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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Persian : Lover

Girl name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Polish : from a pet form of Filip (see Philip).
  • Polish : from a pet form of Teofil (from the Greek personal name Theophilos, derived from Greek theos ‘god’ + philos ‘friend’).
  • Polish : nickname from chwila ‘moment’.

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