The name Filipp
Filipp is a male name of Greek origin meaning “lover of horses”. Below: forms of the name, name days in the Orthodox calendar, character by tradition, numerology, the first letter, talismans and compatibility with other names.
Origin and meaning
Filipp is a male name of Greek origin. Meaning: “lover of horses”. From the Greek Φίλιππος: φιλέω, “to love”, and ἵππος, “horse”.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Filipp |
| Short forms | Filya, Filippok |
| Affectionate forms | Filyusha |
Name days (angel’s day)
| 22 January | Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow |
| 27 November | Apostle Philip |
A name day is the feast of the saint after whom a person was baptised. If several saints share the name, custom is to celebrate the first feast after the birthday. Shown here are the main feasts in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, with civil (Gregorian) dates.
Character by tradition
In name books, Filipp is lively, independent and ambitious. He loves movement, novelty and recognition. He can be quick-tempered. His strength is energy and directness.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Filipp «Филипп» in the Russian 1–9 table: Ф 4 + И 1 + Л 4 + И 1 + П 8 + П 8 = 26 → 8. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 8 — power and achievement. Eight is the number of business and money: organising talent, ambition, skill with resources. The weak spot is a domineering streak and measuring life by results.
Vowels give the soul number 2 (partnership and sensitivity), consonants the personality number 6 (care and harmony). Inner motive: partnership and sensitivity; outer manner: care and harmony. Such a gap is not bad in itself: others see one side, close people know the other.
In Slavic Cyrillic numerals (using the modern spelling of the name): Ф=500 + И=8 + Л=30 + И=8 + П=80 + П=80 = 706, reduced to 4. Letters that had no numeric value are skipped. This is an additional digit, not a second name number: meanings for the Cyrillic numerals were added in the 20th century, modeled on Western numerology.
More: name number with surname, Slavic Cyrillic numerals, number meanings.
First letter and letters of the name
In letter reading — a popular tradition of interpreting letters — the first letter of the name matters most: it sets the main tone of character. The other letters add shades.
Ф — wish to be in the centre. Cheerfulness, friendliness, a taste for fantasies and pranks.
Other letters: И — refinement and kindness; Л — sense of beauty; П — wealth of ideas.
Talismans of the name
Name books usually derive talismans from the name number and its planet; lists differ between authors. Here we follow Cheiro (“Book of Numbers”): number 8 is linked with the planet Saturn.
| Planet | Saturn |
| Stones | black pearl, dark sapphire, amethyst |
| Colours | dark grey, dark blue, black |
| Favourable days | Saturday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 8 goes most easily with 2, 4 and 6, and has more friction with 1 and 8.
Goes well with: Angelina, Vasilisa, Darya, Elizaveta, Zinaida, Zoya, Matrena, Olesya, Faina, Yana.
More friction with: Aleksandra, Galina, Ekaterina, Zlata, Larisa, Serafima.
Check a couple precisely: compatibility by name.
Outcome
The name Filipp carries the meaning “lover of horses”. Name number 8: power and achievement; first letter F: wish to be in the centre. Inner wishes (partnership and sensitivity) and outer manner (care and harmony) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown. Name days: 22 January, 27 November.