Filippos
Fewer than 60 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. It's a Greek cousin of the everyday Filip, from a root meaning "friend of horses".
Filippos Pronunciation
What Filippos means
Where Filippos comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Filippos begins in Greek, joining philos, "friend" or "loving", to hippos, "horse". The plain reading is friend of horses. In a world where a horse meant war, travel and status, this was a name for someone near power.
The most famous bearer is Philip II of Macedon, king in the fourth century BC and father of Alexander the Great. His name spoke of cavalry and command. Greek handed the form to Latin as Philippus, and from there it spread west across Europe.
Polish took it in as Filip, the everyday variant that fills a school register today. The cross-gender form is Filipina. The fuller Filippos keeps the doubled letter and the Greek shape intact.
Friend of horses stays legible even now. A child called Filip carries a word older than Macedon, built from friendship and a horse.
How many people are named Filippos
1 in 381182 men in Poland is named Filippos. 56 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4954 among male names.
Filippos's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Filippos as a middle name
Filippos is a first name for 56 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 92/8 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4710th, between Feras (5) and Filon (5).
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#4708 Feng5
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#4709 Feras5
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#4710 Filippos5
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#4711 Filon5
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#4712 Flemming5