Phillip: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced FIL-ip · 2 syllables

Phillip means “fond of horses; to love”, from Greek.

A less common spelling of Philip.

How popular is Phillip?

Phillip was the #651 name in the US in 2025, given to 425 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 41% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Phillip in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Phillip are older than 54; most are between 26 and 80. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Phillip have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Phillip means “fond of horses; to love”. It comes from Greek.

Phillip is pronounced FIL-ip.

Phillip was the #651 name in the US in 2025, given to 425 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 41% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Phillip are older than 54. Most are between 26 and 80.