Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Filippos 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 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Filippos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Filippos’s family of names
Filippos may belong to the same name family as FILIPOS. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Filippos
- Philip II of MacedonKing of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC385 BC–335 BC
- Philip III of Macedonking of Macedonia358 BC–316 BC
- Philip V of Macedonking of Macedon237 BC–178 BC
- Philip I PhiladelphusSeleucid ruler124 BC–82 BC
- Philip IV of Macedonking of Macedon400 BC–295 BC
- Philip I of MacedonKing of Macedon700 BC–600 BC
- Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmarkmember of the former Greek royal familyborn 1986
- Filippos Karvelasgymnast (1877–1952)
- Philip of Opusancient Greek philosopher400 BC–400 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.