Given name
Flip
“one who loves horses”
Flip is a variant of Felipe. In Spanish use, Felipe carries the interpretation “one who loves horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Flip 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 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Flip through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 5 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 1960. 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.
Flip’s family of names
Flip has a related form in Felipe. In Dutch usage, Flip has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Felipe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Flip
- Flip SaundersAmerican basketball player, coach, executive (1955-2015)
- Flip WilsonAmerican comedian and actor (1933-1998)
- Werenfried van StraatenDutch priest and activist (1913-2003)
- Flip PhillipsAmerican jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player (1915–2001)
- Flip MarkAmerican former child actorborn 1948
- Flip Kowliersinger-songwriterborn 1976
- Flip van Lidth de JeudeDutch field hockey player (1949-)
- Flip RegoutDutch rower (1915-1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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