Filip

What Filip means

Polish, Swedish and Danish form of Philip, meaning “fond of horses”

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philip || From Middle English Philip, ultimately 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, “Filip” (revision 93817800) and “Philip” (revision 94867800), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Filip?

US: Falling: down from #1931 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #148 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 127 boys got the name (#1336 that year). First in the US records in 1953.

How common

• About 1 in 40,668 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,193 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland 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 IL (0.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Filip is #2941 in the US and #342 in England & Wales (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 Filip were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Philip568 US · 71 E&W
• Felipe244 US
• 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 Filip

Boys

• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Brody#236Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 6,299 babies; 1,492 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Mason#39From a surname for “a stonemason”^*

For a sister

• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Filip’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.