Felipe is the
Spanish variant of the name
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...
, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in
Portuguese-speaking
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
alongside
Filipe, the form commonly used in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the ...
.
Noteworthy people with this name include:
Politics
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Felipe Calderón
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 1 December 2006 to 30 November 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 a ...
, former
President of Mexico
The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Co ...
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Felipe I of Spain
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Felipe II of Spain
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Felipe III of Spain
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Felipe IV of Spain
Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered ...
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Felipe V of Spain
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Felipe VI of Spain
Felipe VI (;,
* eu, Felipe VI.a,
* ca, Felip VI,
* gl, Filipe VI, . Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. He is the son of former King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, and h ...
, King of
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
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Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, nephew of the Spanish king
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Felipe Herrera, Chilean economist
* FELIPE may refer to the
Popular Liberation Front in Spain
Sports
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Felipe Paulino (born 1983), Dominican-Venezuelan baseball pitcher
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Felipe Alou
Felipe Rojas Alou (born May 12, 1935) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and manager. He managed the Montreal Expos (1992–2001) and the San Francisco Giants (2003–2006). The first Dominican to play regularly in the ...
(born 1935), Dominican baseball player and manager
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Felipe Contepomi (born 1977), Argentine rugby union player
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Felipe Drugovich
Felipe Drugovich Roncato (born 23 May 2000) is a Brazilian-Italian racing driver of Austrian descent who last competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport. He is the 2018 Euroformula Open champion and the 2022 Formula 2 champion.
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(born 2000), Brazilian racing driver
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Felipe Franco
Felipe Malzac Franco (born May 07, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro) is a male water polo player from Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Lat ...
, Brazilian water polo player
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Felipe Kitadai
Felipe Kitadai (born July 28, 1989) is a judoka from Brazil. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. He also won gold medals six consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 2 ...
(born 1989), Brazilian Olympic medalist judoka
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Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa (, born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver. He competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 2002 and 2017, where he scored 11 Grand Prix victories, 41 podiums and finished as championship runner-up in 2008 by one poin ...
(born 1981), Brazilian
Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a Open-wheel car, single-seater auto racing, motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobil ...
driver
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Felipe Muñoz
Felipe Muñoz Kapamas (born February 3, 1951) is a Mexican former breaststroke swimmer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m event in 1968. Since 2008, he is the President of the Mexican Olympic Co ...
, Mexican breaststroke swimmer
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Felipe Nasr
Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is the 2018 IMSA Sportscar champion and won the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring.
After a year as the official test driver for Williams in 2014, he joined Saube ...
, Brazilian former
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
driver
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Felipe Reyes
Felipe Reyes Cabanás (born March 16, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Spain national team. Standing at a height of 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, and weighing 104 kg (229 lbs.), he pla ...
, Spanish basketball player
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Felipe Vázquez
Felipe Javier Vázquez (né Rivero, born July 5, 1991), nicknamed "Nightmare", is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher and convicted sex offender who is currently on the restricted list for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He previously played for ...
, Venezuelan baseball player
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Felipe Santos (disambiguation)
Felipe dos Santos or Felipe Santos may refer to:
* Felipe dos Santos (decathlete) (Felipe Vinícius dos Santos, born 1994), Brazilian decathlete
* Felipe Bardi dos Santos (born 1998), Brazilian sprinter
* Filipe dos Santos (1896–1941), Portugue ...
, multiple sportsmen
Football
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Felipe Miñambres, Spanish footballer
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Luiz Felipe Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari (; born 9 November 1948), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Athletico Paranaense.
Scolari was a defender during his playing days, and nota ...
, Brazilian football manager
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Felipe (footballer, born 1989) (Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Campos (Brazilian footballer), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Félix, Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Fumaça (born 1993), known as Felipe, Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Mattioni (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born February 1984)
Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos (born 22 February 1984 in Rio de Janeiro), known as Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botafogo-PB.
Career
Early career
Felipe began his career in Vitória (BA) before being signed ...
(Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born 1977), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born 1994)
Luiz Antonio Ferreira Rodrigues (born 10 April 1994), known by his nickname Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Goiás as a right back or a defensive midfielder.
Career statistics
Honours
Uniclinic
* Campeonato Cearense Série ...
, Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Albuquerque
Felipe Albuquerque Felippi (born 27 September 1999), commonly known as Felipe Albuquerque, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Ponte Preta, on loan from Grêmio.
Atualmente ...
, Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Martins (footballer, born September 1990) (born 1990), commonly known as Felipe, Brazilian footballer
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Felipe (footballer, born July 1984)
Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo, commonly known as Felipe (born 31 July 1984), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has spent his entire professional career in Serie A.
Club career Udinese
Felipe bega ...
(Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo), Brazilian footballer
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Filipe Luís
Filipe Luís Kasmirski (born 9 August 1985), known as Filipe Luís, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Flamengo.
A player of tireless approach also known for his tactical awareness, he spent most of his earl ...
, Brazilian footballer
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Felipe Peralta
Felipe Peralta (born 2 May 1962) is a retired football midfielder from Paraguay. He played professional football in Paraguay, and also had a spell in Colombia, playing for Deportivo Pereira.
International
Sanabria made his international de ...
(born 1962), Paraguayan footballer
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Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
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Felipe Guréndez (born 1975), known as Felipe, Spanish footballer
Fictional
*Felipe, a hostile
scarlet macaw
The scarlet macaw (''Ara macao'') is a large red, yellow, and blue Central and South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. It is native to humid evergreen forests of the Neotropics. Its range extends from ...
who is the leader of his own tribe in ''
Rio 2''
*Felipe Gómez, a character on the American television sitcom ''
Three's Company
''Three's Company'' is an American sitcom television series that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. It is based on the British sitcom '' Man About the House''.
The story revolves around three single room ...
''
*Felipe, a
screwdriver
A screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, used for turning screws. A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, ending in a tip the user puts into the screw head before turning the handle. This form of the screwdriver has been repla ...
in ''
Handy Manny
''Handy Manny'' is a CGI-animated children's television series that premiered with its first two episodes consecutively on Saturday, September 16, 2006, originally as part of Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block. On Valentine's Day 2011, th ...
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Miscellaneous
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Convento de San Felipe el Real
The now defunct Convento de San Felipe el Real ( English: Convent of Saint Philip the Royal) (briefly called as San Felipe el Real) was a former Madrilenian convent of Calced Augustinian monks, located at the beginning of Calle Mayor in Madrid ...
(Madrid)
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Felipe Espinosa (1836–1863), Mexican-American murderer
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Felipe López (disambiguation)
* Felipe (or
Felipillo), a native Peruvian who accompanied Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro on their various expeditions to Peru as an interpreter
Portuguese masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names
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