Philippe
Philippe is a French male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Philippe is the French form of the name Philipp and, like this, derived from the Greek φίλιππος (Phílippos) meaning "horse friend" (φίλος - friend & ίππος - horse). (Therefore spelled correctly with an L in the middle and two P at the back.)
Name days
- May 3 ( Apostle Philip )
- May 26th ( Philipp Neri )
Name bearer
Ruler
- Philippe de Toucy († 1277), regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople
- Philippe (Belgium) (* 1960), King of the Belgians
First name
- Philippe Adams (* 1969), Belgian racing driver
- Philippe Alliot (* 1954), French racing driver
- Philippe Attey , Ivorian politician
- Philippe Barbarin (* 1950), Archbishop of Lyon
- Philippe Bühler (* 1981), German singer
- Philippe Coutinho (* 1992), Brazilian soccer player
- Philippe-Henry Dacoury-Tabley , Ivorian banker
- Philippe Étancelin (1896–1981), French racing driver
- Philippe Furrer (* 1985), Swiss ice hockey player
- Philippe Gilbert (* 1982), Belgian racing cyclist
- Philippe Herreweghe (* 1947), Belgian conductor
- Philippe Jaroussky (* 1978), French singer (countertenor)
- Philippe Kahn (* 1952), French-American entrepreneur
- Philippe Léotard (1940–2001), French actor and singer
- Philippe Mangou (* 1952), Ivorian military
- Philippe Noiret (1930-2006), French actor
- Philippe Oddo (* 1959), French banker
- Philippe Laroche (* 1966), Canadian freestyle skier
- Philippe Palmiste (* 1978), French racing cyclist
- Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), French military, diplomat and politician
- Philippe Petit (* 1949), French high wire artist, pocket player, pantomime and street juggler
- Philippe de Rothschild (1902–1988), French entrepreneur, racing car driver and winemaker
- Philippe Roussel (* 1961), Swiss actor
- Philippe Soutter (* 1962), Swiss floorball coach
- Philippe Starck (* 1949), French designer
- Philippe Streiff (* 1955), French racing driver
- Philippe Thomassin (1562–1622), French graphic artist and engraver
- Philippe Volter (1959-2005), Belgian actor
- Philippe Wampfler (* 1977), Swiss author, lecturer and teacher for digital education
- Philippe Zawieja (* 1970), French psychosociologist
family name
- Adrien Philippe (1815–1894), French watchmaker and inventor
- Benoît Philippe (* 1959), German Esperantist, translator and writer
- Charles-Louis Philippe (1874–1909), French writer and poet
- Clarissa Jean-Philippe (1988–2015), French policewoman
- Didier Philippe (* 1961), French football player
- Édouard Philippe (* 1970), French politician
- Guy Philippe (* 1968), Haitian officer and rebel leader
- Jean Philippe (born 1931), French singer
- Joseph Laurent Philippe (1877–1956), Luxembourgish religious, Bishop of Luxembourg
- Julie Philippe (* 1946), French actress and caster
- Laëtitia Philippe (* 1991), French soccer player
- Louis Philippe (chess player) , Luxembourgish chess player
- Marie-Dominique Philippe (1912–2006), French Dominican, philosopher, theologian and founder of an order
- Maurice Philippe (1932–1989), British designer
- Michel Philippe-Gérard (1924–2014), French pianist, conductor, composer and songwriter
- Nelson Philippe (* 1986), French racing driver
- Nizier Anthelme Philippe (1849–1905), French mystic and occultist
- Patrick Philippe , French curler
- Paul-Pierre Philippe (1905–1984), French cardinal
- Xavier Philippe (* 1980), French rower
See also
- Patek Philippe , Swiss watch manufacturer