Filip

Filip is Philip stripped of its ph, the Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Scandinavian rendering of the Greek Philippos, "lover of horses." Five kings of France and half a dozen Spanish monarchs bore the name in one form or another, and Polish registries have kept it in steady rotation for centuries. In recent years it has climbed sharply across Scandinavia and parts of Central Europe, often outranking the English Philip. Two syllables, clean consonants, and a transliteration that reads modern rather than old-fashioned. Rare in American usage but immediately recognizable. A strong continental alternative for anyone who finds Philip a shade too Anglican.