Philip

Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (philos, "dear", "loved", "loving") and (hippos, "horse"). 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. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, Pip, and Pep or Peps. 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
Herod Philip II, "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 Belgium
Philip of Belgium
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
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 Mahre (born 1957), American alpine skier
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 Ensler, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
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
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
Dr. Phillip Sherman, a dentist in the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo
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
Phil, a character in the 2009 American comedy film The Hangover
Phil Dunphy, a character in Modern Family
Phil Eggtree, a character from the Newgrounds game Riddle School
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
Phil Blumburtt, a character in the 1986 American science fiction film Howard the Duck
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
Philip J. Fry, the protagonist of Futurama
Phillip Enright, the main character from The Cay
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 Bauer, the father of Jack Bauer in the series 24
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
Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, a character from Dilbert
Prince Phillip, a character from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty
Philip, one of the two main leads in Kamen Rider W
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
Philip Kiriakis, a character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Philoctetes, a character from the Disney film Hercules
Phil Coulson, a character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Prince Phillip III, a character from Power Rangers Dino Charge
Philip Mannering, one of the four children in Enid Blyton's The Adventure Series
Phillip Schrute, Dwight Schrute's son in the American adaptation of The Office
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
Philip the Diesel Boxcab, a character from Thomas and Friends
Phil Winkelstein, aka Frankencelery, from VeggieTales
Philip Wittebane, a character from the animated television series The Owl House
Coroner Phil and Eric, two coroners in Jason Goes to Hell
Philip 'Lip' Gallagher, in Shameless U.K & U.S
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
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, Philippides)
Gujarati: ફિલિપ (Philipa)
Hawaiian: Pilipo
Hebrew: פיליפ (Filip)
Hindi: फिलिप (Philip)
Hungarian: Fülöp
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
Occitan: Felip
Persian: فیلیپ (Filip)
Poitevin: Félipe
Polish: Filip
Portuguese: Filipe
Portuguese (Brazilian): Felipe
Romanian: Filip
Russian: Филипп (Filipp)
Samoan: Filipo
Serbian: Филип/Filip
Slovak: Filip
Slovenian: Filip
Spanish: Felipe
Swahili: Felipo
Swedish: Filip
Turkish: Filipus
Ukrainian: Пилип (Pylyp)
Welsh: Ffilip
See also
Philippa, feminine given name
Saint Philip (disambiguation)
Emperor Philip (disambiguation)
King Philip (disambiguation)
Prince Philip (disambiguation)
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