Killip
Killip is a surname of Manx origin. It is a contraction of the Irish and Manx Gaelic surname Mac Fhilib or MacPhilip meaning "son of Philip".[1][2][3] Henry Harrison gives an additional proposed origin for the surname as belonging to Killhope, Durham, England.[4] Notable people with the surname include:
- Ben Killip (born 1995), English footballer
- Bert Killip (1879–1941), British socialist activist
- Chris Killip (1946–2020), Manx photographer
- Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), American botanist
- Rowan Killip, New Zealand-American mathematician
References
[edit source]- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780190245122.
- ↑ Moore, A. W. (1890). The Surnames & Place-Names of the Isle of Man. London: Elliot Stock. p. 27.
- ↑ Reaney, P. H.; Wilson, R. M. (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames (Third edition with corrections and additions ed.). Routledge. p. 1842. ISBN 0203993551.
- ↑ Harrison, Henry; Pulling, Gyða (1912). Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary. Vol. 1. London: Eaton Press. p. 252.
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