Philippe

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Philip in GB United Kingdom, CA Canada, PH Philippines and 6 more, Filip in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, HR Croatia and 3 more, Phillip in US United States, AU Australia, BR Brazil and 2 more 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 21 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◐

Philippe is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name145K records spelled Philippe13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Germany, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Philippè, Philippé, 'Philippe, Phílìppě

• Portuguese given name42K records spelled Philippe4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal

  Also written ̷P̷h̷i̷l̷i̷p̷p̷e̷, Philippé

• Spanish given name24K records spelled Philippe5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Chile

  Also written Phïlïppë, Phïļïppe, Phįlîppė, Pḧilippe

• a separate given name11K records spelled Philippe3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada

  Also written Philippé

• Finnish given name3.5K records spelled Philippe3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Philippé

90 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●

Philippe 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 French, Greek origin; from Philippos, 'lover of horses' (philos + hippos).

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, From Greek Philippos, 'lover of horses'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, a male given name, equivalent to English Philip, very popular in 20th century France, next only to Jean and Pierre

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

• In French, du nom grec Philippos, de philos ‘ami’ et hippos ‘cheval’, donc ‘qui aime les chevaux’

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Du grec Philippos, « ami des chevaux ». Fête: 3 mai (saint Philippe l’apôtre).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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) — 111 years between 1914–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Philip II of Franceb. 1165FRnot in their usual nameKing of France, and the first to be called by that title (1165–1223)
• Philip III of Franceb. 1245FRnot in their usual nameking of France from 1270 to 1285 (1245–1285)
• Philip IV of Franceb. 1268FRnot in their usual nameKing of France from 1285 to 1314 (1268–1314)
• Philippe VIb. 1293FRKing of France from 1328 to 1350
• Philippe de Champaigneb. 1602BEFrench painter (1602–1674)
• Felipe Vb. 1683FRnot in their usual nameKing of Spain from 1700 to 1746 (1683–1746)
• Philippe Petainb. 1856FRFrench military and political leader (1856–1951)
• Leopold III of Belgiumb. 1901BEnot in their usual nameking of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
• Filip van Belgiëb. 1960BEnot in their usual nameKing of the Belgians since 2013
• Philippe Coutinhob. 1992BRBrazilian 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 · 984 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Philippe?

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

In which country does Philippe have the most bearers?

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

Where is Philippe most common?

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

How common is Philippe compared with other names?

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

Is Philippe a male or female name?

Philippe 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 Philippe mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek Philippos ‘lover of horses’; co-commemorated on 3 May with Jacques