Standard Lemma guide

Philip

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: fĭlʹĭp
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪp/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈfɪləp/
  • homophone: fillip
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 L AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F IH1 L IH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Qualifier: rare compared to given name

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A small city, the county seat of Haakon County, South Dakota, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prince

History

Etymology

From Middle English Philip, ultimately from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος (phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

Across languages

Translations

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Filíp — biblical persons
  • Arabic: فِيلِيب (fīlīb) — biblical persons
  • Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʻilippos) — biblical persons
  • Old Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʻilippos) — biblical persons
  • Belarusian: Піліп (Pilip) — biblical persons
  • Bulgarian: Фи́лип (Fílip) — biblical persons
  • Catalan: Felip — biblical persons
  • Cherokee: ᏈᎵᎩ (quiligi) — biblical persons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腓力 (Féilì) — biblical persons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斐理伯 (Fěilǐbó) — biblical persons
  • Maore Comorian: Filiɓusa — biblical persons
  • Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ (philippos) — biblical persons
  • Danish: Filip — biblical persons
  • Dutch: Filippus — biblical persons
  • Estonian: Filippus — biblical persons
  • Finnish: Filippus — biblical persons
  • Finnish: Filippos — biblical persons
  • French: Philippe — biblical persons
  • Galician: Filipe — biblical persons
  • Georgian: ფილიპე (piliṗe) — biblical persons
  • German: Philippus — biblical persons
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌿𐍃 (filippus) — biblical persons
  • Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος (Phílippos) — biblical persons
  • Hawaiian: Pilipo — biblical persons
  • Hebrew: פיליפוס — biblical persons
  • Hindi: फ़िलिप्पुस (filippus) — biblical persons
  • Indonesian: Filipus — biblical persons
  • Irish: Pilib — biblical persons
  • Italian: Filippo — biblical persons
  • Kazakh: Філіп (Fılıp) — biblical persons
  • Latvian: Filips — biblical persons
  • Lithuanian: Pilỹpas — biblical persons
  • Māori: Piripi — biblical persons
  • Norwegian: Filip — biblical persons
  • Polish: Filip — biblical persons
  • Portuguese: Filipe — biblical persons
  • Russian: Фили́пп (Filípp) — biblical persons
  • Scottish Gaelic: Philip — biblical persons
  • Sicilian: Filippu — biblical persons
  • Spanish: Felipe — biblical persons
  • Swedish: Filippos — biblical persons
  • Ukrainian: Пили́п (Pylýp) — biblical persons
  • Venetan: Fiłipo — biblical persons
  • Vietnamese: Philípphê — biblical persons
  • Welsh: Philip — biblical persons
  • Albanian: Filíp — male given name
  • Arabic: فِيلِيب (fīlīb) — male given name
  • Arabic: فِيلِبُس (fīlibus) — male given name
  • Arabic: فِيلِيبُوس (fīlībūs) — male given name
  • Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʻilippos) — male given name
  • Armenian: Ֆիլիպ (Filip) — male given name
  • Old Armenian: Փիլիպպոս (Pʻilippos) — male given name
  • Belarusian: Піліп (Pilip) — male given name
  • Bulgarian: Фи́лип (Fílip) — male given name
  • Catalan: Felip — male given name
  • Chinese Cantonese: 菲臘 /菲腊 (fei1 lip6) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菲利普 (Fēilìpǔ) — male given name
  • Czech: Filip — male given name
  • Danish: Filip — male given name
  • Dutch: Filip — male given name
  • Dutch: Philip — male given name
  • Esperanto: Filipo — male given name
  • Finnish: Vilppu — male given name
  • French: Philippe — male given name
  • Galician: Filipe — male given name
  • Georgian: ფილიპე (piliṗe) — male given name
  • German: Philipp — male given name
  • Greek: Φίλιππος (Fílippos) — male given name
  • Greek: Φίλιπ (Fílip) — male given name
  • Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος (Phílippos) — male given name
  • Gujarati: ફિલિપ (philip) — male given name
  • Hawaiian: Pilipo — male given name
  • Hindi: फ़िलिप (filip) — male given name
  • Hungarian: Fülöp — male given name
  • Icelandic: Filip — male given name
  • Indonesian: Filipus — male given name
  • Irish: Pilib — male given name
  • Italian: Filippo — male given name
  • Japanese: フィリップ (Firippu) — male given name
  • Kannada: ಫಿಲಿಪ್ (philip) — male given name
  • Korean: 필립 (Pillip) — male given name
  • Latin: Philippus — male given name
  • Latvian: Filips — male given name
  • Lithuanian: Pilỹpas — male given name
  • Macedonian: Филип (Filip) — male given name
  • Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പൊസ് (philipposŭ) — male given name
  • Māori: Piripi — male given name
  • Norwegian: Filip — male given name
  • Occitan: Filipe — male given name
  • Old Church Slavonic: Фїліппъ (Filippŭ) — male given name
  • Persian: فیلیپ (filip) — male given name
  • Polish: Filip — male given name
  • Portuguese: Felipe — male given name
  • Portuguese: Filipe — male given name
  • Romanian: Filip — male given name
  • Russian: Фили́пп (Filípp) — male given name
  • Russian: Фи́ли́п (Fílíp) — male given name
  • Skolt-Sami: Fee ́la — male given name
  • Skolt-Sami: I ́llep — male given name
  • Scottish Gaelic: Filib — male given name
  • Scottish Gaelic: Filip — male given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Филип — male given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Filip — male given name
  • Sicilian: Filippu — male given name
  • Slovak: Filip — male given name
  • Spanish: Felipe — male given name
  • Swedish: Filip — male given name
  • Thai: ฟีลิป — male given name
  • Ukrainian: Пили́п (Pylýp) — male given name
  • Welsh: Philip — male given name
  • Welsh: Phylip — male given name
  • Welsh: Ffilip — male given name
  • Welsh: Ffylip — male given name
Real reading context

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