Phil Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity

Phil Forename

3,469^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 301,687 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Guernsey

Phil Forename Definition:

A diminutive of Philip, and Phyllis; the latter is more properly contracted as Phyl.

Phil Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	100%	144,688	1:2,506	456
England	100%	51,818	1:1,073	229
Australia	-	38,303	1:357	70
Canada	100%	24,923	1:1,329	302
New Zealand	-	11,695	1:388	74
Ghana	-	2,922	1:9,236	927
Saudi Arabia	-	2,739	1:11,250	1,609
Philippines	94%	2,138	1:49,583	3,641
Wales	100%	1,838	1:1,684	333
France	100%	1,675	1:39,684	1,343
Scotland	97%	1,635	1:3,272	380
Sudan	-	1,586	1:23,838	2,295
Netherlands	98%	1,046	1:16,159	1,683
Germany	100%	1,029	1:93,953	2,045
South Africa	93%	943	1:57,829	5,689
Bangladesh	-	733	1:217,546	10,835
Nigeria	74%	681	1:260,741	10,259
China	-	610	1:2,239,436	44,780
Northern Ireland	100%	609	1:3,027	420
Togo	-	577	1:12,546	1,699
Sri Lanka	-	501	1:41,515	4,680
India	59%	439	1:2,767,376	129,569
Poland	100%	424	1:89,687	2,012
Ireland	100%	412	1:11,271	755
Egypt	100%	369	1:249,054	8,446
Belgium	100%	362	1:31,740	1,952
Kenya	-	351	1:131,929	6,244
Switzerland	100%	333	1:24,665	1,562
Gabon	100%	321	1:5,867	1,120
Morocco	-	300	1:114,495	3,629
United Arab Emirates	-	276	1:25,913	2,557
Japan	-	274	1:467,102	10,695
Portugal	-	240	1:43,379	1,571
Kuwait	-	237	1:15,972	1,773
Bahrain	-	222	1:6,075	981
Russia	98%	216	1:667,749	6,621
Thailand	100%	211	1:332,065	18,067
Guernsey	100%	203	1:312	79
Singapore	83%	178	1:35,321	5,941
Malawi	100%	169	1:101,256	5,457
Oman	-	161	1:25,520	1,962
Hong Kong	-	159	1:48,759	2,504
Fiji	-	144	1:6,197	1,398
Papua New Guinea	90%	144	1:56,613	5,451
South Korea	-	137	1:40,470	2,994
Austria	100%	136	1:62,604	1,682
Spain	-	129	1:360,697	5,419
Qatar	100%	125	1:18,957	2,829
Malaysia	64%	107	1:284,579	14,752
Vanuatu	-	106	1:2,470	570
Indonesia	-	94	1:2,744,294	129,289
Jersey	100%	87	1:1,149	249
Cameroon	82%	75	1:288,140	10,994
Brazil	100%	73	1:2,934,742	54,682
Cambodia	71%	71	1:229,202	6,930
Zambia	-	71	1:223,307	7,394
Botswana	-	69	1:31,659	3,460
DR Congo	100%	62	1:1,190,768	33,715
Greece	100%	61	1:179,255	3,836
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	58	1:23,473	2,652
Malta	-	57	1:7,533	851
Dominican Republic	-	56	1:186,273	7,851
Guam	-	56	1:2,869	587
Italy	98%	55	1:1,110,220	9,382
Sweden	100%	55	1:179,235	6,459
Liberia	77%	53	1:83,246	3,799
Gibraltar	-	45	1:759	158
Taiwan	100%	44	1:540,220	29,164
Namibia	-	42	1:57,242	3,348
Mexico	100%	37	1:3,355,255	15,943
Iraq	-	34	1:1,029,937	8,327
Vietnam	100%	34	1:2,724,209	3,288
Afghanistan	67%	33	1:988,591	12,222
Bermuda	-	32	1:2,026	445
Norway	100%	31	1:165,559	4,446
Denmark	-	30	1:188,317	4,268
Cayman Islands	100%	29	1:2,114	469
New Caledonia	-	26	1:10,391	1,033
Angola	-	25	1:1,078,664	2,481
Madagascar	-	25	1:945,176	2,170
Belarus	100%	22	1:431,017	2,916
Jamaica	-	22	1:131,056	5,047
Bahamas	-	21	1:19,018	1,173
Uganda	80%	21	1:1,950,330	25,877
Estonia	-	20	1:65,769	3,350
Laos	-	16	1:411,678	310
Barbados	-	15	1:19,319	1,454
Isle of Man	100%	15	1:5,668	187
Peru	100%	15	1:2,119,430	21,304
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	15	1:7,439	1,138
Colombia	100%	14	1:3,412,780	22,545
Tanzania	-	14	1:3,770,594	24,827
American Samoa	-	11	1:5,077	963
Kazakhstan	100%	11	1:1,613,350	13,838
United States Virgin Islands	-	11	1:9,977	1,310
Venezuela	100%	11	1:2,745,627	44,124
Guyana	100%	10	1:76,326	6,296
Monaco	-	10	1:3,847	675
East Timor	-	9	1:135,375	266
Gambia	-	9	1:214,066	587
Mozambique	-	9	1:3,027,040	2,336
Saint Lucia	100%	9	1:19,757	2,072
Senegal	-	9	1:1,620,151	12,107
Tunisia	-	9	1:75,211	3,284
Uzbekistan	-	9	1:3,420,716	8,576
Zimbabwe	50%	9	1:1,713,757	49,613
Chile	89%	8	1:2,200,901	14,453
Congo	67%	8	1:626,151	12,913
Iceland	-	8	1:45,752	2,854
Czechia	100%	7	1:1,522,309	4,223
Finland	63%	7	1:783,312	7,794
Jordan	-	7	1:1,260,968	6,027
Algeria	-	6	1:6,362,787	10,855
Belize	100%	6	1:59,052	4,175
El Salvador	-	6	1:1,056,964	6,645
Macau	-	6	1:101,368	818
Ukraine	-	6	1:7,583,318	11,559
Brunei	-	5	1:83,914	1,339
Honduras	-	5	1:1,763,493	15,274
Luxembourg	100%	5	1:112,810	2,667
Norfolk Island	-	5	1:465	94
Solomon Islands	-	5	1:116,191	6,265
Burkina Faso	100%	4	1:4,594,867	56,462
Burundi	100%	4	1:2,476,640	1,357
Equatorial Guinea	-	4	1:284,422	684
Ethiopia	-	4	1:24,390,033	19,296
Haiti	-	4	1:2,681,738	23,796
Lebanon	-	4	1:1,406,893	10,167
Nicaragua	-	4	1:1,504,584	16,652
Panama	-	4	1:976,639	21,104
Rwanda	-	4	1:2,842,858	2,668
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	4	1:13,715	1,549
Slovakia	-	4	1:1,327,516	4,597
Turkey	100%	4	1:19,450,427	45,600
Yemen	-	4	1:6,574,188	5,851
Armenia	-	3	1:972,918	8,284
Bolivia	-	3	1:3,533,801	5,917
Croatia	-	3	1:1,405,692	11,430
Ecuador	-	3	1:5,908,973	18,111
Falkland Islands	-	3	1:1,047	226
Grenada	100%	3	1:36,042	2,687
Israel	-	3	1:2,800,973	24,529
Marshall Islands	100%	3	1:17,077	2,297
Pakistan	100%	3	1:64,785,893	186,184
Argentina	100%	2	1:21,386,622	29,627
Bulgaria	-	2	1:3,495,195	19,668
Cook Islands	-	2	1:9,076	1,075
Costa Rica	100%	2	1:2,383,974	18,662
Georgia	-	2	1:1,869,233	20,119
Guatemala	-	2	1:8,054,214	10,362
Latvia	-	2	1:1,007,822	4,547
Liechtenstein	-	2	1:18,928	806
North Macedonia	-	2	1:1,045,378	12,250
Micronesia	-	2	1:53,250	1,276
Montserrat	-	2	1:2,438	412
Romania	-	2	1:10,025,988	47,037
Serbia	-	2	1:3,572,860	8,125
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	2	1:17,354	1,059
Albania	-	1	1:3,046,570	49,159
Anguilla	-	1	1:13,255	1,687
Antigua and Barbuda	-	1	1:99,395	3,544
Aruba	-	1	1:103,780	2,838
Azerbaijan	-	1	1:9,642,944	42,290
Benin	-	1	1:10,575,843	90,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	1	1:3,524,458	8,651
British Virgin Islands	-	1	1:31,250	1,787
Cape Verde	100%	1	1:529,151	6,361
Chad	-	1	1:13,598,398	15,363
Cyprus	-	1	1:871,076	5,368
Djibouti	-	1	1:915,664	2,132
Dominica	-	1	1:75,471	1,341
French Polynesia	-	1	1:277,902	3,605
Greenland	-	1	1:56,371	1,395
Hungary	95%	1	1:9,791,771	6,528
Ivory Coast	-	1	1:23,075,933	135,227
Lesotho	100%	1	1:2,039,997	47,971
Libya	-	1	1:6,221,309	3,060
Lithuania	-	1	1:2,951,882	5,377
Maldives	-	1	1:433,903	5,827
Mali	-	1	1:16,977,755	8,714
Mauritania	-	1	1:4,095,239	27,701
Mauritius	-	1	1:1,297,784	13,721
Moldova	-	1	1:3,561,139	8,690
Nauru	100%	1	1:11,927	903
Nepal	-	1	1:28,487,352	119,417
Northern Cyprus	-	1	1:318,133	3,044
Northern Mariana Islands	-	1	1:54,668	1,803
Paraguay	-	1	1:7,236,805	16,549
Puerto Rico	-	1	1:3,550,301	10,040
São Tomé and Príncipe	-	1	1:191,997	5,295
Sierra Leone	-	1	1:7,088,663	1,497
Slovenia	-	1	1:2,458,758	6,723
Somalia	-	1	1:13,525,867	7,760
Swaziland	-	1	1:1,300,177	3,374
Tajikistan	-	1	1:8,374,922	7,831
Tonga	-	1	1:107,436	779
Tuvalu	-	1	1:11,131	89
Uruguay	-	1	1:3,427,637	13,958

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The alternate forms: Phîl (1) are calculated separately.

Phil (3,280) may also be a surname.

Phil Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A diminutive of Philip, and Phyllis; the latter is more properly contracted as Phyl.

— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

DNA test information

Phil Forename Popularity

Phil Demographics

Phil Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 21,833 (2014)

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Phîl	92	1	/
Phill	89	10,410	/
Philp	89	2,476	/
Phile	89	338	/
Phail	89	112	/
Phiel	89	62	/
Phild	89	23	/
Phiol	89	12	/
Phuil	89	8	/
Philh	89	6	/
Pheil	89	4	/
Phhil	89	2	/
Bphil	89	2	/
Fphil	89	1	/
Phoil	89	1	/
Pphil	89	1	/
Phihl	89	1	/
Phijl	89	1	/
Philt	89	1	/
Phfil	89	1	/
Wphil	89	1	/
Hphil	89	1	/
Phl	86	31	/
Phillp	80	1,080	/
Philph	80	62	/
Phille	80	31	/
Philpp	80	26	/
Philhp	80	23	/
Phaile	80	17	/
Phisil	80	9	/
Phitil	80	5	/
Phihle	80	3	/
Pehsil	80	2	/
Phesil	80	2	/
Phaisl	80	2	/
Physil	80	2	/
Phisel	80	1	/
Phuile	80	1	/
Pichil	80	1	/
Pechil	80	1	/
Phailp	80	1	/
Pheild	80	1	/
Phfilp	80	1	/
Phicil	80	1	/
Phecil	80	1	/
Philhe	80	1	/
Phyl	75	1,689	/
Pile	75	1,044	/
Pail	75	641	/
Phel	75	277	/
Phle	75	59	/
Pitl	75	43	/
Poil	75	35	/
Puil	75	29	/
Peil	75	22	/
Phll	75	5	/
Pilh	75	5	/
Pgil	75	3	/
Pijl	75	3	/
Phlp	75	3	/
Phlh	75	3	/
Phål	75	1	/
Phhl	75	1	/
Wphl	75	1	/
Hfil	75	1	/
Phld	75	1	/
Phjl	75	1	/
Phillph	73	22	/
Phillhp	73	14	/
Phaisel	73	8	/
Phillpp	73	4	/
Phaille	73	3	/
Phaicel	73	2	/
Phicill	73	2	/
Phaisil	73	2	/
Phitthl	73	1	/
Pechill	73	1	/
Paheile	73	1	/
Paichil	73	1	/
Phaitel	73	1	/
Philljs	73	1	/
Philhpp	73	1	/
Pheileh	73	1	/
Phfihlp	73	1	/
Phisiel	73	1	/
Phyilju	73	1	/
Phichel	73	1	/
Pille	67	4,267	/
Phyll	67	1,220	/
Phuul	67	581	/
Paile	67	300	/
Phele	67	157	/
Pesil	67	140	/
Phael	67	139	/
Peile	67	114	/
Pitil	67	105	/
Pheul	67	62	/
Phyol	67	50	/
Phoel	67	38	/
Pisil	67	31	/
Phlet	67	30	/
Pitel	67	26	/
Petil	67	22	/
Phelp	67	18	/
Pecil	67	16	/
Pheel	67	14	/
Pisel	67	12	/
Phuel	67	12	/
Pheal	67	11	/
Pihle	67	11	/
Picel	67	10	/
Phell	67	10	/
Pisle	67	9	/
Pfeil	67	9	/
Paill	67	6	/
Poill	67	6	/
Picil	67	6	/
Phyle	67	6	/
Paisl	67	6	/
Poile	67	6	/
Pittl	67	5	/
Pilhe	67	4	/
Phylh	67	4	/
Phleh	67	4	/
Puile	67	3	/
Paild	67	2	/
Phelh	67	2	/
Phelt	67	2	/
Phajl	67	2	/
Peill	67	2	/
Phphl	67	2	/
Phled	67	1	/
Phlep	67	1	/
Phyld	67	1	/
Phíll	67	1	/
Poisl	67	1	/
Poitl	67	1	/
Pitll	67	1	/
Pphyl	67	1	/
Paijl	67	1	/
Pailh	67	1	/
Pailt	67	1	/
Peihl	67	1	/
Pfile	67	1	/
Pgail	67	1	/
Puild	67	1	/
Puilt	67	1	/
Phlpp	67	1	/
Phillpph	67	1	/
Pheyl	67	1	/
Hphld	67	1	/
Hphlp	67	1	/

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Footnotes

First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Phil