Filipe

Filipe is a common first name in Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a Portuguese and Galician spelling of the name Philip (aka Phillip) (the name is spelled Felipe in Spanish and in archaic Portuguese orthography).

Royalty
There are several Spanish kings who were named Felipe. The three Felipes that also ruled over Portugal were known in Portugal as Filipe (with an "i"):


 * Filipe I of Portugal (II of Spain)
 * Filipe II of Portugal (III of Spain)
 * Filipe III of Portugal (IV of Spain)

Sports

 * Filipe Luís (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
 * Filipe Andrade Félix (born 1985), Brazilian-Polish footballer
 * Filipe Gomes Ribeiro (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
 * Filipe Gonçalves dos Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer

Other

 * Filipe Nery Xavier (1801-1875), Goan-Português administrator and historian