What does the name Philip mean?

Philip means "Lover of horses, Kerala Syrian Christian name". It is a boy's name of Malayalam origin.

Philip

Philip means Lover of horses, Kerala Syrian Christian name.

Gender	boy
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	P

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Lover of horses, Kerala Syrian Christian name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Ashvin — Light, possessor of horses, month of Ashwin
Nakul — The fourth Pandava, skilled with horses and weapons
Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
Eldho — Kerala Syrian Christian name, God is my strength
Kunjabihari — Lover of the forest, Lord Krishna
Chakor — A bird that drinks moonlight; moon-lover

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

Ayyappan — Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
Sreejith — Victorious
Manikandan — Lord Ayyappa

Where this comes from

Philip has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.