Phillip

Where Phillip comes from

A less common spelling of Philip.
— Wiktionary's entry for Phillip
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #173 among boys — 75 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1944
    Phillip Sharp born
    American biologist
  3. 1950
    Peak, #64
    5,055 babies named Phillip — more than any year before or since.
  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.