Philippa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Philippa

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1854, John Esten Cooke, The Youth of Jefferson, Redfield, published 1854, page 22:

     "You detest every thing insincere, I know, charming Philippa — pardon me, your beautiful name betrays me constantly. Is it not — like your voice — stolen from poetry or music?"

   • 1963, Jane McIlvaine, Cammie's Cousin, Bobbs-Merrill, page 58:

     They had an expensive, well-cut air which was like a uniform, and their conversation was all about people with names like Terence and Geoffrey, Philippa and Vivien, who lived in London and County Wicklow and who were "terribly amusing".

Related terms

• (pet forms): Phil, Pippa

Translations

female given name

• Danish: Filippa
• Finnish: Hilppa (fi)
• French: Philippa (fr)
• Portuguese: Filipa (pt)
• Swedish: Filippa (sv)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li.pa/

Proper noun

Philippa f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Philippe (male)

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of Philippus from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos, literally “Lover of Horses”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈlip.pa/, [pʰɪˈlʲɪpːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈlip.pa/, [fiˈlipːä]

Proper noun

Philippa f sg (genitive Philippae); first declension

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Philippus, equivalent to English Philippa or Pippa
2. A fictitious Greek female character in the play Epidicus of Plautus, famed Roman playwright of the Old Latin period

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Philippa
Genitive	Philippae
Dative	Philippae
Accusative	Philippam
Ablative	Philippā
Vocative	Philippa

Descendants

• Catalan: Felipa
• French: Philippe, Philippine
• Galician: Filipa
• Italian: Filippa, Filippina
• Portuguese: Philipa, Filipa
• Sicilian: Filippa
• Spanish: Felipa

Further reading

• Philippa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Philippa f

1. Alternative spelling of Filipa