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Philippa
Pronunciation	FIL-i-pa
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"lover of horses"
Region of origin	English speaking countries
Other names
Related names	Filippa, Filipa, Pippa, Phillipa, Phillippa, Philipa, Philippe, Philippine

Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend", from the Greek Philippos, which is derived from philein, meaning to love and hippos, meaning horse. The English masculine form is Philip, which was formerly the vernacular form for both sexes. The Latinate Philippa was used in official church records for women bearing the name in medieval times, but they were actually called Philip or the French Philippe. The name Philippa came into common use for women in the Anglosphere in the 1800s.^[1] Common alternative spellings include Filippa and Phillipa. Less common is Filipa. The name is commonly shortened to the nicknames Pippa, Pippy, Pippita, Pipka, Pippulina, and Pip.^[2]

Notable people with the name Philippa include:

Pre-modern era

Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355–1382), English noblewoman and granddaughter of Edward III of England
Philippa, Countess of Toulouse (c. 1073 – 1118), suo jure Countess of Toulouse and Duchess of Aquitaine
Philippa of Antioch (1148 – 1178), Lady of Toron
Philippa of Armenia (1183 – before 1219), Empress consort of Nicaea
Philippa of Catania (died 1345), Sicilian woman of low birth who became an influential figure in the royal court of the Kingdom of Naples
Philippa of Champagne (1197–1250), Lady of Ramerupt and de Vénisy
Philippa of Coimbra (1437–1497), Portuguese noblewoman and nun
Philippa of England (1394–1430), daughter of Henry IV of England, Queen of Sweden, Denmark and Norway
Philippa of Guelders (1464–1547), Duchess consort of Lorraine
Philippa of Hainault (c. 1310/15–1369), queen consort of Edward III of England
Philippa of Lancaster (1360–1415), English princess, consort queen of Portugal
Philippa of Luxembourg (1252–1311), Countess consort of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut
Philippa Basset (died 1265), Countess of Warwick
Philippa Coningsby (died 1596), English aristocrat
Philippa de Beauchamp (1344–1386), Countess of Stafford
Philippa de Coucy (1367–1411), Countess of Oxford, Duchess of Ireland
Philippa de Mohun (c. 1367–1431), Duchess of York
Philippa de Roet (c. 1346 – c. 1387), wife of Geoffrey Chaucer
Philippa Flower (died 1619), one of the Witches of Belvoir who was executed by hanging for witchcraft
Philippa Mareri (died 1236), beatified foundress of the Catholic monastery of Franciscan Sisters of Saint Philippa Mareri, also known as Poor Clares
Philippa Mortimer (1375–1400), English noblewoman and great-granddaughter of Edward III of England
Philippa Neville (1386–after 1453), Baroness Dacre
Saint Philippa (died 220), Christian martyr and saint

Modern era

Air Commodore Philippa Marshall (1920–2005), British Royal Air Force officer
Philippa Ballantine (born 1971), New Zealand author of speculative fiction
Philippa Blair (1945–2025), New Zealand artist
Philippa Boyens (born 1962), New Zealand screenwriter
Philippa Coulthard, Australian actress
Philippa Cross (born 1966), British rower
Philippa Cullen (1950–1975), Australian performance artist
Philippa Dunne, Irish actress and writer
Philippa Fawcett (1868–1948), English mathematician and educationalist
Philippa Foot (1920–2010), British philosopher
Philippa Forrester (born 1968), British television presenter and producer
Philippa Gardner (born 1965), British computer scientist and academic
Philippa Gregory (born 1954), British novelist
Philippa Hanna (born 1984), British singer and songwriter
Philippa Holland, British jewellery designer
Philippa Johnson-Dwyer (born 1974), South African para equestrian athlete and double gold medallist
Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (born 1964), Ugandan author and life coach
Philippa Langley (born 1962), British writer and producer, best known for her role in the discovery and 2012 exhumation of Richard III
Philippa Lowthorpe (born 1961), British film and TV director
Philippa Ngaju Makobore, Ugandan electrical engineer and academic
Pippa Mann (born 1983), British racing car driver
Philippa Marrack (born 1945), British immunologist and academic
Pippa Middleton (born 1983), English socialite, author, and sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Philippa Nikulinsky (born 1942), Australian artist and botanical illustrator
Philippa Northeast (born 1994), Australian actress
Philippa Pearce (1920–2006), English children's author
Philippa Perry (born 1957), British psychotherapist and author
Philippa Schuyler (1931–1967), American pianist and child prodigy
Philippa Scott (1918–2010), British wildlife conservationist
Philippa Smyth (born 1995), Australian footballer
Phillipa Soo (born 1990), American actress/singer
Philippa Stewart, Countess of Galloway (1905–1974), American heiress who married into the Scottish aristocracy
Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud (born 1965), British think tanker
Philippa Strachey (1872–1968), British suffragist
Philippa Urquhart, British actress
Philippa Whipple (born 1966), British high court judge and barrister
Philippa Whitford (born 1958), Scottish politician and breast surgeon
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966), South African poet and performance artist
Philippa York (born 1958), Scottish journalist and former professional cyclist

Fictional characters

Philippa Eilhart, in The Witcher Saga novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, the video game adaptions and the Netflix TV series adaption The Witcher, played by Cassie Clare
Philippa Finch (née Featherington), in the Bridgerton novels by Julia Quinn and the Netflix TV series adaption Bridgerton, played by Harriet Cains
Philippa Fisher, titular character of the novel series by Liz Kessler
Philippa Gaunt, in the Children of the Lamp novels by Phillip Kerr
Philippa Georgiou, in the Netflix series Star Trek: Discovery and the spin off film Star Trek: Section 31, played by Michelle Yeoh
Philippa Gordon, in the 1915 book Anne of the Island, the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Philippa Pemberton, MI5 director general in season 2 of the Netflix TV series The Diplomat, played by Nancy Carroll
Philippa Scopes, in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street , played by Jacqueline Jones
Philippa Sontag, supervillain Arclight in Marvel comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men #210
Phillipa Wade, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours

References

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 219–20. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
^ "View Name: Philippa". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2007-12-20.

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