Given name & surname
Fillip
“one who loves horses”
Fillip is a variant of Felipe. In Spanish use, Felipe carries the interpretation “one who loves horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fillip is a variant of Felipe. In Spanish use, Felipe carries the interpretation “one who loves horses.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fillip through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 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 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 as a first name in 2020; 239 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.
Fillip’s family of names
In Danish usage, Fillip has a conventional equivalent in the German form Phillip. Fillip has a related form in Felipe. In German usage, Fillip has a related form in Philipp.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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