Heraldry and the Philippi Surname

Philippi is easy to measure, thanks to official name counts.

Philippi coat of arms

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Philippi, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

Surname origin

We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Philippi, the family's own records come first.

1,184 Americans were listed as Philippi in the 2010 census. French birth records list 766 children named Philippi between 1891 and 2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Philippe, Philip and Filippi. For the full story, order the Philippi surname pack.