Felipe
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Philip. Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Felipe (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Felipe has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 12 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 204 |
| 2000 | 207 |
| 2001 | 214 |
| 2002 | 225 |
| 2003 | 235 |
| 2004 | 241 |
| 2005 | 250 |
| 2006 | 266 |
| 2007 | 272 |
| 2008 | 283 |
| 2009 | 298 |
| 2010 | 302 |
| 2011 | 308 |
| 2012 | 307 |
| 2013 | 314 |
| 2014 | 312 |
| 2015 | 323 |
| 2016 | 341 |
| 2017 | 356 |
| 2018 | 372 |
| 2019 | 402 |
| 2020 | 413 |
Felipe in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Felipe.Hi! My name is Felipe.
- Har du träffat Felipe? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Felipe? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Felipe kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Felipe is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Felipes mamma är lärare.Felipe's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Felipes mamma is Felipe's mum.
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Questions about Felipe
How do you pronounce Felipe in Swedish?
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What does the name Felipe mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Philip. Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe.
How popular is Felipe in Sweden?
7 babies were named Felipe in 2022. In 2020, 413 people in Sweden had Felipe as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.