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Another good way to find early examples is in EPNS volumes. In this case we get the common early variant Phelip(pe) in Phelippesgrof and Phelippeslith c.1285 and 1359 in Goring (Oxfordshire), and another diminutive in Filcokesfeld and Filcocks Fd (Cheshire 2.111 and 3.310).
Keith
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The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England database http://www.pase.ac.uk/ includes the names of all known individuals from the Anglo-Saxon period. There are two entries for the name 'Philip':
Best wishes,
Carole
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Philip I of Macedon 640-602 BCE
Philip II of Macedon 382–336 BCE (father of Philip III 359-317 BCE and Alexander the Great)
Would it be unreasonable to assume knowledge of and perhaps admiration for the above in antiquity in the British Isles and perhaps some desire, through naming, for emulation of the so-named?
Is there also at least awareness, through coinage if nothing else, of these individuals in Iron Age Britain too?
Regards,
Alan
> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:49:32 +0000
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> No, Philip is a Biblical name, and is one of those used from at least
> 1150 when Old English names ceased to be used.
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> Regards,
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> John Briggs
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> On 13/11/2013 18:29, Martin Counihan wrote:
> > This raises, in my mind, the question of why and when "Philip" came to
> > be used as a Christian name in England. I can imagine only that it
> > might have become popular - but for a very short time - when Philip II
> > of Spain became, briefly, King of England. If that was the case,
> > surnames based on "Philip" might have arisen later in the 16th century
> > but are unlikely to have arisen earlier or later than that.