Given name & surname
Filippo
“one who loves horses”
Filippo is a variant of Felipe. In Spanish use, Felipe carries the interpretation “one who loves horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Filippo is a variant of Felipe. In Spanish use, Felipe carries the interpretation “one who loves horses.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Filippo is a form of Philip. An origin associated with Philip is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Filippo is used as a form of Philip.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Filippo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 709
- 709 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,924 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,924 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,314 as a first name in 2020; 384 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.
Filippo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Filippo has an affectionate form in FILIPPINI. Filippo shares a linguistic root with Philip. In Italian usage, Filippo has a conventional equivalent in the German form Phillip.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Filippo has relatives in 31 languages.
24 related names in 31 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Philipcognate · English
- PhillipGerman
- FilipPolish, Czech
- PhilippeFrench
- Filipeequivalent
- PhilippGerman
- Filippequivalent
- Fellipeequivalent
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- Filipposequivalent
- Філіпequivalent
- Pylypequivalent
- Піліпequivalent
- Phylipequivalent
- 菲利普Chinese
- ФилиппRussian
- Filippuccipatronymic from · Italian
- Lippafeminine form · Italian
- FülöpHungarian
- ПилипUkrainian
- ФилипSerbian, Bulgarian
- PilypasLithuanian
- FilipsLatvian
- Philippussource · Latin
- Φίλιπποςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- ფილიპეGeorgian
- VilppuFinnish
- FelipCatalan
- ՓիլիպպոսArmenian
People named Filippo
- Filippo BrunelleschiItalian architect, sculptor and engineer1377–1446
- Filippo InzaghiItalian footballer and managerborn 1973
- Filippo Tommaso MarinettiItalian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement (1876-1944)
- Filippo LippiItalian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)
- Filippino LippiItalian painter (1457–1504)
- Filippo JuvarraItalian architect and stage set designer (1678–1736)
- Filippo Maria ViscontiDuke of Milan1392–1447
- NekItalian singer-songwriter and musician (1972-)
- Filippo GannaItalian cyclistborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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