Filip

Filip ({{cyrl|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".{{Cite web |title=Najljepša imena za zimske bebe |url=https://www.index.hr/mame/clanak/najljepsa-imena-za-zimske-bebe/2619029.aspx |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=www.index.hr |language=hr}}{{Cite book |last=Čilaš Šimpraga. Ivšić Majić and Vidović |title=Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena |publisher=Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje |pages=26 |language=hr}}

In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s.{{Croatian Census 2011|N|tabid=30|tabname=Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth}}

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Surname

  • Miroslav Filip (1928–2009), Czech chess grandmaster
  • Ota Filip (1930–2018), Czech and German novelist, essayist, journalist
  • Pavel Filip (born 1966), Moldovan politician
  • Petru Filip (born 1955), Romanian politician
  • Simion Filip ({{fl|21st c.}}), Romanian and Moldovan mathematician

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