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Name Group Philip/Philippa

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Group info:
Meaning/translation:friend of horses
Language of origin:Old Greek
Info about origin, male:known from Saint Philip, the apostle
 the name element hippos for horse can be traced back to a very ancient Indoeuropean root ekwo
Words:philos = the friend  Old Greek
 hippos = the horse  Old Greek
 ekwo = the horse  Indoeuropean
Topics:12 Apostles, New Testament
Variants' top ranks:1:Philipp Germany/East 1991,  1:Filip Sweden 1998,  2:Felipe Argentina 2018,  4:Philippe France 2011,  16:Philip England+Wales 1954,  18:Filippo Italy 2007,  20:Filippa Sweden 2005,  33:Filipa Portugal 2011,  40:Filipe Portugal 2014,  44:Pippa New Zealand 2013
Name variants:

All variants, grouped by language of use

LanguageFemale VariantsMale Variants
GermanPhilippa, PhilippineFilipp, Philipp
Portuguese Felipe, Filipe
EnglishPhilippa, PippaPhil, Philip, Phillip
ItalianFilippaFilippo, Pippo
Spanish Felipe
French Philippe
ScandinavianFilippaFilip, Fillip
Czech Filip
Polish Filip
SlavicFilipa 
RussianFilipa 
Latin Philippus
Old Greek Philippos
Name variants:

5 female and 14 male name variants, sorted by name and gender

NameLanguages of Use
FilipaSlavic, Russian
FilippaItalian, Scandinavian
PhilippaGerman, English
PhilippineGerman
PippaEnglish

NameLanguages of Use
FelipePortuguese, Spanish
FilipScandinavian, Polish, Czech
FilipePortuguese
FilippGerman
FilippoItalian
FillipScandinavian
PhilEnglish
PhilipEnglish
PhilippGerman
PhilippeFrench
PhilipposOld Greek
PhilippusLatin
PhillipEnglish
PippoItalian