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Филип
“one who loves horses”
Филип (Filip) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Philip.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Филип is Filip written in Cyrillic. In German use, Filip is a variant of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Explained through its name family
Филип’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Филип has a diminutive in Филипче. In Serbian usage, Филип has a conventional equivalent in the German form Phillip. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Филип has a conventional equivalent in the English form Philip.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Филип has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
11 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Филип
- Philip DimitrovBulgarian politicianborn 1955
- Filip VidenovBulgarian basketball player (born 1980)
- Filip KutevBulgarian composer1903–1982
- Filip TrifonovBulgarian actor (1947-2021)
- Filip TotyuBulgarian revolutionary (1830-1907)
- Filip ĐukićMontenegrin footballer (born 1999)
- Filip FilipovBulgarian footballerborn 1988
- Filip KljajićYugoslav Partisan (1913–1943)
- Filip FilipovBulgarian footballerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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