Greek place-name
"brotherly love"
Updated Sat Feb 10 2024
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."
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Famous People Named Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Carey ScropeBaroness Scrope of Bolton; granddaughter of royal mistress Mary Boleyn
- Philadelphia Whartonsubject of a painting by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, named after Philadelphia Scrope
- Philadelphia Austenaunt of Jane Austen and mother of Eliza de Feuillide
- Zepherina Philadelphia SmithEnglish nurse and educator of midwives
Philadelphia in Pop Culture
- PhiladelphiaShirley 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"
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania, USA
- Philadelphia cream cheese
- Philadelphialocation of a New Testament church
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