Lips is a Dutch and German patronymic surname, "Lip" being a short form of Filip or Philip.Lips at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands. People with this name include:

Bruno Lips (1908–1939), Swiss canoer Charles C. Lips (ca. 1835–1888), German-born American civil servant Constantine Lips (died 917), Byzantine aristocrat and admiral Hannie Lips (1924–2012), Dutch broadcaster and television announcer Joest Lips (1547–1606), Flemish philologist and humanist better known as "Lipsius" Johann Heinrich Lips (1758–1817), Swiss copper engraver Karen Lips (born 1995), American biologist Michael Lips (born 1967), Swiss curler Miriam Lips (born 1967), Dutch-born New Zealand academic Patricia Lips (born 1963), German politician Robert Lips (1912–1975), Swiss cartoonist and fencer Thomas Lips (born 1970), Swiss curler Tim Lips (born 1985), Dutch equestrian Tom Lips (born 1968), American soccer player

See also Marjolein Lips-Wiersma, New Zealand academic

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