Name meaning & stats
Filipe
Filipe means “fond of horses” (Ancient Greek origin). 429 US babies since 1940, peak 1992. Notable Filipes are 2.5× over-represented as footballers.
What it means
“fond of horses”
Ancient GreekSpelling of Phillip
Phillip around the world
- Филип · Russian
- Філліп · Ukrainian
- فيليب · Arabic
- פיליפ · Hebrew
- フィリップ · Japanese
- 菲利普 · Chinese
- Philipp · German
- Phylip
- Phill
- Phillipp
Famous Phillips
- Phillip Cocu · Dutch association football player and manager
- Phillip Sharp · American biologist
In US birth records
Peak year: 1992
429 US babies were named Filipe between 1940 and 2025.
Filipe around the world
- France: 2,540 babies since 1900, peak 1977, No. 2,933 in 2025
- England & Wales: 143 babies since 1996, peak 2014
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Filipes end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer | 2.5× | High · 55 people |
| Politician | 1.0× | Medium · 19 people |
| Actor | 1.1× | Medium · 10 people |
| Professor | 0.9× | Low · 8 people |
Among notable men who are footballers, Filipes show up 2.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 1282 Phillips spell it Filipe
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1992)