Felipe

Felipe

Gender	Male
Other names
Related names	Philip

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 Conceição (born 1979), Brazilian footballer 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 Becari (born 1987), Brazilian politician
• 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 Rivero Diaz, Cuban exile
• 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