Phillip

Where Phillip comes from

A less common spelling of Philip.
— Wiktionary's entry for Phillip
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Phillip through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #173 among boys, with 75 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1944
    Phillip Sharp born
    American biologist
  3. 1950
    Peak, #64
    5,055 babies named Phillip, its best rank.
  4. 1970
    Phillip Cocu born
    Dutch association football player and manager
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #137.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Phillip Cocu · Dutch association football player and manager, born 1970
  • Phillip Sharp · American biologist, born 1944
  • Phillip Hughes · Australian cricketer, 1988–2014
  • Phillip Noyce · Australian film director, born 1950
  • Phillip Phillips · American singer, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.