← Back to The High and Late Middle Ages
Boy · Greek
Filippo
Say it: fee-LEEP-poh
Meaning
From Greek Philippos, from philos 'lover' and hippos 'horse'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 632 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1973, about 1 in 97,500 boys
- 16 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Philip |
|---|---|
| French | Philippe |
| Spanish | Felipe |
Famous bearers
- Filippo Brunelleschi, architect of Florence Cathedral's dome
- Filippo Lippi, painter
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.