Philipose
Origin
Syriac
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“Kerala form of Philip (Greek, friend of horses) via Syriac; a bishop's name in the Malankara churches and a grandfather-generation classic”
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Philipose has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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