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Filippo

Boy · fi-LIP-oh · Greek

Filippo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Filippo mean?

Greek: Italian form of Philip

“lover of horses”

Italian form of Philip; Filippo Brunelleschi designed the great dome of Florence Cathedral.

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fi-LIP-oh

Is Filippo a girl's or a boy's name?

Filippo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Filippo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,964among boys
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Filippo, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 boys.

Half of all the boys named Filippo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 20 in 20212025
Filippo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202513#1,964
202412#2,009
202313#1,917
202216#1,639
202120#1,389
202016#1,581
201913#1,858
201815#1,715
20177#2,875
201610#2,287
201510#2,260
20143#4,829
20137#2,792
201212#1,956
20110–
201011#2,013
20098#2,445
200812#1,810
20076#2,873
20061#5,377
20055#2,885
20043#3,792
20033#3,593
20025#2,358
20010–
20004#2,612
19998#1,582
19986#1,932
19971#3,857
19965#2,094

How popular is Filippo in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,799among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Filippo, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Filippo in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 22 in 20242025
Filippo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202422#4,567
202316#5,661
202211#7,256
202113#6,330
202016#5,447
201917#5,336
201811#7,132
201714#6,056
201616#5,551
201512#6,671
201411#7,043
201313#6,236
201211#7,044
20117#9,593
20106#10,759
200912#6,798
200811#7,182
200717#5,207
200610#7,422
200517#4,819
200420#4,259
200310#6,708
20029#7,048
200111#6,006
200011#5,913
19999#6,524
19988#6,837
199713#4,663
199610#5,528
19958#6,400
19945#8,794
19937#6,809
19927#6,662
199112#4,468
199014#3,965
19899#5,158
19887#5,745
19876#6,083
19867#5,327
19850–
198415#2,955
198311#3,629
198213#3,281
198110#3,856
198014#3,097
197913#3,167
197813#3,069
197717#2,555
19769#3,722
197510#3,426
197414#2,672
197316#2,403
197211#2,989
197115#2,463
197014#2,508
19696#3,934
19689#2,906
19678#2,984
19665#3,946
19650–
19646#3,600
19630–
19626#3,638
19610–
19600–
19590–
19585#3,942
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19186#3,727
19170–
19160–
19155#3,824

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