Filip

Filip (Cyrillic: Филип) is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip.

The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover".^[1]^[2]

In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s.^[3]

Notable people with the name include:

^ "Najljepša imena za zimske bebe". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-12-26.
^ Čilaš Šimpraga. Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 26.
^ "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.