Filip
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIL-ip
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #366 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Filip is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 366th for boys in the UK (130 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Filip mean?
Greek: form of Philip
“lover of horses”
Form of Philip used in Polish, Czech, Scandinavian and other European languages.
Is Filip a girl's or a boy's name?
Filip is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 130 boys in the UK and 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Filip in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #366among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 130about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 130 boys in the UK were named Filip, making it the 366th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 192nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 483 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Filip than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Filip in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 boys in the UK were given Filip or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #239, up from #366 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 342nd in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Filip in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #366 |
| 2024 | 147 | #337 |
| 2023 | 159 | #316 |
| 2022 | 233 | #231 |
| 2021 | 320 | #191 |
| 2020 | 295 | #192 |
| 2019 | 369 | #166 |
| 2018 | 371 | #169 |
| 2017 | 422 | #158 |
| 2016 | 431 | #156 |
| 2015 | 425 | #155 |
| 2014 | 451 | #149 |
| 2013 | 483 | #139 |
| 2012 | 461 | #145 |
| 2011 | 483 | #142 |
| 2010 | 432 | #152 |
| 2009 | 371 | #166 |
| 2008 | 331 | #178 |
| 2007 | 177 | #257 |
| 2006 | 78 | #459 |
| 2005 | 44 | #658 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Filip in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Filip, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 127 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer boys named Filip than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Filip in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,040 boys in the US were given Filip or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #334, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
Filip in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,135 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 94 | #1,679 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,032 |
| 2016 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2015 | 75 | #1,931 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 88 | #1,684 |
| 2012 | 127 | #1,336 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,544 |
| 2010 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,528 |
| 2008 | 99 | #1,594 |
| 2007 | 96 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 83 | #1,698 |
| 2005 | 77 | #1,722 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,698 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
Names like Filip
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Lucas Brody Nico Finn Jaxon Cooper Jayden Marley Logan Rowan Noah
Other spellings of Filip
Names related to Filip
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Filip: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/filip, updated 20 October 2026.