Given name & surname
Felipe
“one who loves horses”
Felipe is a form of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Original SpanishFeli
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Felipe carries the interpretation “one who loves horses.” Felipe is a form of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish use, Felipe is used as a form of Philip. Felipe is used as a form of Phillip.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Felipe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31,958
- 31,825 boys · 133 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 606 babies
- 2025
- 244
- #955 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 244 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 955 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 602 in 2001. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (44). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 58,515 as a first name in 2020; 6,303 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Felipe’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Felipe has a diminutive in FELI. Felipe shares a linguistic root with Philip. Felipe is a form of Phillip.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Felipe has relatives in 22 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Felipe
- Felipe VIKing of Spain since 2014born 1968
- Felipe Calderón63th President of Mexicoborn 1962
- Felipe MassaBrazilian race car driverborn 1981
- Felipe GonzálezPrime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996born 1942
- Felipe MeloBrazilian association football playerborn 1983
- Felipe AndersonBrazilian association football playerborn 1993
- Felipe CaicedoEcuadorian footballerborn 1988
- Felipe BaloyPanamanian footballerborn 1981
- FelipeBrazilian footballerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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