Given name & surname · also Polish
Lipa
“a friend of horses”
In Romanian use, Lipa is an affectionate form of Philippa. In English use, Philippa carries the interpretation “a friend of horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Romanian use, Lipa is an affectionate form of Philippa. In English use, Philippa carries the interpretation “a friend of horses.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lipa comes from Polish, and ultimately from Albanian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Romanian use, Lipa is used as a shortened form of Filipa.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lipa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,258
- 1,253 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 58
- #2,374 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +28%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 58 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,374 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (53). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 842 as a first name in 2020; 597 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.
Lipa’s family of names
Lipa is an affectionate form of Philippa. In English usage, Lipa as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Lipá. Lipa is a short form of Filipa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lipa has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Albanian roots to each of them.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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