Given name
Phillipa
“a friend of horses”
Phillipa is a variant of Philippa. In English use, Philippa carries the interpretation “a friend of horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Phillipa 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Phillipa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113
- 0 boys · 113 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,683 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,683 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 464 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Phillipa’s family of names
Phillipa has a related form in Philippa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Phillipa
- Phillipa SooAmerican actressborn 1990
- LadyhawkeNew Zealand singer-songwriterborn 1979
- Phillipa LoveNew Zealand rugby union playerborn 1990
- Phillipa Towler-GreenEnglish figure skaterborn 1984
- Phillipa LoweBritish athleteborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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