Filippo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Felipe in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 11 more, Philip in GB United Kingdom, IN India, GT Guatemala and 1 more, Filipe in PT Portugal, CH Switzerland, AO Angola and Philippus in CR Costa Rica.

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 16 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◐

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

• German given name106K records spelled Filippo9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Germany, Australia

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Fîlïppô, Fìlìppò

• Indonesian given name1.2K records spelled Filippo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Indonesia, United Kingdom

  Also written Filìppo, Fílíppo

• Croatian given name680 records spelled Filippo18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Croatia, United States, Switzerland

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Filipo, Филиппо, Филипо

57 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●

Filippo 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.

• From Greek. See }Philip in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Italian, a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philip

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

• In Italian, dal greco Philippos, 'amante dei cavalli'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, In greco, amante dei cavalli. In Italia non rueno deU'Apostolo (10 maggio) è venerato S. Filippo Xeri (26 maggio). Oltre ai cognomi evidenti, forse il ligure

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Italian, Dal greco: 'amante dei cavalli'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 64 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Brunelleschib. 1377ITnot in their usual nameItalian architect, sculptor and engineer
• Filippo Maria Viscontib. 1392ITDuke of Milan
• Fra Filippo Lippib. 1406FRItalian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)
• Filippino Lippib. 1457ITnot in their usual nameItalian painter (1457–1504)
• Filippo Juvarab. 1678ITItalian architect and stage set designer (1678–1736)
• Camillo Benso di Cavourb. 1810ITnot in their usual namefirst Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in 1861
• Filippo Turatib. 1857ITItalian politician and journalist (1857-1932)
• Filippo Tommaso Marinettib. 1876ITItalian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement (1876-1944)
• Filippo Grandib. 1957ITItalian diplomat
• Filippo Inzaghib. 1973ITItalian footballer and manager

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 · 473 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Filippo?

We estimate roughly 993 thousand people bear Filippo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Filippo have the most bearers?

Filippo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled felipe.

How common is Filippo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Filippo is the 219th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Filippo a male or female name?

Filippo 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 Filippo mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian given name in the same nursery-name pattern as Pippo.