Philippe
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Greek Philippos ‘lover of horses’; co-commemorated on 3 May with Jacques
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/filip/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Philippe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 195(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 243
- CZCzechia1 in 106as Filip
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Philippe itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- #123 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 618 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 195 (inferred from the name graph)
≈350,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Filip in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, MK North Macedonia, 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.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Greek Philippos ‘lover of horses’; co-commemorated on 3 May with Jacques
Sources 1
- Tên Họ Người Việt Nam
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Philippe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #7 | ≈350,000 est. | ≈1 in 195 | 539K | Philippe | 469 |
| US United States | #90 | 223,037as Philip | 1 in 1.5K | 361K | Phillip | 618 |
| NG Nigeria | #260 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Philip | 128 |
| PL Poland | #123 | 176,647as Filip | 1 in 217 | 177K | Filip | 187 |
| GB United Kingdom | #41 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 416 | 106K | Philip | 389 |
| CZ Czechia | #36 | 100,928as Filip | 1 in 106 | 101K | Filip | 170 |
| BE Belgium | #3 | ≈48,000 est. | ≈1 in 243 | 2.8K | Philippe | 212 |
| MK North Macedonia | #3 | 9,484as Филип | 1 in 224 | 9.5K | Filip | 70 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); MVČR — living population register 2017; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); State Statistical Office — living population names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
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 nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, From Greek Philippos, 'lover of horses'.
as a nameLe 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 wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, du nom grec Philippos, de philos ‘ami’ et hippos ‘cheval’, donc ‘qui aime les chevaux’
as a nameDictionnaire 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 nameDictionnaire 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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Philip II of Franceb. 1165FRKing of France, and the first to be called by that title (1165–1223)
- Philip III of Franceb. 1245FRking of France from 1270 to 1285 (1245–1285)
- Philip IV of Franceb. 1268FRKing of France from 1285 to 1314 (1268–1314)
- Philippe VIb. 1293FRKing of France from 1328 to 1350
- Philippe de Champaigneb. 1602BEFrench painter (1602–1674)
- Felipe Vb. 1683FRnot in their usual nameKing of Spain from 1700 to 1746 (1683–1746)
- Philippe Petainb. 1856FRFrench military and political leader (1856–1951)
- 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
- Philippe Coutinhob. 1992BRBrazilian association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 100 sources across 54 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 539K | #729 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.4K | #3,734 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 491 | #707 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 474 | #693 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1954 | 90 | #852 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 82 | #1,500 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 41 | #1,473 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 23 | #3,734 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 14 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- 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 in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Philippe?
- A machine transcription gives /filip/ (IPA) for French.
- 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 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.
- In which country does Philippe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 348 thousand people named Philippe in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled philippe.
What do you want to know about Philippe?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/philippeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Philippe” — the 7th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.