Phelps (surname)

Phelps

Coat of arms for the Phelps of Tewkesbury, England.
Gender Unisex
Language(s) English
Origin
Word/Name England
Meaning "son of Philip"

Phelps is an English surname. The name is originated as a patronymic form of the name Philip.[1] The name Philip is derived from the Greek name Philippos, which is composed of two elements: the first, philein, "to love"; the second, hippos, "horse".[2] The Dictionary of American Family Names states that the surname Phelps is generally found in the south-western part of England.[1]

Other English surnames derived from Philip are: Philip, Philips, Philipse, Philipp, Philipps, Philliphs, Phillipps, Phillips, Phillipse, Philp, Philps, Phillp, Phillps, Phelips, Phelops, Phelp, Phalp. Less common surnames derived from Philip include: Philben, Philbin, Philpin, Phippard, and Phippen.[3]

List of people named Phelps

In fiction

References

  1. 1 2 Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, retrieved 12 February 2011, which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4, for the surname "Phelps".
  2. ↑ Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, retrieved 12 February 2011, which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4, for the surname "Philip".
  3. ↑ Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood, ed., A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 349, ISBN 0-19-863146-4.


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