Given name
Philippine
“a friend of horses”
Philippine is a variant of Philippa. In English use, Philippa carries the interpretation “a friend of horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Philippine is a variant of Philippa. In English use, Philippa carries the interpretation “a friend of horses.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Philippine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 0 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1920.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Philippine’s family of names
Philippine shares a linguistic root with Philippina. Philippine has a related form in Philippa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Philippine
- Philippine Leroy-BeaulieuFrench actressborn 1963
- Princess Philippine Charlotte of PrussiaPrussian princess1716–1801
- Philippine WelserMorganatic wife of the Archduke of Austria1527–1580
- Marie-Christine de Lalaingfighter in the Eighty Years' War1545–1582
- Philippine EngelhardGerman poet1756–1831
- Philippe of Dammartinnoble woman1226–1281
- Phili ViehoffDutch politician1924–2015
- Philippine de RothschildFrench baroness, winemaker1933–2014
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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