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Philippa

Pronounced /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/

Rank in 2024
#2,635
Born in 2024
66
Peak year
2022 · #2426
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 66 girls were named Philippa, about 1 in every 24,442.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 75 babies, ranked #2426.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1910.
  • 1,753 girls have been named Philippa since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Philippa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 117 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 80 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 210 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 116 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 163 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 301 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 766 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Philippa, CC BY-SA 4.0.