Filemon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
Filemon is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “kindly, affectionate”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Filemon mean?
Greek: spelling of Philemon
“kindly, affectionate”
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Meaning borrowed from Philemon. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Filemon a girl's or a boy's name?
Filemon is a boys' name.
How popular is Filemon in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1928, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Filemon in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Filemon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Filemon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Myron, Franklin, Byron, Nelson, Edwin, John, George, William, Jason, Leon, Peter, Eugene
Names related to Filemon
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Filemon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/filemon, updated 20 October 2026.