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Filip

Say it FIL-ip 2 syllables

Greek · “fond of horses”

Loved in Slovenia. Common in Poland, Austria, Norway, and Croatia. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 15 more places.

1 in 47 boys born in Poland in 2025. Number 12 there.

Filip in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 1, common in 4, rare in 20.
Filip in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales342 (down)20251241 in 2,1931922020
Scotland495 (down)202561 in 3,2742212020
Northern IrelandRare: below the complete list20253342020
Ireland372 (down)2025101 in 2,3731692020
North America
Ontario (province)718 (down)202416about 1 in 3,7427072019
Quebec (province)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
British Columbia (province)Rare: below the complete list2023Not listed2018
Nova Scotia (province)Not in the published top 212025Not listed2020
Oceania
New South Wales (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Victoria (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
Queensland (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
South Australia (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
New ZealandNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Western Europe
France1,094 (down)2025301 in 10,0901,0572020
Netherlands255 (down)202561about 1 in 1,0911682020
Central Europe
Austria81 (down)2025911 in 418632020
Switzerland156 (up)2025481 in 7501692020
Berlin (city)176 (down)202320about 1 in 7761692018
Munich (city)156 (down)20258about 1 in 546562020
Cologne (city)185 (up)20237about 1 in 9112022018
Bonn (city)190 (down)20253about 1 in 1,0571882020
Leipzig (city)Rare: below the complete list20254032020
Rostock (city)172 (new in the list)20251about 1 in 1,047Not listed2020
Nordic countries
Norway27 (down)20252101 in 111132020
Sweden101 (down)2025103about 1 in 419572020
DenmarkNot in the published top 502025Not listed2020
FinlandNot in the published top 502025No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
SpainNot in the published top 1002024Not listed2019
Catalonia (region)544 (up)202551 in 4,1415992020
Italy414 (new in the list)2024271 in 7,013Not listed2019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland12 (down)20252,6631 in 4772020
HungaryNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Slovenia3 (down)2025175about 1 in 4122020
EstoniaNot in the published top 272025Not listed2020
Moscow (city)Not in the published top 612025Not listed2020
Croatia282025168No list2020
Middle East
TurkeyNot in the published top 302025Not listed2020
IsraelRare: below the complete list2024Not listed2019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. About: the publisher leaves out its smallest names, so the share is approximate. ▲ and ▼ compare the rank with five years earlier. Not listed five years earlier: not in that year’s list. No list: the place published no list that year. How these figures are computed.

About the name

Taken from the Greek Phílippos, Filip is the same name as Philip, and it shares Philip's meaning, 'fond of horses'.

2 more paragraphs

It has two syllables, FIL-ip, and a crisp, bright sound. The single L and single P keep the spelling short and plain, and Fil would be the obvious short form. Related names include Philip, Phillip, Felipe, Filippo, Philippe and Philipp.

Filip is most popular in Poland and also ranks high in Slovenia and Norway. In English-speaking countries it is rare, found only well down the lists in England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In France it peaked in the late 2010s, and it is now falling in more places than it is rising.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
FIL-ip · 2 syllables · Stress on beat 1 of 2.
Meaning
“fond of horses”
Origin
Greek
Related names
Philip, Felipe, Filippo, Philippe, Philipp, Fillip, Phillip, Fille, Filippos, Filipe, Filippus, Filipp, Phylip, Filips, Fülöp, Pylyp, Philippus
Where Filip comes from (Wiktionary)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos).

Shortened from the Wiktionary entry for Filip. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Filip over time

Rising in 2 of the 18 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 8. Peak in France: 2017.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Filip in England and Wales: #1,168 in 1996, a peak of #135 in 2013, and #342 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300#1,000#3,000200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #1,168, 11 boys1997: #2,337, 4 boys1998: #2,901, 3 boys1999: #1,664, 7 boys2000: #1,096, 13 boys2001: #1,286, 11 boys2002: #1,128, 14 boys2003: #1,771, 8 boys2004: #1,160, 16 boys2005: #615, 43 boys2006: #443, 73 boys2007: #253, 160 boys2008: #175, 291 boys2009: #167, 323 boys2010: #155, 381 boys2011: #145, 414 boys2012: #144, 412 boys2013: #135, 439 boys2014: #141, 397 boys2015: #148, 381 boys2016: #155, 382 boys2017: #153, 375 boys2018: #166, 336 boys2019: #162, 329 boys2020: #192, 272 boys2021: #187, 290 boys2022: #230, 212 boys2023: #308, 143 boys2024: #323, 136 boys2025: #342, 124 boys#1,168 in 1996peak #135, 2013#342in 2025
Show the numbers
YearRankBoys
19961,16811
19972,3374
19982,9013
19991,6647
20001,09613
20011,28611
20021,12814
20031,7718
20041,16016
200561543
200644373
2007253160
2008175291
2009167323
2010155381
2011145414
2012144412
2013135439
2014141397
2015148381
2016155382
2017153375
2018166336
2019162329
2020192272
2021187290
2022230212
2023308143
2024323136
2025342124

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in France

Half of the boys named Filip in France since 1925 were born in or after 2012. Peak: 2017, about 12 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 0 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 0 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 0 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 0 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 0 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 0 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 0 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 0 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 0.5 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 1.3 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 0.5 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 0.7 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 0 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 1.1 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 3.4 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 4.3 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 6.3 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 8.6 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 9.3 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 9 per 100,000 boys20202025: 9.9 per 100,000 boys20252025: about 1 in 10,091 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–19290
1930–19340
1935–19390
1940–19440
1945–19490
1950–19540
1955–19590
1960–19640
1965–19690.5
1970–19741.3
1975–19790.5
1980–19840.7
1985–19890
1990–19941.1
1995–19993.4
2000–20044.3
2005–20096.3
2010–20148.6
2015–20199.3
2020–20249
20259.9

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0). Dark bar: the period holding the median birth year.

Brothers and middle names for Filip

Brother names

Names that rose and fell with Filip, from the same generation, with no clashing sounds.

  1. 1 in 27, Poland

  2. 1 in 37, Poland

  3. 1 in 280, Catalonia

  4. 1 in 1,130, Ireland

  5. 1 in 104, Poland

  6. 1 in 69, Poland

  7. 1 in 189, Austria

  8. 1 in 29, Italy

  9. 1 in 57, Norway

  10. 1 in 66, Poland

All 40 brother names for Filip

Middle names

Scored for rhythm against Filip's 2 syllables and for long, steady use.

  1. 1 in 86, England and Wales

  2. 1 in 50, Ireland

  3. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 103, England and Wales

  5. 1 in 130, Scotland

  6. 1 in 62, Poland

  7. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  8. 1 in 137, Scotland

Full-name check

Filip Oliver

Syllables 2-3Initials F.O.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Filip

Sisters for Filip: Lena, Maja, Elena, and 5 more
  1. LenaRose and fell with Filip · Same generation as Filip
  2. MajaRose and fell with Filip · Same generation as Filip
  3. ElenaRose and fell with Filip · Same generation as Filip
  4. ArianaRose and fell with Filip · Same generation as Filip
  5. SaraRose and fell with Filip · Same generation as Filip
  6. SofijaRose and fell with Filip · Same generation as Filip
  7. HelenaRose and fell with Filip · As common as Filip
  8. AnastasiaRose and fell with Filip · Same generation as Filip

Girls' names from the same engine, over the girls' lists of the same publishers.

Moved with Filip

The boy names whose popularity rose and fell most like Filip's across every region and decade we hold.

  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  2. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 8 more places.

  3. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  4. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 12 more places.

  5. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  6. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 8 more places.

  7. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  8. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 11 more places.

Famous people named Filip

Filip Vujanović, Filip Kostić, and 6 more

From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article on them. People: Wikidata (CC0). Links go to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists, else English.

Questions about Filip

How popular is Filip in England and Wales?

Filip ranked #342 in England and Wales in 2025, given to 124 boys, about 1 in 2,193.

Is Filip rising in popularity?

Not overall: it is falling in more places than it is rising. Rising in 2 of the 18 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 8. Rising in: Rostock and Catalonia.

What does Filip mean?

Filip means “fond of horses”, according to Wiktionary.

How many syllables does Filip have?

Filip has 2 syllables: FIL-ip.

Every rank and count on this page comes from an official birth register. How these figures are computed.

Meanings, origins and people: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).

The 42 birth registers behind these figures

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