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KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 22 Dec 2007 15:11

Found this here :- http://www.behindthename.com/name/philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA
Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Pronounced: fil-a-DEL-fee-a [key]

From the name of a city in Asia Minor mentioned in Revelation in the New Testament. The name of the city meant "brotherly love" from Greek φιλεω (phileo) "to love" and αδελφος (adelphos) "brother". It is also the name of a city in the United States

Redharissa

Redharissa Report 22 Dec 2007 15:09

I have 2 cousins in my Sussex-based tree both christened with the first name Philadelphia, in 1771. I'm wondering if anyone else has come across any other Philadelphias around that date as I'm trying to work out whether it was a family, regional or general pattern.

I suspect the name arose from a historic event.

Any comments gratefully accepted, thank you.
Tracey

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