Filippo
Filippo is an Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English name Philip, from the Greek Philippos, meaning "horse lover". The female variant is Filippa.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Filippo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Filippo is an Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English name Philip, from the Greek Philippos, meaning "horse lover". The female variant is Filippa.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Filippo
Filippo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 22 births, good for #4,553 nationwide. As of 2026, Filippo ranks #4,737 for baby boys with 21 births, rising sharply (+27% over the past five years). All told, over 738 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Filippo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Filippo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Pippo
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About the name Filippo
Filippo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 738 births in the dataset. Filippo's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #2,405. Use the chart and map above to compare Filippo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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