Felipe is the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

variant of the name

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 ...

, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

. Noteworthy people with this name include:

Royalty

* Felipe I of Spain *

Felipe II of Spain Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also ''jure uxoris'' K ...

* Felipe III of Spain * Felipe IV of Spain * Felipe V of Spain *

Felipe VI of Spain Felipe VI (; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed For ...

, King of

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón, Lord of Tejada (born 17 July 1998), widely known as Froilán, is the elder child and only son of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Jaime de Marichalar. He is the maternal-line ...

, nephew of the Spanish king

Others

Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 and 2004. ...

, former

President of Mexico The president of Mexico (), officially the president of the United Mexican States (), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Constitution of Mexico, the president heads the executive branch of the federal government and ...

* Felipe Herrera, Chilean economist *

Felipe Zúniga del Cid Felipe Zúniga del Cid (born 27 April 1948) is a Honduran politician. He currently serves as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the Liberal Party of Honduras for Intibucá. References 1948 births Living people Peopl ...

(born 1948), Honduran politician * FELIPE may refer to the Popular Liberation Front in Spain

Sports

Football

Felipe (footballer, born 1977) Felipe Jorge Loureiro (born 2 September 1977), simply known as Felipe, is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He is the current technical director of Vasco da Gama. A left-footed midfielder and left-back, Felipe is known for his play ...

(Felipe Jorge Loureiro), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born 1978) Felipe Reinaldo da Silva (born April 17, 1978) is a Brazilian football striker who plays for Passo Fundo. Club career Felipe previously played for Vitória and Náutico in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He scored twice in the opening ...

(Felipe Reinaldo da Silva), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born February 1984) Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos (born 22 February 1984 in Rio de Janeiro), known as Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Differdange 03. Career Early career Felipe began his career in Vitória (BA) before being s ...

(Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born July 1984) Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo, commonly known as Felipe (born 31 July 1984), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has spent most of his professional career in Serie A. Club career Udinese Felipe bega ...

(Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born 1988) Felipe de Almeida Gomes (born January 5, 1988), known as just Felipe, is a Brazilian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), ...

(Felipe de Almeida Gomes), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born 1989) Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro (born 16 May 1989), known simply as Felipe or Felipe Monteiro, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Felipe began his career with União Mogi and was loaned to Braganti ...

(Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born 1992) Felipe de Sousa Silva (born 3 April 1992), commonly known as Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. Club career Chengdu Rongcheng On 2 August 2021, Felipe joined Chinese second tier fo ...

(Felipe de Sousa Silva), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born 1994) Luiz Antonio Ferreira Rodrigues (born 10 April 1994), known by his nickname Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Liaoning Tieren as a right back or a defensive midfielder. Career statistics Honours Uniclinic * Campeonato Cear ...

(Luiz Antonio Ferreira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe (footballer, born 2000) Felipe Ferreira da Cruz (born 23 April 2000), commonly known as Felipe, is a Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area ...

(Felipe Ferreira da Cruz), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe Albuquerque Felipe Albuquerque Felippi (born 27 September 1999), commonly known as Felipe Albuquerque, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Chapecoense. Club career Grêmio Born in N ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Felipe Banguero Felipe Banguero Millán (born 31 December 1988) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as defender. External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Banguero, Felipe 1988 births Footballers from Medellín Living people 21st-century C ...

(born 1988), Colombian footballer *

Felipe Campos (Brazilian footballer) Felipe Souza Campos (born 24 May 1981), sometimes known as just Felipe, is a Brazilian football player, who plays for Guarani de Palhoça. Biography Club career An attacking midfielder who occupies the hole between midfield and the strikers ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Felipe Caicedo Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo (born 5 September 1988) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Barcelona S.C. A full international from 2005 to 2017, Caicedo represented Ecuador at the Copa América in 2007 and 20 ...

, Ecuadorian footballer * Felipe Félix, Brazilian footballer * Felipe Fumaça (born 1993), known as Felipe, Brazilian footballer * Felipe Guréndez (born 1975), known as Felipe, Spanish footballer * Felipe Mattioni (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

Felipe Martins (footballer, born September 1990) Felipe Campanholi Martins (born 30 September 1990), known mononymously as Felipe, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder and most recently played club football for Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro ...

, commonly known as Felipe, Brazilian footballer *

Felipe Melo Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983), known as Felipe Melo, is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. He began his career with Brazilian teams Clube de Rega ...

, Brazilian footballer * Felipe Miñambres, Spanish footballer * Felipe Peralta (born 1962), Paraguayan footballer * Felipe Rodríguez-Gentile (born 2006), Argentine footballer *

Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari (; born 9 November 1948), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football manager and former player who currently serves as the technical director of Grêmio. Considered to be one of the greatest and most su ...

, Brazilian football manager

Other sports

* Felipe Paulino (born 1983), Dominican-Venezuelan baseball pitcher *

Felipe Alou Felipe Rojas Alou (born May 12, 1935) is a Dominican former professional outfielder, first baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He managed the Montreal Expos (1992–2001) and the San Francisco Giants (2003–2006). The fir ...

(born 1935), Dominican baseball player and manager *

Felipe Contepomi Felipe Contepomi (born 20 August 1977) is an Argentine professional rugby coach who is currently the head coach of the Argentine national side. He was a rugby union footballer who played fly-half or centre; his last club was Club Newman, in ...

(born 1977), Argentine rugby union player *

Felipe Drugovich Felipe Drugovich Roncato (born 23 May 2000) is a Brazilian racing driver, who most recently competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing, Cadillac Whelen and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Aston Martin in ...

(born 2000), Brazilian racing driver * Felipe Franco, Brazilian water polo player *

Felipe Kitadai Felipe Kitadai (born July 28, 1989) is a judoka from Brazil. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. He also won gold medals six consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 20 ...

(born 1989), Brazilian Olympic medalist judoka *

Felipe Massa Felipe Massa (; born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the Stock Car Pro Series for TMG Racing, TMG and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Riley Technologies, Riley. Massa competed in Formula One from to , and w ...

(born 1981), Brazilian

Formula E Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars ...

driver *

Felipe Muñoz Felipe Muñoz Kapamas (born February 3, 1951) is a Mexican former breaststroke swimmer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m event in 1968. Since 2008, he is the President of the Mexican Olympic Co ...

, Mexican breaststroke swimmer *

Felipe Nasr Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Porsche. Nasr competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing, Nasr has won three IMSA SportsCar Cham ...

, Brazilian former

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

driver *

Felipe Reyes Felipe Reyes Cabanás (born 16 March 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Spain national team. Standing at a height of , and weighing , he plays at the power forward and center positions. During h ...

, Spanish basketball player *

Felipe Vázquez Felipe Javier Vázquez ( Rivero, born July 5, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for Marineros de Carabobo of the Venezuelan Major League. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2015 to 2019 for the Washington Nationals a ...

, Venezuelan baseball player *

Felipe Santos (disambiguation) Felipe dos Santos or Felipe Santos may refer to: *Felipe dos Santos (decathlete) (Felipe Vinícius dos Santos, born 1994), Brazilian decathlete *Felipe Bardi dos Santos (born 1998), Brazilian sprinter *Filipe dos Santos (1896–1941), Portuguese ...

, multiple sportsmen

Fictional

*Felipe, a hostile

scarlet macaw The scarlet macaw (''Ara macao'') also called the red-and-yellow macaw, red-and-blue macaw or red-breasted macaw, is a large yellow, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas. Its range extends from south ...

who is the leader of his own tribe in ''

Rio 2 ''Rio 2'' is a 2014 American animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 animated film and the second installment of the ''Rio'' franchise. The title refers to the ci ...

'' *Felipe Gómez, a character on the American television sitcom ''

Three's Company ''Three's Company'' is an American television sitcom that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. Developed by Don Nicholl, Michael Ross and Bernie West, it is based on the British sitcom '' Man About the ...

'' *Felipe, a

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in ''

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Miscellaneous

Convento de San Felipe el Real The now defunct Convento de San Felipe el Real ( English: Convent of Saint Philip the Royal) (briefly called as San Felipe el Real) was a former Madrilenian convent of Calced Augustinian monks, located at the beginning of Calle Mayor in Madrid ...

(Madrid) * Felipe Espinosa (1836–1863), Mexican-American murderer *

Felipe López (disambiguation) Felipe López may refer to: *Felipe Molas López (1901–1954), former president of Paraguay *Felipe López (cyclist) (born 1969), Guatemalan Olympic cyclist *Felipe López (basketball) (born 1974), retired Dominican basketball player *Felipe Lópe ...

* Felipe (or

Felipillo Felipillo (or Felipe) was a 16th-century Amerindian interpreter who accompanied Spanish conquistadors Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro on their various expeditions to Peru during their conquest of the Inca Empire. His real name is not kno ...

), a native Peruvian who accompanied Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro on their various expeditions to Peru as an interpreter {{given name Portuguese masculine given names Spanish masculine given names Masculine given names