Filu

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/fʲlu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Filu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 1.9M(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (measured from records)

1 people

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.9M (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Filu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Filu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia11 in 1.9M1——
IN India——2Filu3
BR Brazil——30Filu12
PG Papua New Guinea——1——
BE Belgium——1——

1 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Filu is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, India

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Filù

  • Bangla given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Fill, ফিল, ফিলু, Fil, Feel

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Filú, Filù

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Filu is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Finnish, synonym of tiedosto (“file”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In llu, umbrella palm; leaves sometimes dyed red for decorations; grasses dyed red, decorating canoes; leaf ornaments of warriors dyed red with _kikiri_

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In kwd, wild palm species used to make bows

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In got, romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In li, bad person, villain

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In osx, much, many

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Filu जी,Hi Filu, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Filu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19884—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19943—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19972—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19932—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19922—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19822—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19812—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19802—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19692—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19891—
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—1—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19871—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Filu?
A machine transcription gives /fʲlu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Filu a male or female name?
Filu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Filu have the most bearers?
In Latvia, the national register counted about 1 people named Filu, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Filu most common?
Filu is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.9 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Filu?
In Latvia, the national register counted 1 people named Filu, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Filu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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