Filip

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Philip in GB United Kingdom, CA Canada, PH Philippines and 6 more, Phillip in US United States, AU Australia, BR Brazil and 2 more, Philippe in FR France, BE Belgium, ES Spain and Philipp in DE Germany, AT Austria, CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Filip is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name8.5K records spelled Filip3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Sweden, Belgium

  Also written Fīlīp, Filĭp

• Hindi given name7.8K records spelled Filip2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Serbia, Belgium

• Albanian given name2.4K records spelled Filip2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Serbia, North Macedonia

  Also written Fìlìp

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Filip is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, Philip

  as a name·Polish Personal Names (CIA Foreign Names Studies, ch. 24)

• In German, in Deutschland seit den i98oer-Jahren vorkommender männl.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Polish and Czech form of PHILIP . Pet forms: Polish: Filipek. Czech: Filípek, Fil(ou )ek .

  as a word

• In Russian, var of Filipp.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Swedish, The letter "F" in the Swedish spelling alphabet; not to be confused with "P" (due to the alternative spelling Philip)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 85 years between 1919–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Philip II of Macedonb. 385GRnot in their usual nameKing of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC
• Wilhelm Liebknechtb. 1826DEnot in their usual nameGerman journalist, writer and socialist politician (1826–1900)
• Philip Johnsonb. 1906USnot in their usual nameAmerican architect (1906–2005)
• Philip Warren Andersonb. 1923USnot in their usual nameAmerican physicist (1923-2020)
• Philip K. Dickb. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican science fiction author (1928–1982)
• Philip Rothb. 1933USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist (1933–2018)
• Philip Kaufmanb. 1936USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director, screenwriter and film producer
• Phil Collinsb. 1951GBnot in their usual nameEnglish drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
• Philip Seymour Hoffmanb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1967–2014)
• James Milnerb. 1986GBnot in their usual nameEnglish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 907 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Filip?

We estimate roughly 1.2 million people bear Filip (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Filip have the most bearers?

Filip is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled philip.

Where is Filip most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Filip is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 106 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Filip compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Filip is the 49th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Filip a male or female name?

Filip is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Filip mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philip