# Philippa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/philippa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Phil, Philly, Pippa |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,815 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,815 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,574, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 3,164 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,252 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,625 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,708 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,881 |
| 2016 | 74 | 2,473 |
| 2017 | 73 | 2,481 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,606 |
| 2019 | 50 | 3,212 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,814 |
| 2021 | 66 | 2,633 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,442 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,638 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,628 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,808 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 168 | 292 |
| 2012 | 157 | 306 |
| 2013 | 152 | 306 |
| 2014 | 136 | 336 |
| 2015 | 148 | 316 |
| 2016 | 149 | 333 |
| 2017 | 140 | 340 |
| 2018 | 136 | 350 |
| 2019 | 135 | 336 |
| 2020 | 121 | 365 |
| 2021 | 141 | 336 |
| 2022 | 122 | 351 |
| 2023 | 95 | 429 |
| 2024 | 114 | 377 |
| 2025 | 128 | 337 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Filippa
- Finnish: Hilppa
- French: Philippa
- Portuguese: Filipa
- Swedish: Filippa

## People named Philippa

- Philippa Foot, English philosopher (1920–2010)
- Philippa Gregory, English novelist
- Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Duchess of Aquitaine
- Philippa Fawcett, English mathematician (1868–1948)
- Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster, English countess (1355-1382)
- Philippa Pearce, English children's writer (1920–2006)
- Philippa Coulthard, Australian actress
- Philippa of Luxembourg, Countess consort of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut
- Philippa Schuyler, American pianist and composer (1931–1967)
- Philippa de Coucy, English courtier
- Philippa Lowthorpe, English film director
- Gwendoline Christie, British actress (born 1978)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.