Filip vs Laurits
Filip and Lauritscompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2025, Filip was ranked #27 and Laurits #283 among boys in Norway.
Filip and Laurits over time
Filip and Laurits appear together in 1 published list, across 31 years of shared records. Filip held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Laurits in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Filip reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Laurits in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Longest-running competitions
Filip and Laurits were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 31 years, from 1993 to 2025, ending at #27 and #283.
List by list
Norway · Boys31 shared years, 1993–2025
Filip held the stronger position in 31 of those years, Laurits in 0.
Highest recorded here: Filip #13 in 2020, Laurits #263 in 2023.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Filip #27, Laurits #283.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Filip | Laurits |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Traditionally interpreted as 'lover of horses' or 'horse-friend'. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Greek, via Philip; Filip is the Scandinavian/Slavic form | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfi.lip/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #27 (2025) | Norway · Boys #283 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Filip has a recorded origin (Greek, via Philip; Filip is the Scandinavian/Slavic form); Laurits does not have one recorded yet.
- Filip and Laurits both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Filip; Laurits doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Filip
Popularity journey
First recorded1962
First recorded at #489 among boys in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1962–2025
Highest recorded position: #13 among boys in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1962–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #342 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Laurits
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #320 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2025
Highest recorded position: #263 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1947–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #283 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys