Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to

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 ...

. The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover". In

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s. Notable people with the name include:

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Filip Barović Filip Barović (born 29 July 1990) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for KK Sutjeska Elektroprivreda (men's basketball), Sutjeska of the Montenegrin League(men's basketball), Montenegrin League. Barović played for KK Budućnost, B ...

(born 1990), Montenegrin basketball player *

Filip Bergmark Filip Bergmark (born April 29, 1995) is a Swedish ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Örebro HK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Bergmark made his Swedish Hockey League debut playing with Örebro HK during the 2014–15 SH ...

(born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player *

Filip David Filip David ( sr-cyr, Филип Давид; 4 July 1940 – 14 April 2025) was a Serbian writer and screenwriter, best known for penning essays, dramas, short stories and novels. In 1987, he was awarded the Andrić Prize for his short story coll ...

(1940–2025), Serbian writer and screenwriter *

Filip Đorđević Filip Đorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Ђорђевић, ; born 28 September 1987) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Đorđević earned 14 caps and scored 4 goals for Serbia from 2012 to 2014. Club career ...

(born 1987), Serbian footballer *

Filip Ekberg Filip Ekberg (born 14 April 2007) is a Swedish ice hockey winger for the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He previously played for Almtuna IS of the HockeyAllsvenskan. Playing career Ekberg made his professional debut for Almtuna ...

(born 2007), Swedish ice hockey player * * Filip Hološko (born 1984), Slovak footballer *

Filip Cristian Jianu Filip Cristian Jianu (born 18 September 2001) is a Romanian tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 210 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 451 achieved on 10 Apri ...

(born 2001), Romanian tennis player *

Filip Marković Filip Marković (; born 3 March 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Born in Čačak, Marković spent most of his graduated from FK Partizan's youth categories, but was promoted to FK Teleoptik, Partiza ...

(born 1992), Serbian footballer * Filip Minařík (1975–2023), Czech jockey *

Filip Mișea Filip Mișea (1873 – 16 May 1944; or ) was an Aromanian activist, physician and politician. Mișea became an Ottoman deputy, with him and Nicolae Constantin Batzaria being the only Aromanians to ever enter the Ottoman parliament. He would ...

(1873–1944), Aromanian activist, physician and politician *

Filip Noga Filip Noga ( Shiroka, 1867Shkodra Daily (in Albanian)
or 1868 –

, Albanian politician *

Filip Petrušev Filip Petrušev ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Петрушев, born April 15, 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague, on loan from Olympiacos. He played college basketb ...

(born 2000), Serbian basketball player * * Filip Stanković (born 2002), Serbian footballer *

Filip Ugran Filip-Ioan Ugran (born 12 September 2002) is a Romanian race car driver who is competing in the International GT Open with Oregon Team. He previously competed in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with United Autosports and in the 2023 FIA Wor ...

(born 2002), Romanian race car driver *

Filip Verlinden Filip Verlinden (born 26 December 1982) is a Belgian kickboxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Verlinden was introduced to the sport at an early age and came to prominence in 2008 when he won the WKA European Super C ...

(born 1982), Belgian kickboxer *

Filip Višnjić Filip Višnjić ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Вишњић, ; 1767–1834) was a Serbian epic poet and '' guslar''. His repertoire included 13 original epic poems chronicling the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire and four reinterpret ...

(1757–1834), Bosnian Serb poet and guslar * Filip Zubčić (born 1993), Croatian alpine skier

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Miroslav Filip Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster. Filip was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955. Filip represented Czechoslovakia in 12 consecutive Chess Olympiad ...

(1928–2009), Czech chess grandmaster * Ota Filip (1930–2018), Czech and German novelist, essayist, journalist *

Pavel Filip Pavel Filip (born 10 April 1966) is a Moldova, Moldovan politician. In 2001–2008 he was the director of the Joint-stock company "Bucuria" and in 2008–2011, general manager of Tutun-CTC joint stock company. He was then Ministry of Informatio ...

(born 1966), Moldovan politician *

Petru Filip Petru Filip (; born 23 January 1955 in Slobozia, Romania) is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Since 2008, he has been a member of the Senate, representing Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (ju ...

(born 1955), Romanian politician *

Simion Filip Simion Filip is a mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago who works in dynamical systems and algebraic geometry. Early life and education Filip was born in Chișinău, where he grew up and attended the Moldo-Turki ...

(), Romanian and Moldovan mathematician

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