Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
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The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover".
In
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s.
Notable people with the name include:
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Filip Barović
Filip Barović (born 29 July 1990) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for KK Sutjeska Elektroprivreda (men's basketball), Sutjeska of the Montenegrin League(men's basketball), Montenegrin League.
Barović played for KK Budućnost, B ...
(born 1990), Montenegrin basketball player
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Filip Bergmark (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player
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Filip David (1940–2025), Serbian writer and screenwriter
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Filip Đorđević (born 1987), Serbian footballer
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Filip Ekberg (born 2007), Swedish ice hockey player
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Filip Hološko (born 1984), Slovak footballer
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Filip Cristian Jianu (born 2001), Romanian tennis player
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Filip Marković (born 1992), Serbian footballer
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Filip Minařík (1975–2023), Czech jockey
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Filip Mișea (1873–1944), Aromanian activist, physician and politician
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Filip Noga, Albanian politician
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Filip Petrušev
Filip Petrušev ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Петрушев, born April 15, 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague, on loan from Olympiacos. He played college basketb ...
(born 2000), Serbian basketball player
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Filip Stanković (born 2002), Serbian footballer
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Filip Ugran (born 2002), Romanian race car driver
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Filip Verlinden (born 1982), Belgian kickboxer
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Filip Višnjić
Filip Višnjić ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Вишњић, ; 1767–1834) was a Serbian epic poet and '' guslar''. His repertoire included 13 original epic poems chronicling the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire and four reinterpret ...
(1757–1834), Bosnian Serb poet and guslar
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Filip Zubčić (born 1993), Croatian alpine skier
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Miroslav Filip (1928–2009), Czech chess grandmaster
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Ota Filip (1930–2018), Czech and German novelist, essayist, journalist
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Pavel Filip
Pavel Filip (born 10 April 1966) is a Moldova, Moldovan politician.
In 2001–2008 he was the director of the Joint-stock company "Bucuria" and in 2008–2011, general manager of Tutun-CTC joint stock company. He was then Ministry of Informatio ...
(born 1966), Moldovan politician
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Petru Filip
Petru Filip (; born 23 January 1955 in Slobozia, Romania) is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Since 2008, he has been a member of the Senate, representing Bihor County
Bihor County (, ) is a county (ju ...
(born 1955), Romanian politician
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Simion Filip
Simion Filip is a mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago who works in dynamical systems and algebraic geometry.
Early life and education
Filip was born in Chișinău, where he grew up and attended the Moldo-Turki ...
(), Romanian and Moldovan mathematician
See also
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''Filip'' (film)
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References
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Given names of Greek language origin
Croatian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Romanian masculine given names
Aromanian masculine given names
Romanian-language surnames
Surnames from given names
Serbian masculine given names
Slovak masculine given names