Philippa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/

Proper noun

Philippa

1. A female given name.
   • 1854 John Esten Cooke, The Youth of Jefferson, Redfield (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 (da)
• Finnish: Hilppa (fi)

• Swedish: Filippa (sv)

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Latin

Proper noun

Philippa (genitive Philippae); f, first declension

1. A female given name, character in the play Epidicus of Plautus.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Philippa	Philippae
genitive	Philippae	Philippārum
dative	Philippae	Philippīs
accusative	Philippam	Philippās
ablative	Philippā	Philippīs
vocative	Philippa	Philippae