What is the meaning of the name Philip?

The meaning of the name Philip is "horse lover". The origin of the name is "Greek". The name Philip is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Philip

\ph(i)-lip\

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Philip is a really popular first name for boys (#95) and also really popular as a last name (#6527). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Philip.

How popular is the name Philip?

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The year 1954 was for Philip a very good year. In that year there were 6275 births with the name Philip. Find out if Philip is in the top 100 boys names 1954 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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