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Gender of Phillip.

Phillip is a name usually given to males.

In a sample of all names from the US Census during the years 1890 to 2006, all of the children named Phillip were boys.

Although Phillip is male, why is it sometimes used for girls? Often a name is taken from a neutral concept with no implied gender. Sometimes the name can be derived from two different sources, one male and one female. Names sometimes change gender over time!


Meanings of the name Phillip.

The following meaning is associated with the name Phillip:

  • Lover of horses

Closely related variants of the name Phillip have the following meaning:

  • Loves horses

Origins of Phillip.

One origin of Phillip is Greek.

The origin of names associated with Phillip is Spanish.

Names related to Phillip.

A name related to Phillip is Felipe.

Names with the same meaning as Phillip are: Filib, Filip, Filipina, Pelipa, Phil, Philip, Phillipa, Phillippa and Pippa.

Lucky numbers for Phillip.

Number 2 playing card;©V.H.Smith

The numerological number for the name Phillip is 2.

Some two digit lucky numbers for Phillip are: 11 20 29 38 47 56 65 74 83 92.

What does this mean? If you believe in numbers having mystical powers, it could be something very important. You could look for a spouse with the same numerological number and choose your house or the date of an important even based on it. For most of us it is just a bit of fun. See if you have the same numerological number as any special person in your life.

How do you work out your numerological number? You use a special alphabet which gives a value to each of letters and then add the values of the letters in your name. You can see excactly how we calculated two as the lucky number for Phillip here: Calculating lucky numbers for Phillip.


Name Days for Phillip.

Name days are different in different countries and for different religions. They are often the memorial date of a saint who has the same name.

Often there are many saints with they same name, so you have a wide choice of name days!

A name day for Phillip is:

  • August 23 (Germany).

Popularity of Phillip.

Graph of popularity of Phillip

Phillip was most popular in the year 1950, where it was at position sixty-four for the whole of the USA.

Phillip decreased in popularity between 2001 and 2006 from position two hundred and nine to position two hundred and eighty-five.

The most popular decade for the name Phillip was from 1980 to 1989.

The last time that the name was in the top 1000 names in the USA census data was in 2006, where it was at position two hundred and eighty-five.


Writers

There are twenty-seven Writers called Phillip.

Here are the first ten. See Writers who have the name Phillip for the full list.

  • Phillip E. Johnson

    Phillip E. Johnson is a Writer... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip E. Johnson)

  • Phillip Adams

    Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams AO (born 12 July 1939) is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, humanist, social commentator, satirist, left-wing pundit and atheist. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The Australian.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Adams)

  • Lee Phillip Bell

    Lee Phillip Bell is a former talk show host and soap opera creator.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Lee Phillip Bell)

  • Phillip Noyce

    Phillip Noyce is a Writer... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Noyce)

  • Phillip Berryman

    Phillip E. Berryman (born 1938) is the author of several books on both liberation theology and the Christian experience in Latin America.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Berryman)

  • Phillip Lopate

    Doctor Phillip Lopate (born 1943) is an American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher. He is the younger brother of radio host Leonard Lopate.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Lopate)

  • Phillip Knightley

    Phillip Knightley (born 23 January 1929, Sydney, Australia) is a journalist, critic, and non-fiction author, visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln, England, and media commentator on the intelligence services and propaganda.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Knightley)

  • Phillip McArthur

    Phillip H. McArthur is a folklorist and anthropologist.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip McArthur)

  • Phillip Parotti

    Phillip Parotti (born 1941) is an American fiction writer and educator. His three mytho-historical novels, The Greek Generals Talk, The Trojan Generals Talk, and Fires in the Sky, all relate to the Trojan War, and have all been critically well-received.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Parotti)

  • Phillip Longman

    Phillip Longman (born April 21, 1956, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a renowned demographer. Presently he is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and he formerly worked as a senior writer and deputy assistant managing editor at U.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Longman)

Actors

There are sixteen Actors called Phillip.

Here are the first ten. See Actors who have the name Phillip for the full list.

  • Phillip Terry

    Phillip Terry is an Actor... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Terry)

  • Phillip Rhys

    Phillip Rhys is an Actor... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Rhys)

  • John Phillip Law

    John Phillip Law is an Actor... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on John Phillip Law)

  • Phillip Alford

    Phillip Alford is an Actor... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Alford)

  • Phillip Crosby

    Phillip Lang Crosby (13 July 1934 – 13 January 2004) was an American actor and singer, who began his career singing along with his brothers and father, Bing Crosby. He was the twin brother of Dennis Crosby.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Crosby)

  • Phillip Scott

    Phillip Scott (born 16 August 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), is an Australian actor, singer, pianist, writer and comedian.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Scott)

  • Phillip Andrew

    Phillip Andrew (born 3 October 1978 in Huntsville, Texas) is an American actor.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Andrew)

  • Phillip Edward Van Lear

    Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He plays corrections officer Louis Patterson on the show Prison Break.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Edward Van Lear)

  • Phillip Van Dyke

    Phillip Van Dyke is an Actor... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Van Dyke)

  • Lisa Davina Phillip

    Lisa Davina Phillip is a British actress and singer.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Lisa Davina Phillip)

Journalists

There are five Journalists called Phillip.

  • Phillip Adams

    Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams AO (born 12 July 1939) is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, humanist, social commentator, satirist, left-wing pundit and atheist. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The Australian.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Adams)

  • Phillip Knightley

    Phillip Knightley (born 23 January 1929, Sydney, Australia) is a journalist, critic, and non-fiction author, visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln, England, and media commentator on the intelligence services and propaganda.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Knightley)

  • Phillip Longman

    Phillip Longman (born April 21, 1956, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a renowned demographer. Presently he is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and he formerly worked as a senior writer and deputy assistant managing editor at U.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Longman)

  • Phillip Hodson

    Phillip Hodson (born 1946) is a British psychotherapist www.bacp.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Hodson)

  • Phillip Frazer

    Phillip Frazer is a Journalist... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Frazer)

Cricket Players

There are five Cricket Players called Phillip.

  • Phillip DeFreitas

    Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966 in Scotts Head, Dominica) is a retired English cricketer.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip DeFreitas)

  • Norbert Phillip

    Norbert Phillip (born 12 June 1948 in Dominica) is a former cricketer. He played nine Tests and one One Day International for the West Indies.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Norbert Phillip)

  • Phillip Blizzard

    Phillip Blizzard is a Cricket Player... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Blizzard)

  • Phillip Hughes

    Phillip Joel Hughes (born November 30, 1988 in Macksville, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who is widely considered to be one of the most promising prospects for Australia's future.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Hughes)

  • Warrington Phillip

    Warrington Dexter Phillip (born July 23, 1968 in Nevis) is a former West Indian first-class cricketer. He represented the Leeward Islands cricket team regularly in the Red Stripe Cup during the 1990s and played for the his home island of Nevis in the inaugural Stanford 20/20, held in 2006, where they were surprise Semi Finalists.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Warrington Phillip)

Philosophers

There are five Philosophers called Phillip.

  • Phillip E. Johnson

    Phillip E. Johnson is a Philosopher... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip E. Johnson)

  • Phillip Adams

    Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams AO (born 12 July 1939) is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, humanist, social commentator, satirist, left-wing pundit and atheist. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The Australian.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Adams)

  • Phillip Berryman

    Phillip E. Berryman (born 1938) is the author of several books on both liberation theology and the Christian experience in Latin America.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Berryman)

  • Phillip Norreys

    Phillip Norreys, Irish theologian, fl. 1427-1465.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Norreys)

  • Phillip Blond

    Phillip Blond (b.1966), is an English political thinker, theologian and philosopher, and director of the think tank ResPublica.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Blond)

Film Directors

There are four Film Directors called Phillip.

  • Phillip Noyce

    Phillip Noyce is a Film Director... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Noyce)

  • Phillip Pine

    Phillip Pine (July 16, 1920, Hanford, California - December 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Pine)

  • Phillip Borsos

    Born in Hobart, Tasmania (May 5, 1953). Borsos showed an early interest in film-making while attending high school in Maple Ridge, B.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Borsos)

  • Phillip R. Ford

    Phillip R. Ford is a Film Director... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip R. Ford)

Presidents

There are three Presidents called Phillip.

  • Phillip Whitehead

    Phillip Whitehead is a President... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Whitehead)

  • Phillip Shriver

    Phillip Raymond Shriver (born 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American historian and college administrator who was president of Miami University from 1965-1981.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Shriver)

  • Phillip S. Paludan

    Phillip Shaw Paludan, (January 26, 1938 – August 1, 2007) was a professor of Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois, Springfield, and a leading authority on the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip S. Paludan)

Naturalists

There are three Naturalists called Phillip.

  • Phillip Parker King

    Phillip Parker King is a Naturalist... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Parker King)

  • Phillip Clancey

    Dr Phillip Alexander Clancey DSc (26 September 1917 – 18 July 2001) was a leading authority on the ornithology of South Africa.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Clancey)

  • John Phillip Harison Acocks

    John Phillip Harison Acocks (7 April 1911 Cape Town - 20 May 1979 Middelburg, Eastern Cape), was a South African botanist noted for his publication "Veld Types of South Africa" and his extensive botanical collection of some 28 000 specimens from South Africa and Namibia. In 1938 he was seconded to go on a joint collecting trip of four months with Swedish botanist Adolf Hjalmar Frederick Hafström (1871-1948) between Cape Town and Victoria Falls.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on John Phillip Harison Acocks)

Criminals

There are three Criminals called Phillip.

  • Phillip Kastel

    Phillip "Dandy Phil" Kastel (April 2, 1893-August 16, 1962) was a Jewish-American mobster, gambler, and longtime associate of the Genovese crime family.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Kastel)

  • Warrington Phillip

    Warrington Dexter Phillip (born July 23, 1968 in Nevis) is a former West Indian first-class cricketer. He represented the Leeward Islands cricket team regularly in the Red Stripe Cup during the 1990s and played for the his home island of Nevis in the inaugural Stanford 20/20, held in 2006, where they were surprise Semi Finalists.... ( from the wikipedia article on Warrington Phillip)

  • Phillip Musica

    Philip Mariano Fausto Musica (1877-1938), also known as F. Donald Coster, was a swindler whose criminal career spanned parts of three decades.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Musica)

Mathematicians

There are three Mathematicians called Phillip.

  • Phillip Griffiths

    Phillip Griffiths (born 1938) is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach to algebraic geometry. He was a major developer in particular of the theory of variation of Hodge structure in Hodge theory and moduli theory.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Griffiths)

  • Phillip Longman

    Phillip Longman (born April 21, 1956, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a renowned demographer. Presently he is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and he formerly worked as a senior writer and deputy assistant managing editor at U.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Longman)

  • Phillip Good

    Phillip I. Good (born in 1937) is a Canadian-American mathematical statistician.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Good)

Judges

There are three Judges called Phillip.

  • Phillip Benjamin Baldwin

    Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (December 23, 1924 – April 20, 2002) from 1968 to 1991 served as a judge on U.S.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Benjamin Baldwin)

  • Phillip Forman

    Phillip Forman is a Judge... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Forman)

  • Phillip S. Figa

    Phillip S. Figa (1951 – January 5, 2008) was a United States federal judge.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip S. Figa)

Soccer Players

There are three Soccer Players called Phillip.

  • Phillip McCloy

    Phillip McCloy (born in April 1896 in Uddingston–died 1972) was a Scottish association football player who played as a full back. McCloy won two caps for the Scotland while with Ayr United.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip McCloy)

  • Shanon Phillip

    Shanon Phillip (born November 9, 1988) is a Grenadian football player. He currently serves as goalkeeper for the Grenada national football team.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Shanon Phillip)

  • Phillip Buffington

    Phillip Buffington is a Soccer Player... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Buffington)

Explorers

There are three Explorers called Phillip.

  • Phillip Parker King

    Phillip Parker King is an Explorer... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Parker King)

  • Phillip Osborne

    Phillip Osborne (16 March 1904 – 23 August 1936) was an early travelling companion of Sir Wilfred Thesiger, educated at Christ's Hospital and Pembroke College, Oxford University. Osborne was a keen student of Greats and French Literature, gaining a first class degree before travelling to Syria where he became fluent in Arabic and conversant with Iron Age Semitic Culture.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Osborne)

  • Phillip Law

    Phillip Garth Law AC, CBE (21 April 1912 – 28 February 2010http://www.heraldsun.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Law)

Architects

There are three Architects called Phillip.

  • Phillip Gibbs

    Phillip Gibbs (born 1940) is an Australian architect. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition for work on his Australian timber house.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Gibbs)

  • Armand Phillip Bartos

    Armand Phillip Bartos (1910–New York City, December 29, 2005) was an American architect and philanthropist.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Armand Phillip Bartos)

  • Phillip Brooks Maher

    Phillip Brooks Maher (1894-1981) was an American architect. Born in Kenilworth, Illinois in 1894, he was the son and later the partner of George Washington Maher who was an important figure in the Prairie School movement.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Brooks Maher)

Painters

There are two Painters called Phillip.

  • John Phillip

    John Phillip is a Painter... (extract from the wikipedia article on John Phillip)

  • Phillip Hefferton

    Phillip Hefferton (born 1933) is an American pop artist from Detroit, Michigan, known for his paintings of banknotes. A friend of artist Robert Dowd, he entered the Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, where he studied painting with Sarkis Sarkisian.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Hefferton)

Olympic Medalists

There are two Olympic Medalists called Phillip.

  • Phillip Dutton

    Phillip Dutton is an Olympic Medalist... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Dutton)

  • Phillip Carmichael

    Phillip P. Carmichael (25 January 1884 – 1 September 1973) was an Australian rugby union national representative rugby union player.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Carmichael)

Racing Car Drivers

There are two Racing Car Drivers called Phillip.

  • Phillip Scifleet

    Phillip Scifleet, born May 4, 1977, is an Australian race driver. Starting in Karts in 1993, he moved into the Australian Suzuki GTi Cup in 1995.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Scifleet)

  • Phillip Scott (Vermont)

    Phil Scott (born August 4, 1958 in Barre, Vermont) is an American politician from the State of Vermont. He is currently serving his fifth term in the Vermont Senate representing the Washington County Senate District.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Scott (Vermont))

Golfers

There are two Golfers called Phillip.

  • Phillip Price

    Phillip Price is a Golfer... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Price)

  • Phillip Archer

    Phillip Archer is a Golfer... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Archer)

Bishops

There are two Bishops called Phillip.

  • Phillip Aspinall

    The Archbishop Of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall (born 1959) has been the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia since February 2002, and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia since July 2005.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Aspinall)

  • Rubin Phillip

    The Right Reverend Rubin Phillip (b. circa 1948) is bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Natal.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Rubin Phillip)

Boxers

There are two Boxers called Phillip.

  • Phillip N'dou

    Phillip Ndou (born May 4, 1977 in Thohoyandou, South Africa) is a South African retired professional boxer. He had an excellent knockout percentage, with a record of 31-3 (30 KOs).... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip N'dou)

  • Phillip Boudreault

    Phillip ("Phil") Boudreault (born January 23, 1975 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a boxer from Canada.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Boudreault)

Ambassadors

There is one Ambassador called Phillip.

  • Phillip H. Muller

    Phillip Henry Muller (born January 2, 1956) is a Marshallese politician and diplomat.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip H. Muller)

Baseball Players

There is one Baseball Player called Phillip.

  • Phillip Wellman

    Phillip Wellman is the American manager of the Mississippi Braves of the Southern League. Wellman entered professional baseball as a player in and began coaching in .... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Wellman)

Sculptors

There is one Sculptor called Phillip.

  • Phillip King (artist)

    Phillip King PRA (born 1934) is one of Britain's most innovative sculptors. He is one of Anthony Caro's best known students, even though the two artists are near contemporaries.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip King (artist))

Basketball Players

There is one Basketball Player called Phillip.

  • Darren Phillip

    Darren Phillip is a Basketball Player... (extract from the wikipedia article on Darren Phillip)

Prophets

There is one Prophet called Phillip.

  • Phillip Barham

    Phillip Wayne Barham (born December 4, 1957) is a classical and jazz saxophonist and professor of saxophone at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Barham)

Poets

There is one Poet called Phillip.

  • Ronald Phillip Tanaka

    Ronald Phillip Tanaka (1944 - 2007) was a Japanese-American poet and editor.http://www.... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Ronald Phillip Tanaka)

Physicians

There is one Physician called Phillip.

  • Phillip Thomas

    Phillip Thomas MB ChB LLB(hons) FRCS (born June 7, 1961) is an obesity surgeon and medical negligence lawyer, and now also a ghostwriter.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Thomas)

Bodybuilders

There is one Bodybuilder called Phillip.

  • Phillip Heath

    Phillip Heath is a Bodybuilder... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Heath)

Classical Composers

There is one Classical Composer called Phillip.

  • Phillip Ramey

    Phillip Ramey (b. Elmhurst, Illinois, United States, September 12, 1939) is an American composer, pianist, and writer on music.... (extract from the wikipedia article on Phillip Ramey)

Nobel Prize Winners

There is one Nobel Prize Winner called Phillip.

  • Phillip Allen Sharp

    Phillip Allen Sharp is a Nobel Prize Winner... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Allen Sharp)

Comedians

There is one Comedian called Phillip.

  • Phillip Scott

    Phillip Scott (born 16 August 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), is an Australian actor, singer, pianist, writer and comedian.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Scott)

Motorbike Racers

There is one Motorbike Racer called Phillip.

  • Phillip McCallen

    Phillip McCallen is a Motorbike Racer... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip McCallen)

Diplomats

There is one Diplomat called Phillip.

  • Phillip H. Muller

    Phillip Henry Muller (born January 2, 1956) is a Marshallese politician and diplomat.... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip H. Muller)

DJs

There is one DJ called Phillip.

  • Phillip Schofield

    Phillip Schofield is a DJ... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Schofield)

Economists

There is one Economist called Phillip.

  • Phillip D. Cagan

    Phillip D. Cagan (born 1927) is an American scholar and author.... (abstract from the wikipedia article on Phillip D. Cagan)

Figure Skaters

There is one Figure Skater called Phillip.

  • Phillip Schofield

    Phillip Schofield is a Figure Skater... ( from the wikipedia article on Phillip Schofield)

Generals

There is one General called Phillip.

  • Phillip Bennett

    Phillip Bennett is a General... (excerpt from the wikipedia article on Phillip Bennett)

Phillip

Gender: usually male

Meaning: Lover of horses

Origin: Greek

Lucky Number: Two

Popularity: Position 64 in 1950, currently decreasing

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