Phillip
The English spelling of Filip, from a Greek name meaning "friend of horses". Only a few hundred men in Poland carry it, and lately it goes to no one at all: a name most Poles have never met.
Phillip Pronunciation
What Phillip means
Where Phillip comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Phillip reaches back to the Greek Philippos, built from philos, loving, and hippos, horse. Friend of horses, then. In a world where a horse meant status and speed, the name marked someone born close to power.
Philip II of Macedon carried it first into the history books, the king who drilled an army and fathered Alexander the Great. Later a Christian apostle bore the name, which took it across Europe and into the calendar of saints. The Polish ear knows it best as Filip, the variant that turns up on a class register or an official form at the urząd.
The English spelling with two l's found its own path through England, where the name settled among kings and commoners alike. Yet the horse never left. A boy called Phillip carries, without knowing it, a small herd from ancient Greece.
Friend of horses. In Polish, miłośnik koni.
How many people are named Phillip
1 in 50824 men in Poland is named Phillip. 420 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1452 among male names.
Phillip's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Phillip as a middle name
Phillip is a first name for 420 men in Poland and a middle name for another 148, a 74/26 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 580th, between Mert (148) and Mikolaj (147).
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#578 Faustyn148
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#579 Mert148
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#580 Phillip148
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#581 Mikolaj147
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#582 Henrik146