Philemon
fih-LEE-mun
A Greek name meaning “loving” or “loving thought,” associated with kindness and hospitality.
Meaning
Philemon is a Greek name built on the root for “to love.” The excerpts gloss it as “loving thought” and “brotherly affection,” and note that it became familiar in English through the New Testament, where St. Paul addresses Philemon. It also belongs to the kindly old man in the Greek story of Philemon and Baucis.
Origin
GreekEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
In Greek myth, Philemon and his wife Baucis were rewarded for their hospitality when their more selfish neighbors were destroyed.