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Meaning of the namePhilipe

Philipe is a spelling of the name Felipe, which means “friend of horses”.

Meaning

“friend of horses”

Meaning of the name Felipe, of which Philipe is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Felipe · Wiktionary: Filipe · Behind the Name: Philip

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People (2022)
3,533
Rank in Brazil
#3,481
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
2,774
people

Philipe in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Philipe, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,258 people).

27 women 3,506 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Philipe is most common

States with the highest share of people named Philipe in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Distrito Federal 0.005%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.004%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.003%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais6690.003%
Rio de Janeiro6590.004%
São Paulo6160.001%
Bahia1940.001%
Espírito Santo1560.004%
Distrito Federal1480.005%
Santa Catarina1400.002%
Goiás1310.002%
Pernambuco1210.001%
Paraná940.001%
Ceará750.001%
Rio Grande do Sul720.001%
Paraíba680.002%
Amazonas600.002%
Maranhão590.001%
Sergipe580.003%
Alagoas390.001%
Pará350.000%
Rio Grande do Norte270.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul250.001%
Tocantins230.002%
Piauí190.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Philipe

The spelling with PH and I, which recalls the Latin form Philippus.

About the name Felipe

Wiktionary derives Felipe and Filipe from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), 'fond of horses', from φιλέω ('to love') and ἵππος ('horse'); Behind the Name translates it as 'friend of horses', from φίλος ('friend') and ἵππος. It is also the name of the apostle Philip in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 676,680 people named Felipe, the largest group born in the 1990s. Wiktionary describes Felipe as the Brazilian variant of Filipe; the other spellings, with PH, LL or PP, are forms of the same name.

Other spellings of Felipe

SpellingPeople (2022)
Felipe676,680
Filipe55,537
Fellipe7,439
Phelipe5,751
Felippe4,234
Philipe3,533
Philippe1,653
Fillipe1,629

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Felipe · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Filipe · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Philip · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Philippe · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Philipe

What does the name Philipe mean?

Philipe means “friend of horses”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Felipe, of which Philipe is a spelling.

How many people are named Philipe in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,533 people with the first name Philipe, which ranks it number 3,481 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Philipe a boy's or a girl's name?

Philipe is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 27 women and 3,506 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Philipe?

Philipe is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Philipe most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.005% of the state's population is named Philipe (148 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Philipe?

Felipe, Filipe, Fellipe, Phelipe, Felippe and Philippe and others. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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