Macedon, by colonizing the East, spread Philippos over it, and thus was named the apostle of Bethsaida, and likewise one of the deacons, chosen for his ‘Grecian’ connections.
The apostle was martyred at Hierapolis; nevertheless an arm of his, according to the Bollandists, was brought to Florence from Constantinople, in 1205, and made Filippo, Filippa, Lippo, Pippo, Pippa, great favourites in Northern Italy.
Greece and her dependent churches always used the name of Philip, or Feeleep, as they call it in Russia; and it was the eldest son of the Muscovite Anne, Queen of Henri I., who was the first Philippe to wear the crown of France. He transmitted his name to five more kings, and to princes innumerable, of whom one became Duke of Burgundy. His descendant, the half Flemish, half Austrian Philippe the handsome, married Juana la Loca of Castille and Aragon, and their grandson was known as Felipe II. in Spain. During his brief and ill-omened stay in England, he was godfather to Philip Sidney, whose name commemorated the gratitude of his mother to the King Consort for having interceded for the life of [his] father the Duke of Northumberland.
Philip, in both genders, was, however, already common in England. Queen Philippe, as she called herself, our admirable Hainaulter, was the god-daughter of Philippe de Valois, her husband’s rival; and many a young noble and maiden bore her honoured name, which one female descendant carried to Portugal, and another to Sweden, where both alike worthily sustained the honour of Plantagenet.
The name of Philippe is particularly common in the Isle of Jersey, so that it has become a joke with sailors to torment the inhabitants by calling them Philip as they would term an Irishman Paddy.
Filippo is additionally popular in Italy at present from the favourite modern Saint Filippo Neri.[[31]]
| English. | Scotch. | French. | German. | Italian. |
| Philip | Phillipp | Philippe | Philipp | Filippo |
| Phil | Philipot | Lipp | Pippo | |
| Phip | Lipperl | Lippo | ||
| Philipp | ||||
| Lipp | ||||
| Lipperl | ||||
| Portuguese. | Spanish. | Russian. | Lett. | Hungarian |
| Felippe | Felipe | Feeleep | Wilips | Fülip |
| Felipinho | Lipsts | |||
| Felipe | ||||
| FEMININE | ||||
| English. | French. | Portuguese. | Dutch. | Italian |
| Philippa | Philippine | Felipa | Pine | Filippa |
| Flipote | Pippa | |||
[31]. Rawlinson’s Herodotus; Keightley’s Mythology; Butler; Michaelis.
Section III.—The Goat.
The goat (αἴξ) stands out prominently in northern mythology, though there scarcely, if at all, used in nomenclature. In Greek mythology he appears, though not distinctly, and the names derived from him are manifold.