Felipe
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Other names | |
Related names | Philip |
Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective Philippos "friend of horses". Filipe is the Portuguese variant of this name, but Felipe is known to be a Portuguese name as well.
Noteworthy people with this name include:
Sports
- Felipe Alou, baseball player and manager
- Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby union player
- Felipe Massa, Brazilian racing driver
- Felipe Muñoz, Mexican breaststroke swimmer
Football
- Felipe Jorge Loureiro, Brazilian international footballer born in 1977, formerly of Vasco da Gama and Galatasaray among others. Currently playing for Al-Sadd in Qatar
- Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo commonly known as Felipe, Brazilian footballer with Udinese
- Filipe Luís Kasmirski Brazilian footballer, 3rd place winner of 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
- Felipe Ortiz Martinez Spanish footballer, won silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Felipe de Souza Campos Brazilian footballer, former Wellington Phoenix player
- Felipe Almeida Félix Brazilian footballer
Miscellaneous
- Felipe López (disambiguation)
- Felipe Calderón current Mexican president