Philippa
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Female form of Philip; 'lover of horses'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fɪlɪpə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Philippa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 4.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 6K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Philippa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sweden (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 286 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)
11,854 named Filippa
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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(measured from records)
Female form of Philip; 'lover of horses'.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Philippa, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Philippa 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | — | 11,854as Filippa | 1 in 861 | 12K | Philippa | 49 |
| GB United Kingdom | #546 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 6K | 5 | Philippa | 256 |
| AU Australia | #686 | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 6K | 4 | Philippa | 177 |
| DK Denmark | — | 3,007as Filippa | 1 in 2K | 3K | Philippa | 37 |
| US United States | — | 1,815 | 1 in 183K | 1.8K | Philippa | 286 |
| NO Norway | — | 1,222as Filippa | 1 in 4.5K | 4.2K | Philippa | 12 |
| NZ New Zealand | #365 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | 13 | Philippa | 108 |
11,854 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population), counting the spelling filippa. 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: NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Philippa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Feminine form of Philip; lover of horses
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Se Filippa.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, female form of Philip
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Philippa, Countess of Toulouseb. 1070FRDuchess of Aquitaine
- Philippa Footb. 1920GBEnglish philosopher (1920–2010)
- Philippa Pearceb. 1920GBEnglish children's writer (1920–2006)
- Philippa Marrackb. 1945USUnited States-based English biologist and immunologist
- Philippa Gregoryb. 1954GBEnglish novelist
- Philippa Yorkb. 1958GBScottish sport cyclist and journalist
- Philippa Lowthorpeb. 1961GBEnglish film director
- Philippa Boyensb. 1962NZNew Zealand screenwriter
- Gwendoline Christieb. 1978GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (born 1978)
- Pippa Middletonb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish socialite, author and columnist; sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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 61 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #8,097 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1K | #1,688 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 551 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 449 | #623 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 406 | #2,892 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 61 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1998 | 13 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10 | #8,097 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 5 | #541 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 4 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 4 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2017 | 4 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Philippa?
- In the etymology graph, Felipa, Filipa and Philippine are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Philippa mean, and where does it come from?
- Female form of Philip; 'lover of horses'. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- How do you pronounce Philippa?
- A machine transcription gives /fɪlɪpə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Philippa a male or female name?
- Philippa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Philippa have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Filippa, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Philippa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,815 people named Philippa in 2020, about 1 in 183 thousand residents.
- How common is Philippa compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Philippa is the 365th most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Philippa?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/philippaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Philippa” — the 365th most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.