As an English teacher, the first question I get from my non-native English speaking students is where I am from. I tell them I am from Philadelphia and then the next question is where did that name come from. So, for my students, here is the origin of the word Philadelphia.

The city of Philadelphia is known as the “City of Brotherly Love.” Well it just so happens that the word Philadelphia comes from the Greek words philos and adelphos which mean loving and brother respectively.

Did you know that the word Philadelphia is also a woman’s name? Although it is rarely used in naming a baby these days, it was very popular with the Quakers who traditionally named their eldest daughter after the city.

Philadelphia is the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania named after William Penn, whose statue sits atop Philadelphia’s city hall.

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