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Name Phillip

Meaning:friend of horsesTools:

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Gender:male
Languages of use:English
US 2021 rank:#522     ... 521:Bodie, 522:Jamison, 523:Phillip, 524:Zaire, 525:Jonas ...     Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:Philip, Phillis, Fillip, Philipp, Phyllis     Details
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About Philip/Philippa, the group of names with the same origin as Phillip

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
Old/original forms:Philippos Old Greek, Philippus Latin
Name variants:Filipa, Filippa, Philippa, Philippine, Pippa, Felipe, Filip, Filipe, Filipp, Filippo, Fillip, Phil, Philip, Philipp, Philippe, Phillip, Pippo   Sortable list   Details
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SeriesGraphRankings
England+Wales decadesGraph1984 64,  1974 63,  1964 59,  1954 571944 93,  1914 99
NorwayGraph2022 196,  2021 155,  2020 149,  2019 193,  2018 169,  2017 166,  2016 144,  2015 148,  2014 148,  2013 1132012 157,  2011 147,  2010 153,  2009 154,  2008 146
USA decadesGraph1990-1999 128,  1980-1989 71,  1970-1979 71,  1960-1969 68
USA prevalence 1990 87
USA yearlyGraph2022 575,  2021 522,  2020 518,  2019 505,  2018 450,  2017 424,  2016 436,  2015 409,  2014 391,  2013 364,  2012 350,  2011 378,  2010 355,  2009 340,  2008 304,  2007 292,  2006 286,  2005 268,  2004 248,  2003 233,  2002 226,  2001 209,  2000 198,  1999 188,  1998 177,  1997 165,  1996 150,  1995 137,  1994 131,  1993 117
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