Filip

Boy · Greek

Filip

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Meaning

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

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

An apostle's name and one of the most popular boys' names in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia in recent decades.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

2,104 babies given this name since 1953
At its height in 2012, about 1 in 14,900 boys
63 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Polish Czech Slovak Serbian Croatian Bulgarian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Филип

Russian	Filipp
Ukrainian	Pylyp
Greek	Philippos
English	Philip

Famous bearers

Filip, Metropolitan of Moscow (Saint Philip)

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JoachimBoyHebrew Yehoyaqim, 'YHWH will raise up, establish'.Biblical · peak 1928

HyacinthGirl or boyFrom Greek hyakinthos, a flower name of pre-Greek origin.Middle Ages · forgotten

PhilipBoyGreek Philippos, 'fond of horses' (philos 'loving' and hippos 'horse').Biblical · peak 1949

FelipeBoyFrom Greek philos 'lover' and hippos 'horse'.Colonial · peak 2001

Where this comes from

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

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.