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    Philistine

    Girl
    Unknown origin
    4 syllables

    Philistine is an Unknown origin girl's name meaning "Refers to a member of the Philistines, an ancient people of the southern coast of Canaan".

    Philistine is a girl's name meaning "Refers to a member of the Philistines, an ancient people of the southern coast of Canaan". At 10 letters it is a longer name, which leaves room for a nickname. It has 4 syllables.

    Origin
    Unknown origin
    Gender
    Girl
    Syllables
    4

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    What does Philistine mean?

    Refers to a member of the Philistines, an ancient people of the southern coast of Canaan.

    How popular is Philistine?

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    What does Philistine mean?

    Philistine is a girl name of Unknown origin origin meaning "Refers to a member of the Philistines, an ancient people of the southern coast of Canaan.".

    How popular is Philistine?

    We have no birth-record ranking for Philistine: it is not in US records, and India publishes no national name rankings. The meter above fills in as parents here view, search for and save the name.

    Brother names that go with Philistine

    NathaneEvanstonZelGreenvilleCorderickJarodd

    How to say Philistine

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    Name numerology

    9is the Chaldean number for Philistine.

    Number 9 is linked with compassion, generosity and idealism.

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    Philistine at a glance

    Letters
    10
    Syllables
    4
    Starts with
    P
    Ends with
    -ne
    Vowels
    4 of 10 letters

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    Which names have a similar meaning to Philistine?

    Philistine means "Refers to a member of the Philistines, an ancient people of the southern coast of Canaan." — these names share that spirit.

    • Alexander — "Alexander comes from the Greek Alexandros, meaning 'defender of people', from alexein 'to defend' and aner 'man'." (Greek)
    • Lucas — "Lucas is the Latin form of Luke, from the Greek Loukas, meaning 'man from Lucania', a region of southern Italy." (Greek)

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    Middle names that go with Philistine

    A different first letter and number of syllables gives the full name rhythm and clear initials.

    • Philistine Shanty — "A modern variant of Chanty or Chantel, meaning song. It represents a musical and melodic spirit."
    • Philistine Annely — "Grace; favor"
    • Philistine Trane — "A name likely derived from the word train or a variant of Tracy, meaning path."
    • Philistine Junetta — "Young or youthful"
    • Philistine Chemise — "Shirt"
    • Philistine Shanaia — "God is gracious"

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