Philippa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/

Proper noun

Philippa

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 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
• Finnish: Hilppa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: Filipa (pt)
• Swedish: Filippa (sv)

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Latin

Etymology

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Proper noun

Philippa f sg (genitive Philippae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Philippa f

1. Alternative spelling of Filipa