Philippe

Locally spelled Filip in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia, Philip in GB United Kingdom, NG Nigeria and Phillip in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Philippe, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Henri
• Antoine
• Olivier
• Alexandre
• Julien

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Philippe is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Belgium, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Philippè, Philippé, 'Philippe, Phílìppě

• Portuguese given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal

  Also written Philippé, ̷p̷h̷i̷l̷i̷p̷p̷e̷

• Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Chile

  Also written Phïlïppë, Phïļïppe, Phįlîppė, Pḧilippe

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Philippé

• Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Switzerland, Belgium, Estonia, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Philippé

90 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Philippe is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Greek origin; from Philippos, 'lover of horses' (philos + hippos).

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, From Greek Philippos, 'lover of horses'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, a male given name, equivalent to English Philip, very popular in 20th century France, next only to Jean and Pierre

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, du nom grec Philippos, de philos ‘ami’ et hippos ‘cheval’, donc ‘qui aime les chevaux’

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Du grec Philippos, « ami des chevaux ». Fête: 3 mai (saint Philippe l’apôtre).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Philip IV of Franceb. 1268FRKing of France from 1285 to 1314 (1268–1314)
• Leopold III of Belgiumb. 1901BEnot in their usual nameking of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
• Filip van Belgiëb. 1960BEnot in their usual nameKing of the Belgians since 2013

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

100 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 54 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Philippe mean, and where does it come from?

From Greek Philippos ‘lover of horses’; co-commemorated on 3 May with Jacques Recorded by Tên Họ Người Việt Nam.

Is Philippe a male or female name?

Philippe is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: France (INSEE, 2024), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB), among others.

What are other forms of the name Philippe?

In the etymology graph, Felipe, Philip and Phillip are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Philippe?

In French /fi.lip/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Philippe?

In the United States, the national register counted 223,037 people named Philip in 2020, about 1 in 1.5 thousand residents.

How common is Philippe compared with other names?

In France, Philippe is the 7th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

Which countries have the most people named Philippe?

Mondonomo estimates about 399 thousand people named Philippe in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled philippe. After it come United States, Poland, Nigeria and United Kingdom; the country table on this page ranks them.