Given name & surname
Felipa
Felipa is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Felipa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Felipa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,249
- 0 boys · 2,249 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,531 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 85,211 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Felipa’s family of names
Felipa may belong to the same name family as FELLIPA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Felipa
- Felipa Palaciosfemale track and field athlete from Colombiaborn 1975
- Felipa Maria Aranhafounder and leader of the Mola quilombo1720–1780
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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