58%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Φιλάδελφος(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History From Greek φιλέω (phileo) meaning "to love" and ἀδελφός (adelphos) meaning "brother". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsphileo + adelphosVariantPhiladelphusOther Languages & CulturesFiladelfo(Italian) Categories family, love, siblings Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Φιλάδελφος.