Filipe
Filipe is a common masculine Portuguese given name of Greek origin.
Origin and meaning
The name is a variant of the Spanish given name Felipe ; the German-language form is Philipp . For more information on the origin and meaning of the name, see here .
Well-known namesake
Ruler
Three Spanish kings who also ruled Portugal are called Filipe there:
- Filipe I (1527–1598), Philip II of Spain
- Filipe II (1578-1621), Philip III. from Spain
- Filipe III (1605–1665), Philip IV of Spain
First name
- Filipe Alarcão (* 1963), Portuguese product designer
- Filipe Albuquerque (* 1985), Portuguese racing driver
- Filipe Cardoso (* 1984), Portuguese cyclist
- Filipe Luís (* 1985), Brazilian soccer player
- Filipe Morais (* 1985), Portuguese football player
- Filipe Oliveira (* 1984), Portuguese soccer player
- Filipe Pirl (* 1989), German voice actor
- Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (* 1953), Patriarch and Archbishop in East India
Filipe is a family name for the following people:
- Daniel Filipe (1925–1964), Cape Verdean journalist and poet
additional
- São Filipe , place and municipality on the Cape Verde island of Fogo