Comments for PHILIP:

Famous bearer: Philip Collins (better known as "Phil"), a professional British pop/rock singer. He's played music in several movies including "But Seriously ..." "Can't Rush Love," etc.

-- Anonymous User  7/21/2005

I know he's a fictional character, but another famous bearer of this name was Philip 'Pip' Pirrip from the book "Great Expectations."

-- Anonymous User  8/11/2005

Famous bearer: Dr. Phil.

-- Anonymous User  8/17/2005

Can be shortened to 'Pip', 'Phil' or back to the greek word that forms the first part of the name 'Philo'. This means 'Love' but can also be translated as 'friend' as there are 4 different words for love in Old Testament Greek and 'Philo' denotes the love between friends rather than anything sexual. Should most accurately be spelt with only one 'l' but some use two.

-- Amatire  11/4/2005

Famous bearer is Philip Seymour Hoffman, an Academy Award-winning American actor.

-- Anonymous User  3/25/2006

Another fictional bearer of this name is Philip J. Fry (better known as Fry) from the sitcom Futurama. Most people dislike this programme but I don't.

-- rosco kid  4/14/2006

I don't know why the name Philip reminds me of a boy who likes to horserace. In a story (sorry, don't remember the name! It's my friend's story she's writing it) there are two Philip's, one is named Philip Claudius Winters, he's a 12-year-old, he's not too smart, but hey, everyone loves him for some reason. And the other is Philip Vargas (Uncle Felipe, he's obviously older). I've never liked the name but it's ok. Reminds me of Phillips.

-- Anonymous User  4/29/2006

Philip was the name of the prince in Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

-- Anonymous User  4/29/2006

A famous bearer is Philip Rosenthal, creator and co-executive producer of the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996-2005). Rosenthal's wife, Monica Horan, also starred as Amy MacDougall-Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond".

-- AndrewJKD  7/29/2006

Philip Kirkorov, a Russian singer, is a famous bearer. This can also be spelled Fillip, Phillip or Philipp.

-- wefrox  8/9/2006

Listen to the German pronunciation of Philip here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

-- _satu_  10/24/2006

My late father's name was Philip and he hated it! He used the nickname Jesse instead - because our last name is James. My mother was going to name me after him - Philip if I was a boy and Phylis - thank godness my father told her NO WAY! The name isn't that bad but it just reminds me of an older guy, in his 60's or 80's.

-- alyse88  3/25/2007

A character in the TV show Shameless is named Philip but everyone calls him Lip.

-- Anonymous User  3/30/2007

I like this name, though it's my dad's. I would absolutely love to see it on a little boy. Personally, I think it fits younger people best. Especially the nickname "Pip".

-- arrowhead909  4/27/2007

Philip is one of the loudmouthed, flappyheaded, farting Canadian duo from South Park.

-- Rockos_Modern_Life_1  6/3/2007

Philip Pullman is the author of His Dark Materials.

-- LilaMayaNeve  6/30/2007

This is the name of the Jewish American novelist Philip Roth, author of "Portnoy's Complaint", "Zuckerman Bound", "The Human Stain", "The Plot against America", "Everyman" and various other books.

-- lady murasaki  9/9/2007

I think it's a very stable and honest name. There are plenty of the famous bearers like 5 kings of Macedon, one of them is a father of Alexander the Great. There also have been 6 kings of France called Philippe and several dukes of Spain.

-- Anonymous User  11/16/2007

What a nice meaning! Friend of horses. I don't really like the name itself though.

-- dreamgirl54  11/20/2007

Isn't Philip's meaning slightly ironic given the tale of Philip II, Alexander the Great, and Bucephalus? Elaboration, for those who don't know: Alexander, as a young man, came to his father, Philip, who was attempting to ride a horse no one else could. His father told him that if he could ride him, he could have him. Alexander reportedly turned his head away from his shadow, mounted, and rode off until he tired Bucephalus out.

-- Elvenscholar  6/22/2008

I believe Sleeping Beauty's prince (in the Disney adaptation) was a Philip. The name fits; I recall that he had a horse.

-- Anonymous User  4/27/2009

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