Philippa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning lover of horses.
Philippa by the numbers
In 2025, 128 babies in England and Wales were named Philippa. In the US, 70 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 74 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Philippa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Philippa
Names that are said the same way as Philippa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Filippaa form of Philippa; lover of horses6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a horse
Like Philippa, each of these has a horse in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Pippahorse lover; diminutive of Philippa348 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosalindbeautiful horse; from Old High German ros and lind197 in the US (2017)
- Roslynhorse promontory; a form of Roslin179 in the US (2017)
- Eowynhorse friend; from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosamundhorse protector; protection and wisdom8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pesselhorse; yiddish form of pesach7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Philippa
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