Philippa

Where Philippa comes from

A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form.
— Wiktionary's entry for Philippa
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Peak, #1,963
    19 babies named Philippa — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1919
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,452.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.