Filip

Proper noun

Filip m

1. Philip

Proper noun

Filip m

1. A male given name., cognate to Philip.

Alternative forms

• given name: Philip, Phillip

Proper noun

Filip

1. Philip (biblical character)
2. A male given name., cognate to Philip.

Proper noun

Filip m

1. A male given name..

Proper noun

Filip

1. Philip
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir […] Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also [Filip of Repintoun] whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto.

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Alternative forms

• given name: Philip

Proper noun

Filip

1. Philip (biblical character)
2. A male given name., cognate to Philip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲi.lʲip/

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Proper noun

Filip m

1. A male given name., cognate to Philip.

Proper noun

Filip m (Cyrillic spelling Филип)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Philip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilip/

Proper noun

Filip m (genitive Filipa, nominative plural Filipovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Filip in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Alternative forms

• Philip

Etymology

Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1581 as Philip.

Proper noun

Filip c (genitive Filips)

1. A male given name..

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 23 675 males with the given name Filip (compared to 14 688 named Philip) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.