Philadelphia

Greek place-name
"brotherly love"

Philadelphia Origin and Meaning

The name Philadelphia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "brotherly love".

Place-name mentioned in the New Testament and not yet on the name map. Philadelphia Thursday was the character played by Shirley Temple in John Ford's 1948 "Fort Apache."

Famous People Named Philadelphia

  • Philadelphia Carey Scrope
    Baroness Scrope of Bolton; granddaughter of royal mistress Mary Boleyn
  • Philadelphia Wharton
    subject of a painting by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, named after Philadelphia Scrope
  • Philadelphia Austen
    aunt of Jane Austen and mother of Eliza de Feuillide
  • Zepherina Philadelphia Smith
    English nurse and educator of midwives

Philadelphia in Pop Culture

  • Philadelphia
    Shirley Temple's character in the film Fort Apache
  • Philadelphia "Philadelphy
    " the wife of Lucius "Loosh" in William Faulkner's novel The Unvanquished and short story "My Grandmother Millard"
  • Philadelphia
    Pennsylvania, USA
  • Philadelphia
    location of a New Testament church