Filip
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning lover of horses.
Filip by the numbers
In 2025, 124 babies in England and Wales were named Filip. In the US, 68 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 127 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Filip. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Filip
Names that are said the same way as Filip, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a horse
Like Filip, each of these has a horse in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Coltyoung horse1,329 in the US (2017)
- Marshallhorse servant or stable master938 in the US (2017)
- Coltercolt herder; one who tends young horses142 in the US (2017)
- Roana horse with a coat of mixed color; reddish-brown34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marshalhorse servant; steward or officer47 in the US (2017)
- Rosendofamous horse; a form of Rosamund or Rosendo26 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Filip
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