Felipe
Meaning
form of Philip; six kings of Spain, currently King Felipe VI
The story
Felipe is Philip in Spanish dress, tracing back to the Greek for lover of horses, and few names run deeper through Spanish royal history: six kings of Spain have carried it, from Felipe II, whose empire touched four continents, to Felipe VI, the current king, who sailed for Spain's Olympic team at Barcelona in 1992 before taking the throne in 2014. It is that rare thing, a name at once thoroughly royal and thoroughly everyday, since ordinary Felipes fill classrooms from Seville to São Paulo to San Antonio. In United States records Felipe has kept a presence across the generations, and its strongest run has come in recent decades, growing alongside the country's Spanish-speaking communities; it is hard not to read those two stories together. Felipe today sits exactly where it always has: unhurried, warm, and quietly regal.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Felipe peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
676,680 people · the #20 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 300 · median age 22
Among people named Felipe living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 32,317 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Felipe
Most people given the name Felipe in the United States were born between 1970 and 2009. The Felipe you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Felipe deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Felipe truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Felipe fits with your family’s names and surname.
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