Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective Philippos "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal.

Notable people with this name include:

Royalty

  • Felipe I of Castile
  • Felipe II of Spain
  • Felipe III of Spain
  • Felipe IV of Spain
  • Felipe V of Spain
  • Felipe VI of Spain
  • Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, nephew of the Spanish king

Sports

Football

  • Felipe (footballer, born 1977) (Felipe Jorge Loureiro), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born 1978) (Felipe Reinaldo da Silva), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born February 1984) (Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born July 1984) (Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born 1988) (Felipe de Almeida Gomes), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born 1989) (Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born 1992) (Felipe de Sousa Silva), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born 1994) (Luiz Antonio Ferreira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe (footballer, born 2000) (Felipe Ferreira da Cruz), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Albuquerque, Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Alvarado (born 1999), Chilean footballer
  • Felipe Banguero (born 1988), Colombian footballer
  • Felipe Campos (Brazilian footballer), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
  • Felipe Espinoza (born 1999), Chilean footballer
  • Felipe Félix, Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Fumaça (born 1993), known as Felipe, Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Guréndez (born 1975), known as Felipe, Spanish footballer
  • Felipe Laurindo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Mattioni (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Martins (footballer, born September 1990), commonly known as Felipe, Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer
  • Felipe Miñambres, Spanish footballer
  • Felipe Ogaz (born 2003), Chilean footballer
  • Felipe Peralta (born 1962), Paraguayan footballer
  • Felipe Rodríguez-Gentile (born 2006), Argentine footballer

Other sports

  • Felipe Alou (born 1935), Dominican baseball player and manager
  • Felipe Contepomi (born 1977), Argentine rugby union player
  • Felipe Drugovich (born 2000), Brazilian racing driver
  • Felipe Franco, Brazilian water polo player
  • Felipe Kitadai (born 1989), Brazilian Olympic medalist judoka
  • Felipe Massa (born 1981), Brazilian Formula E driver
  • Felipe Muñoz, Mexican breaststroke swimmer
  • Felipe Nasr, Brazilian former Formula One driver
  • Felipe Paulino (born 1983), Dominican-Venezuelan baseball pitcher
  • Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
  • Felipe Santos (disambiguation), multiple sportsmen
  • Felipe Vázquez, Venezuelan baseball player

Other occupations

  • Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico
  • Felipe Espinosa (1836–1863), Mexican-American murderer
  • Felipe Herrera, Chilean economist
  • Felipe Pacheco, Costa Rican-born American sound editor
  • Felipe Zúniga del Cid (born 1948), Honduran politician
  • FELIPE may refer to the Popular Liberation Front in Spain

Nickname

  • André Felipe (born 1990), Brazilian former footballer
  • Caio Felipe (footballer, born February 1999), Brazilian footballer
  • Caio Felipe (footballer, born April 1999), Brazilian footballer
  • Juan Felipe (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
  • Marcos Felipe (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
  • Pedro Felipe (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian footballer
  • Pedro Felipe (footballer, born 2004), Brazilian footballer
  • Zé Felipe (born 1998), Brazilian singer and songwriter

Surname

  • Alex Felipe (1993–2026), Brazilian futsal player
  • Julián Felipe (1861–1944), Filipino composer
  • León Felipe (1884–1968), Spanish anti-fascist poet and academic
  • Luis Felipe (gang leader) (born 1962), Cuban former gang leader
  • Sergio Felipe (born 1991), Uruguayan footballer

Fictional characters

  • Felipe, a hostile scarlet macaw who is the leader of his own tribe in Rio 2
  • Felipe Gómez, a character on the American television sitcom Three's Company
  • Felipe, a screwdriver in Handy Manny

See also

  • Convento de San Felipe el Real (Madrid)
  • 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