Phil

Philip II of Macedon
Pronunciation	/ˈfɪlɪp/ /ˈfɪləp/
Gender	Male
Name day	14 November
Origin
Word/name	Greek: Φίλιππος
Meaning	"fond of horses"
Other names
Cognate(s)	Filip Felipe Felip Filipe Filippo Filippos Fülöp Philipp Philippe Philippos

Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek Φίλιππος (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"^[1][2]), from a compound of φίλος (philos, "dear", "loved", "loving") and ἵππος (hippos, "horse").^[3] 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, and Pip. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa.

Antiquity

Rulers and royalty

First name

• Metacomet (1638-1676), nicknamed "King Philip", war leader of the Wampanoag in "King Philip's War"
• Phiiliip (born 1980), American musician, born Philip Guichard
• Phil Anselmo (born 1968), American heavy metal vocalist and musician
• Phil Barker (born 1932), American wargames designer
• Phil Coleman (athlete) (1931–2021), American runner
• Phil Coleman (footballer) (born 1960), English footballer
• Phil Collins (born 1951), English drummer and singer-songwriter
• Phil Cunningham (born 1960), Scottish accordionist
• Phil Farbman (1924–1996), American basketball player
• Phil Foden (born 2000), English footballer
• Phil Foglio (born 1956), print and online comic artist, creator of Girl Genius and XXXenophile
• Phil Goff (born 1953), New Zealand politician
• Phil Handler (1908-1968), American football player
• Phil Hartman (1948–1998), American actor and comedian
• Phil Haynes (born 1995), American football player
• Phil Hellmuth (born 1964), American poker player
• Phil Hill (1927-2008), American automobile racer
• Phil Ivey (born 1977), American poker player
• Phil Jackson (born 1945), American basketball coach
• Phil Jurkovec (born 1999), American football player
• Phil Keoghan (born 1967), New Zealand-born television personality, known for hosting The Amazing Race
• Phil Kessel (born 1987), American ice hockey player
• Phil LaMarr (born 1967), American actor
• Phil Lester (born 1987), English YouTuber and BBC Radio 1 presenter
• Phil Lynott (1949-1986), Irish vocalist, bassist, and member of Thin Lizzy
• Phil Mauger, current mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
• Phil Mahre (born 1957), American alpine skier
• Phil Marsh (born 1986), English footballer
• Phil McGraw (born 1950), American talk show host, also known as Dr. Phil
• Phil Mickelson (born 1970), American golfer
• Phil Murphy (born 1957), American politician
• Phil Neville (born 1977), English footballer
• Phil Ochs (1940-1976), American songwriter and protest singer
• Phil Oestricher (1931-2015), American test pilot
• Phil Palmer (born 1952), English jazz and rock guitarist
• Phil Plait (born 1964), American astronomer
• Phil Radford (born 1976), Greenpeace executive director
• Phil Read (1939–2022), English retired motorcycle racer, former world champion
• Phil Rudd (born 1954), Australian drummer for AC/DC
• Phil Spector (1939-2021), American record producer and songwriter
• Phil Taylor (born 1960), English darts player
• Phil Vickery (born 1976), English rugby player
• Phil Weintraub (1907–1987), American baseball player
• Philip Baldi (born 1946), American linguist and classical scholar
• Philip Carey (1925–2009), American actor
• Philip Chen Nan-lok (born 1955), Hong Kong businessman
• Philip P. Cohen (1908-1993), American chemist and researcher
• Philip Coppens (disambiguation), several people
• Philip Craven (born 1950), English sports administrator, president of the International Paralympic Committee
• Philip Dulebohn (born 1973), American figure skater
• Philip Erenberg (1909–1992), American gymnast and Olympic silver medalist
• Philip Farkas (1914-1992), American horn player
• Philip Glass (born 1937), American composer
• Philip Glenister (born 1963), English actor
• Philip Gudthaykudthay (died 2022), Aboriginal Australian artist
• Philip Gunawardena (1901-1972), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
• Philip Guston (1913-1980), American painter
• Philip Hamilton (1782-1801), American poet and son of Alexander Hamilton
• Philip Hearnshaw, (1952–2012), Australian filmmaker
• Philip J. Ivanhoe (born 1954), American sinologist
• Philip Jalalpoor, (born 1993), German basketball player
• Philip K. Dick (1928–1982), American science fiction writer
• Philip Khuri Hitti (1886–1978), Lebanese academic and scholar of Islam
• Philip Langridge (1939–2010), English tenor
• Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet (1825-1888), English politician and landowner
• Philip Napier Miles (1865-1935), English composer, philanthropist and landowner
• Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres, French nobleman
• Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre, French nobleman
• Philip George Owston (1921–2001), English chemist and crystallographer, and namesake of the Owston Islands in Antarctica
• Philip Perry (born 1964), acting Associate Attorney General of the United States
• Philip Pullman, (born 1946), English writer
• Philip Rivers (born 1981), American football player
• Philip Roller (born 1994), Thai footballer
• Philip Roth (1933–2018), American novelist
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014), American actor
• Philip van Ness Myers (1846–1937), American historian
• Philip Vellacott (1907–1997), English academic and classical scholar, known for his translations of Greek tragedy
• Philip Webster (born 1949), English journalist
• Philip Wilson (bishop) (1950–2021), English-Australian bishop and prisoner
• Philip Wong (1938–2021), politician in Hong Kong
• Philip Zimbardo (born 1933), American psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University
• Phill Jupitus (born 1962), English comedian
• Phillip Buchanon (born 1980), American football player
• Phillip Garrido (born 1951), American kidnapper
• Phillip Hagar Smith (1905–1987), American electrical engineer, inventor of the Smith chart
• Phillip Hughes (1988–2014), Australian cricketer
• Phillip Carl Jablonski (1946–2019), American serial killer and rapist
• Phillip Jack Brooks (born 1978), American wrestler, ring name CM Punk
• Phillip James Dodd (born 1971), English-American architect
• Phillip Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Phillip Lindsay (born 1994), American football player
• Phillip Noyce (born 1950), Australian film director
• Phillip Phillips (born 1990), American Idol season 11 winner
• Phillip Schofield (born 1962), English broadcaster and television personality
• Phillip Walsh (disambiguation), multiple people
• Phillip Whitehead (1937–2005), English politician and member of the European Parliament
• Phillip Wilcher (born 1958), Australian classical music composer
• Punxsutawney Phil, Groundhog Day groundhog
• Pylyp Orlyk (1672-1742), writer of Ukraine's first constitution

Surname

• Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), Australian admiral and governor of New South Wales, Australia
• Cornelius Becker Philip (1900-1987), American entomologist
• Emanuel L. Philipp (1861–1925), American politician and governor of the US state of Wisconsin
• Grethe Philip (1916–2016), Danish politician^[4]
• John Philip (1775–1851), Scottish missionary in South Africa
• Mary Phillip (born 1977), English footballer
• Tarik Phillip (born 1993), English-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League

Country

The Philippines is a country that was part of the Spanish Empire and named after King Philip II of Spain.

Fictional characters

• Phil, a character in the 1991 American comedy film What About Bob?
• Phil, a character in the 2000 American fantasy-comedy TV movie Life-Size
• Philip, one of the two main leads in Kamen Rider W
• Prince Phillip, a character from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty
• Prince Phillip III, a character from Power Rangers Dino Charge
• Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, a character from Dilbert
• Philip the Diesel Boxcab, a character from Thomas and Friends
• Philoctetes, a character from the Disney film Hercules
• Phillip Argyle, a character from South Park, and part of the comedic duo Terrence and Phillip
• Philip Banks, a character from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Philip Bauer, the father of Jack Bauer in the series 24
• Phil Blumburtt, a character in the 1986 American science fiction film Howard the Duck
• Phillip Chancellor II, a character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Phillip Chancellor III, a character in The Young and the Restless
• Chance Chancellor, aka Phillip Chancellor IV, a character in The Young and the Restless
• Phil Coulson, a character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Phil DeVille, a character from the Nickelodeon series Rugrats
• Phil Diffy, from the Disney Channel sitcom Phil of the Future
• Phillip Drummond, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
• Phil Dunphy, a character in Modern Family
• Phil Eggtree, a character from the Newgrounds game Riddle School
• Phillip Enright, the main character from The Cay
• Philip J. Fry, the protagonist of Futurama
• Philip 'Lip' Gallagher, in Shameless U.K & U.S
• Coroner Phillip 'Phil' Hant, a character in Jason Goes to Hell
• Philip Kiriakis, a character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Philip Lenox, a character in the 2001 American independent comedy-drama film Little Secrets
• Phil Leotardo, a character from the HBO series The Sopranos
• Philip Mannering, one of the four children in Enid Blyton's The Adventure Series
• Philip Marlowe, a detective character created by Raymond Chandler
• Phil Miller, a character in the American television series The Last Man on Earth
• Phil Mitchell, a character from EastEnders
• Philip Reardon, aka the Ten-Eyed Man, a supervillain in DC Comics
• Phillip Schrute, Dwight Schrute's son in the American adaptation of The Office
• Dr. Phillip Sherman, a dentist in the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo
• Phil Sultenfuss, a character in the American coming-of-age comedy-drama films My Girl and My Girl 2
• Philip Traum, Satan's adopted name in the Mark Twain novel The Mysterious Stranger
• Phil Wenneck, a character in the 2009 American comedy film The Hangover
• Phil Winkelstein, aka Frankencelery, from VeggieTales
• Philip Wittebane, a character from the animated television series The Owl House

Philip in other languages

See also

• Philippa, feminine given name
• Saint Philip (disambiguation)
• Emperor Philip (disambiguation)
• King Philip (disambiguation)
• Prince Philip (disambiguation)

References