Pippa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning horse lover; diminutive of Philippa.
Pippa by the numbers
In 2025, 348 babies in England and Wales were named Pippa. In the US, 113 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 119 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Philippa
Like Pippa, each of these traces back to Philippa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Phillipalover of horses; a form of Philippa4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pippa-Rosehorse lover; a form of Philippa with Rose3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pippa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a horse
Like Pippa, each of these has a horse in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rosalindbeautiful horse; from Old High German ros and lind197 in the US (2017)
- Roslynhorse promontory; a form of Roslin179 in the US (2017)
- Philippalover of horses128 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
- Filippaa form of Philippa; lover of horses6 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Pippa
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