Philemon
Greek
"kiss"
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Philemon Origin and Meaning
The name Philemon is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "kiss".
Rarely heard New Testament name -- he was a friend of Saint Paul -- that might conceivably stand up to modern usage.
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Famous People Named Philemon
- Philemon4th,/3rd,century BCE poet and playwright
- Philemon Tecumseh Shermanson of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman
- Philemon Holland (15521637), English translator
- Philemon Pownollofficer of the Royal Navy
- Philemon Beecher "P.B." Van Trump (18391916), American mountaineer known for the first ascent of Mount Rainier in 1870
- Filemon Wesselink (b. 1979)Dutch television presenter