What does philip mean?
Definitions for philip
ˈfɪl ɪpphilip
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Princeton's WordNet
Philip, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburghnoun
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
Wiktionary
Philipnoun
One of the twelve disciples; one of the seven deacons.
Philipnoun
One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.
Philipnoun
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Philip Berold, conceiting this his name, very Clerkly proves that Philip is an Apostolical name by Saint Philip the Apostle, a Royal name by King Philip King of Macedonia, and an Imperial name by Philip the first Christian Emperour.
Philipnoun
A patronymic surname.
Philipnoun
A small city, the county seat of Haakon County, South Dakota, United States.
Etymology: From Φίλιππος, name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος, from φιλέω + ἵππος.
Wikipedia
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek Φίλιππος (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of φίλος (philos, "dear", "loved", "loving") and ἵππος (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, Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa.
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philip
Philip is a traditionally male given name, originally derived from Greek, which generally means "friend of horses" or "lover of horses". It was a common name in ancient Greece and Rome, and has been popular throughout European history, given to numerous Kings and important figures.
Webster Dictionary
Philipnoun
the European hedge sparrow
Philipnoun
the house sparrow. Called also phip
Etymology: [So called from their notes.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Philip
an Indian chief whose father had been a staunch friend of the Pilgrim settlers, was himself friendly to the colonists, till in 1671 their encroachments provoked him to retaliation; after six years' fighting, in which many colonists perished and great massacres of Indians took place, he was defeated and slain, 1676.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PHILIP
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Philip is ranked #5910 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Philip surname appeared 5,832 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Philip.
49.7% or 2,903 total occurrences were Asian.
29.9% or 1,748 total occurrences were White.
15.8% or 922 total occurrences were Black.
2.2% or 133 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.7% or 99 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.4% or 27 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'philip' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2577
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'philip' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3561
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of philip in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of philip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of philip in a Sentence
This injury may also explain why Philip, a skilled warrior, was so utterly unable to fight off the assassins, with this knee, he would have limited mobility and very poor balance.
Philip Dixon is extraordinary.
Quitting is the best option, but for those who don't, science and technology has allowed Philip Morris like ours to create better alternatives to continued smoking.
It was Philip who came up with the idea.
He showed it to the queen and Prince Philip.
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