Filip

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Filip is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" and "hippos", which means "horse lover". In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s.

From Wikipedia

Filip first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 439 babies (rank #135 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Filip

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Filip yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

3,783

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

439

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Filip

Filip Vujanovićpolitician · b. 1954
Filip Kostićassociation football player · b. 1992
Filip Bradarićassociation football player · b. 1992
Filip Mladenovićassociation football player · b. 1991
Filip Đuričićassociation football player · b. 1992

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	11	#1,184
1997	4	#2,504
1998	3	#3,159
1999	7	#1,715
2000	13	#1,120
2001	11	#1,321
2002	14	#1,150
2003	8	#1,825
2004	16	#1,174
2005	43	#620
2006	73	#446
2007	160	#253
2008	291	#175
2009	323	#167
2010	381	#155
2011	414	#145
2012	412	#144
2013	439	#135
2014	397	#142
2015	381	#149
2016	382	#155