Filip (Cyrillic: Филип) is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip.
The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover".
In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s.
Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
Filip Barović (born 1990), Montenegrin basketball player
Filip Bergmark (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player
Filip David (1940–2025), Serbian writer and screenwriter
Filip Đorđević (born 1987), Serbian footballer
Filip Ekberg (born 2007), Swedish ice hockey player
Filip Filipović (politician) (1878–1938), Serbian communist politician
Filip Filipović (American football) (born 1977), American football player of Serbian descent
Filip Filipović (water polo) (born 1987), Serbian water polo player
Filip Gravenfors (born 2004), Swedish freestyle skier
Filip Hološko (born 1984), Slovak footballer
Filip Cristian Jianu (born 2001), Romanian tennis player
Filip Jörgensen (born 2002), Danish footballer
Filip Marković (born 1992), Serbian footballer
Filip Minařík (1975–2023), Czech jockey
Filip Mișea (1873–1944), Aromanian activist, physician and politician
Filip Noga, Albanian politician
Filip Petrušev (born 2000), Serbian basketball player
Filip Pravdica (born 1995), Croatian long jumper
Filip Schnack (born 2001), German actor
Filip Stanković (born 2002), Serbian footballer
Filip Ugran (born 2002), Romanian race car driver
Filip Verlinden (born 1982), Belgian kickboxer
Filip Višnjić (1757–1834), Bosnian Serb poet and guslar
Filip Živković (born 2006), Croatian footballer
Filip Zubčić (born 1993), Croatian alpine skier
Surname
Lucian Filip (born 1990), Romanian footballer
Miroslav Filip (1928–2009), Czech chess grandmaster
Ota Filip (1930–2018), Czech and German novelist, essayist, journalist
Pavel Filip (born 1966), Moldovan politician
Petru Filip (born 1955), Romanian politician
Simion Filip (fl. 21st c.), Romanian and Moldovan mathematician