Filippo

Meaning: Lover of horses
Origin: Greek — Italian form of Philip

Boy's name · #6924 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Filippo — on the books since 1915, #6924 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 710 boys have carried the name since.

Across the states

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Around the world

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#20 in Italy (2025) · #407 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,070 in Austria (2025) · #1,897 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,153 in Canada (2025) · #4,218 in France (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #4,237 in Ecuador (2024) · #1,232 in Belgium (2020) · #525 in Poland (2019).

Famous Filippos

Filippo Inzaghi — Italian footballer and manager
Filippo Brunelleschi — Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti — Italian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement (1876–1944)
Filippo Lippi — Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)
Filippo I, Duke of Parma — Monarch of Parma, Piacenza
Filippo Ganna — Italian cyclist
Filippo Maria Visconti — Duke of Milan
Filippo II, Duke of Savoy — Duke of Savoy (1438–1497)
Filippo Juvarra — Italian architect and stage set designer (1678–1736)

In stories & tradition

Filippo Guarino^Wikidata — Donna Leon – Schöner Schein

Where Filippos come from

Among 838 notable bearers:

Italy 94%, Switzerland 2%, San Marino 1%, Duchy of Milan 0.6%, Spain 0.6%, United States 0.5% and 20 more countries.

What Filippos become

Among 1,259 notable people named Filippo:

Artists & writers appear 1.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect, sculptor and engineer.

Similar names: Phillip · Luigi · Phinehas · Sandro · Giorgio · Lino

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