At a Glance: Name: Plovdiv – Origin: Thracian (Pulpudeva), reshaped via Greek Philippopolis and Slavic – Pronunciation: PLOV-deev
Plovdiv is a Thracian (Pulpudeva), reshaped via Greek Philippopolis and Slavic name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Plovdiv
Origin: Thracian (Pulpudeva), reshaped via Greek Philippopolis and Slavic.
A common claim: Plovdiv is linked to Philip of Macedon ('Philip's city'). Actually: Partly true but easy to overstate — the city genuinely was renamed 'Philippopolis' by Philip II, but the modern name 'Plovdiv' actually descends from the older pre-Greek Thracian name 'Pulpudeva,' not from a Slavic rendering of 'Philip's city.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Plovdiv
Phonetic: PLOV-deev IPA: /ˈplɒv.dɪv/
Popularity of Plovdiv
Plovdiv doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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