Philips: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Philips is best understood alongside Phillips: both are Welsh spellings of one family name. Without the “l” of Phillips, Philips is a simpler written form of the same name. The name is generally explained as “Son of Philip, "lover of horses”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Related forms: Phelps and Philpott.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Philips, so the heraldry linked to Phillips is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Philips report, with a museum-style coat of arms.