Philippson is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

meaning "son of

Philipp Philipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: "Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews. Surname * Adolf Philipp (18 ...

", coming from the

German language German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switze ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

variant of "

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

", both derived from ''philippos'', of

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

origin (prefix ''philein'', meaning "to love"; suffix ''hippos'', meaning "horses"; combined, becoming "lover of horses"). "Philipp" evolved into "Philippson", a German surname especially prevalent amongst

German Jews The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321 CE, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (c. 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish commu ...

and

Dutch Jews The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch cities, because the Netherlands was an unusual ...

, often shortened back to Phillips. "Phillip" evolved into "Phillipson", an English and Welsh surname. Philippson or Phillipson may refer to: * Alfred Philippson (1864–1953), German geologist and geographer * Antony Phillipson (born 1971), British High Commissioner to Singapore and South Africa * A. T. Phillipson (1910–1977), British vet and psychologist *

Bridget Phillipson Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parli ...

(born 1983), British politician * Caspar Phillipson (born 1971), Danish actor * Coleman Phillipson (1878–1958), English legal scholar and historian * David Phillipson (born 1942), British archaeologist * Eddie Phillipson (1910–1991), English cricketer * Ernst Alfred Philippson (1900–1993), German-American philologist * Frank Phillipson (active 1934), English athlete * Heather Phillipson (born 1978), British artist * John Phillipson (1698–1756), British navy administrator and politician * Ludwig Philippson (1811–1889), German rabbi and author * Sibyl Anikeef (1896–1997), born as Marie Augusta Phillipson, American photographer * Paul Phillipson (born 1952), Indian-born English cricketer * Richard Burton Phillipson (c. 1723–1792), British soldier and politician * Robert Phillipson (born 1942), English-born Danish professor and author * Tom Phillipson (1898–1965), English footballer

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