Felipe - Meaning of Felipe

What does Felipe mean?

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Felipe

[ 3 syll. fe-li-pe, fel-ipe ] The baby boy name Felipe is pronounced as Feh-LIY-Peh in Spanish †. Felipe is mainly used in Spanish and it is of Old Greek origin. Felipe is a variant form of the English name Philip.

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Felipe is a classic favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby boy name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. The name increased in popularity from the 1900s up to the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2001, 0.029% of baby boys were named Felipe. It had a ranking of #418 then. The baby name has seen a fall in frequency since then. In 2018, its usage was 0.015% and its ranking #789. Within the family of boy names directly related to Felipe, Philip was the most popular. In 2018, the name was twice as popular as Felipe.

Baby names that sound like Felipe include Felipo (English and Spanish), Filipo (Spanish), Filippo (Italian), Flabio, Fulvio (German and Italian), Philipi, Philippo, Feeleep (Russian), Filep (Hungarian), Filib (Scottish), Filip (Czech, Irish, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Filipe (Portuguese), Filipp (German and Russian), Flavio (Italian and Spanish), Flip (English), Fülöp (Hungarian), Phelipe (Spanish), Phelippe, Phelp, and Philip (English).

† Pronunciation for Felipe: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)"