THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Felipe
Felipe is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Felipe. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /feˈlipe/Standard-Tagalog
- [fɛˈliː.pɛ]Standard-Tagalog
- /peˈlipe/with nativization
- [pɛˈliː.pɛ]with nativization
Fe · li · pe3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), from φίλιππος (phílippos), from φιλο- (philo-, “love”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Felipe (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe.
A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Philip.
Wiktionary: Felipe (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Ultimately (via Latin Philippus), from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος (phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philip
Wiktionary: Felipe (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Felipe
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Felipe Agoncillo
Filipino politician (1859-1941)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Felipe Calderón
Filipino lawyer and politician (1868-1908)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
48
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
15
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Felipe Calderón, Felipe Agoncillo
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Felipe in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Felipe
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Felice♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Felipa·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Feling♀Short form of Felisa and Felicidad
- Felino·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felisa♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Felix♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Félix♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Feliza·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Felipe?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Felipe
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Felipe further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q15727141 — Felipe (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Felipe Calderón (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15727141 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Felipe Agoncillo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15727141 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Felipe (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Felipe (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Felipe (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.