Felipe

What Felipe means

Spanish and Portuguese, meaning “fond of horses”

Ultimately (via Latin Philippus), from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος (phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Felipe” (revision 93671083), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Felipe?

US: Falling: down from #796 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 602 boys got the name (#417 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 7,000 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (0.46 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.25 per 1,000 boys), TN (0.24 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Felipe is #955 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Felipe were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Filip42 US · 124 E&W
• Filipe6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Felipe

Boys

• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Pedro#455“stone, rock”^*
• Manuel#371“pillar”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025
• Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Jorge#322Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”^*

For a sister

• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Felipe’s. Rank is US 2025.