Felipe

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Felipe

Say it: feh-LEE-peh

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Meaning

From Greek philos 'lover' and hippos 'horse'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Timeless: in steady use for over a century

In the United States

30,631 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 2001, about 1 in 3,200 boys
259 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Spanish Brazilian

The family of the name

Portuguese	Filipe
Italian	Filippo

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Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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