
• Philip of Milly, seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• Philip, Count of Flanders
• Philip of Artois (1269–1298), heir to the countship
• Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
• Philip I, Prince of Taranto
• Philip II, Prince of Taranto
• Philip of Burgundy, Count of Auvergne
• Philip of Poitou, Prince-Bishop of Durham
• Philip Simonsson, claimant to the throne of Norway
• Philip of Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant
• Philip, Duke of Parma
• Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
• Philip II, Duke of Pomerania (1573–1618)
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021), consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms
• Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, Prussian diplomat
• Prince Carl Philip, prince of Sweden and Duke of Värmland

First name

• Metacomet (1638-1676), nicknamed "King Philip", war leader of the Wampanoag in "King Philip's War"
• Phiiliip (born 1980), American musician, born Philip Guichard
• Phil Anselmo (born 1968), American heavy metal vocalist and musician
• Phil Barker (born 1932), American wargames designer
• Philip Cheng (1980-2000), apprentice jockey from Hong Kong
• Phil Coleman (athlete) (1931–2021), American runner
• Phil Coleman (footballer) (born 1960), English footballer
• Phil Collins (born 1951), English drummer and singer-songwriter
• Phil Cunningham (born 1960), Scottish accordionist
• Phil Farbman (1924–1996), American basketball player
• Phil Foden (born 2000), English footballer
• Phil Foglio (born 1956), print and online comic artist, creator of Girl Genius and XXXenophile
• Phil Goff (born 1953), New Zealand politician
• Phil Handler (1908-1968), American football player
• Phil Hartman (1948–1998), American actor and comedian
• Phil Haynes (born 1995), American football player
• Phil Hellmuth (born 1964), American poker player
• Phil Hill (1927-2008), American automobile racer
• Phil Ivey (born 1977), American poker player
• Phil Jackson (born 1945), American basketball coach
• Phil Jurkovec (born 1999), American football player
• Phil Keoghan (born 1967), New Zealand-born television personality, known for hosting The Amazing Race
• Phil Kessel (born 1987), American ice hockey player
• Phil LaMarr (born 1967), American actor
• Phil Lester (born 1987), English YouTuber and BBC Radio 1 presenter
• Phil Lynott (1949-1986), Irish vocalist, bassist, and member of Thin Lizzy
• Phil Mauger, current mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
• Phil Mahre (born 1957), American alpine skier
• Phil Mallow (born 1957), American politician
• Phil Marsh (born 1986), English footballer
• Phil McGraw (born 1950), American talk show host, also known as Dr. Phil
• Phil Mickelson (born 1970), American golfer
• Phil Murphy (born 1957), American politician
• Phil Neville (born 1977), English footballer
• Phil Ochs (1940-1976), American songwriter and protest singer
• Phil Oestricher (1931-2015), American test pilot
• Phil Palmer (born 1952), English jazz and rock guitarist
• Phil Plait (born 1964), American astronomer
• Phil Radford (born 1976), Greenpeace executive director
• Phil Read (1939–2022), English retired motorcycle racer, former world champion
• Phil Rudd (born 1954), Australian drummer for AC/DC
• Phil Spector (1939-2021), American record producer and songwriter
• Phil Taylor (born 1960), English darts player
• Phil Vickery (born 1976), English rugby player
• Phil Weintraub (1907–1987), American baseball player
• Philip Baldi (born 1946), American linguist and classical scholar
• Philip Carey (1925–2009), American actor
• Philip Chen Nan-lok (born 1955), Hong Kong businessman
• Philip P. Cohen (1908-1993), American chemist and researcher
• Philip Coppens (disambiguation), several people
• Philip Craven (born 1950), English sports administrator, president of the International Paralympic Committee
• Philip Dulebohn (born 1973), American figure skater
• Philip Erenberg (1909–1992), American gymnast and Olympic silver medalist
• Philip Farkas (1914-1992), American horn player
• Philip Glass (born 1937), American composer
• Philip Glenister (born 1963), English actor
• Philip Gudthaykudthay (died 2022), Aboriginal Australian artist
• Philip Gunawardena (1901-1972), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
• Philip Guston (1913-1980), American painter
• Philip Hamilton (1782-1801), American poet and son of Alexander Hamilton
• Philip Hearnshaw, (1952–2012), Australian filmmaker
• Philip J. Ivanhoe (born 1954), American sinologist
• Philip Jalalpoor, (born 1993), German basketball player
• Philip K. Dick (1928–1982), American science fiction writer
• Philip Khuri Hitti (1886–1978), Lebanese academic and scholar of Islam
• Philip Langridge (1939–2010), English tenor
• Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet (1825-1888), English politician and landowner
• Philip Napier Miles (1865-1935), English composer, philanthropist and landowner
• Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres, French nobleman
• Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre, French nobleman
• Philip George Owston (1921–2001), English chemist and crystallographer, and namesake of the Owston Islands in Antarctica
• Philip Perry (born 1964), acting Associate Attorney General of the United States
• Philip Pullman, (born 1946), English writer
• Philip Rivers (born 1981), American football player
• Philip Roller (born 1994), Thai footballer
• Philip Roth (1933–2018), American novelist
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014), American actor
• Philip van Ness Myers (1846–1937), American historian
• Philip Vellacott (1907–1997), English academic and classical scholar, known for his translations of Greek tragedy
• Philip Webster (born 1949), English journalist
• Philip Wilson (bishop) (1950–2021), English-Australian bishop and prisoner
• Philip Wong (1938–2021), politician in Hong Kong
• Philip Zimbardo (born 1933), American psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University
• Phill Jupitus (born 1962), English comedian
• Phillip Buchanon (born 1980), American football player
• Phillip Garrido (born 1951), American kidnapper
• Phillip Hagar Smith (1905–1987), American electrical engineer, inventor of the Smith chart
• Phillip Hughes (1988–2014), Australian cricketer
• Phillip Carl Jablonski (1946–2019), American serial killer and rapist
• Phillip Jack Brooks (born 1978), American wrestler, ring name CM Punk
• Phillip James Dodd (born 1971), English-American architect
• Phillip Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Phillip Lindsay (born 1994), American football player
• Phillip Noyce (born 1950), Australian film director
• Phillip Phillips (born 1990), American Idol season 11 winner
• Phillip Schofield (born 1962), English broadcaster and television personality
• Phillip Walsh (disambiguation), multiple people
• Phillip Whitehead (1937–2005), English politician and member of the European Parliament
• Phillip Wilcher (born 1958), Australian classical music composer
• Punxsutawney Phil, Groundhog Day groundhog
• Pylyp Orlyk (1672-1742), writer of Ukraine's first constitution

Surname

• Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), Australian admiral and governor of New South Wales, Australia
• Cornelius Becker Philip (1900-1987), American entomologist
• Emanuel L. Philipp (1861–1925), American politician and governor of the US state of Wisconsin
• Grethe Philip (1916–2016), Danish politician^[3]
• John Philip (1775–1851), Scottish missionary in South Africa
• Mary Phillip (born 1977), English footballer
• Tarik Phillip (born 1993), English-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League

Country

The Philippines is a country that was part of the Spanish Empire and named after King Philip II of Spain.

Fictional characters

• Phil, a character in the 1991 American comedy film What About Bob?
• Phil, a character in the 2000 American fantasy-comedy TV movie Life-Size
• Philip, one of the two main leads in Kamen Rider W
• Prince Phillip, a character from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty
• Prince Phillip III, a character from Power Rangers Dino Charge
• Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, a character from Dilbert
• Philip the Diesel Boxcab, a character from Thomas and Friends
• Philoctetes, a character from the Disney film Hercules
• Phillip Argyle, a character from South Park, and part of the comedic duo Terrence and Phillip
• Philip Banks, a character from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Philip Bauer, the father of Jack Bauer in the series 24
• Phil Blumburtt, a character in the 1986 American science fiction film Howard the Duck
• Phillip Chancellor II, a character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Phillip Chancellor III, a character in The Young and the Restless
• Chance Chancellor, aka Phillip Chancellor IV, a character in The Young and the Restless
• Phil Coulson, a character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Phil DeVille, a character from the Nickelodeon series Rugrats
• Phil Diffy, from the Disney Channel sitcom Phil of the Future
• Phillip Drummond, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
• Phil Dunphy, a character in Modern Family
• Phil Eggtree, a character from the Newgrounds game Riddle School
• Phillip Enright, the main character from The Cay
• Philip J. Fry, the protagonist of Futurama
• Philip 'Lip' Gallagher, in Shameless U.K & U.S
• Coroner Phillip 'Phil' Hant, a character in Jason Goes to Hell
• Philip Kiriakis, a character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Philip Lenox, a character in the 2001 American independent comedy-drama film Little Secrets
• Phil Leotardo, a character from the HBO series The Sopranos
• Philip Mannering, one of the four children in Enid Blyton's The Adventure Series
• Philip Marlowe, a detective character created by Raymond Chandler
• Phil Miller, a character in the American television series The Last Man on Earth
• Phil Mitchell, a character from EastEnders
• Philip Reardon, aka the Ten-Eyed Man, a supervillain in DC Comics
• Phillip Schrute, Dwight Schrute's son in the American adaptation of The Office
• Dr. Phillip Sherman, a dentist in the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo
• Phil Sultenfuss, a character in the American coming-of-age comedy-drama films My Girl and My Girl 2
• Philip Traum, Satan's adopted name in the Mark Twain novel The Mysterious Stranger
• Phil Wenneck, a character in the 2009 American comedy film The Hangover
• Phil Winkelstein, aka Frankencelery, from VeggieTales
• Philip Wittebane, a character from the animated television series The Owl House

Philip in other languages

• Afrikaans: Filip
• Arabic: فيلبس (Fīlibus), فيليبوس (Fīlībūs), فيليب (Fīlīb)
• Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʿilippos)
• Asturian: Felipe
• Belarusian: Філіп (Filip), піліп (Pilip)
• Bengali: ফিলিপ (Philipa)
• Bosnian: Filip
• Bulgarian: Филип (Filip)
• Chinese(Cantonese): 腓立 (Fei4 laap6)
• Chinese(Mandarin): 腓力 (Féilì), 菲利普 (Fēilìpǔ)
• Catalan: Felip
• Celtic: Fulup
• Croatian: Filip
• Czech: Filip
• Danish: Filip, Fillip
• Dutch: Philip, Filip, Filips
• English: Phillip, Philip
• Esperanto: Filipo
• Filipino: Felipe, Pelipe
• Finnish: Vilppu
• French: Philippe
• Galician: Filipe
• Ganda: Filipu
• Georgian: ფილიპ (P’ilip)
• German: Philipp
• Greek: Φίλιππος (Phílippos, Phillippides)
• Gujarati: ફિલિપ (Philipa)
• Hawaiian: Pilipo
• Hebrew: פיליפ (Filip)
• Hindi: फिलिप (Philip)
• Hungarian: Fülöp
• Indonesian: Filipus, Philip
• Irish: Pilib, Feidhlim
• Italian: Filippo
• Japanese: フィリップ (Firippu)
• Korean: 필립 (Pillip)
• Latin: Philippus
• Latvian: Filips
• Lithuanian: Pilypas
• Macedonian: Филип (Filip)
• Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പൊസ് (Philippose)
• Maltese: Pinu
• Maori: Piripi
• Norwegian: Filip, Philip, Phillip
• Occitan: Felip
• Persian: فیلیپ (Filip)
• Poitevin: Félipe
• Polish: Filip
• Portuguese: Filipe
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Felipe
• Romanian: Filip
• Russian: Филипп (Filipp)
• Samoan: Filipo
• Scottish Gaelic: Filib
• Serbian: Филип/Filip
• Slovak: Filip
• Slovenian: Filip
• Spanish: Felipe
• Swahili: Felipo
• Swedish: Filip
• Turkish: Filipus
• Ukrainian: Пилип (Pylyp)
• Welsh: Philip

See also

• Philippa, feminine given name
• Saint Philip (disambiguation)
• Emperor Philip (disambiguation)
• King Philip (disambiguation)
• Prince Philip (disambiguation)

Notes and References

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3. Encyclopedia: Harding. Merete. Larsen. Helge. Grethe Philip. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. da. 2 August 2017. 2 December 2021.