Philippa Forename
23,698th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 36,975 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Philippa Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin f. form of Philip (q.v.). Philippa occurs in medieval Latin records, but women so named were actually called Philip, e.g. in the 15th C Brut Queen Philippa is Quene Phelip, Philippe, or Phillip, and a d. of Henry IV is Dame Phelyp.
Read More About This ForenamePhilippa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 20,691 | 1:2,687 | 390 |
| Australia | - | 3,289 | 1:4,153 | 594 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,519 | 1:1,801 | 372 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,804 | 1:30,229 | 3,680 |
| United States | 100% | 1,726 | 1:210,045 | 7,356 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,405 | 1:19,207 | 1,474 |
| Wales | 100% | 827 | 1:3,742 | 516 |
| Scotland | 100% | 685 | 1:7,811 | 611 |
| Canada | 100% | 605 | 1:54,766 | 3,504 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 392 | 1:452,970 | 14,714 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 315 | 1:270 | 93 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 229 | 1:67,353 | 5,413 |
| France | 100% | 226 | 1:294,117 | 4,057 |
| Ireland | 100% | 197 | 1:23,571 | 1,078 |
| Sweden | 100% | 194 | 1:50,814 | 2,678 |
| Germany | 100% | 172 | 1:562,081 | 5,627 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 145 | 1:116,566 | 5,631 |
| Thailand | 100% | 96 | 1:729,852 | 30,351 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Bahamas | - | 80 | 1:4,992 | 788 |
| Jersey | 100% | 80 | 1:1,250 | 269 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 74 | 1:2,403 | 447 |
| Israel | 74% | 62 | 1:135,531 | 5,085 |
| Malta | - | 57 | 1:7,533 | 851 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 54 | 1:152,102 | 3,986 |
| Greece | 100% | 50 | 1:218,691 | 4,292 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 50 | 1:608,999 | 24,959 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 47 | 1:28,966 | 3,089 |
| Jamaica | - | 44 | 1:65,528 | 3,342 |
| Cameroon | 57% | 41 | 1:527,085 | 16,810 |
| Qatar | 50% | 41 | 1:57,795 | 7,275 |
| Denmark | - | 38 | 1:148,671 | 3,717 |
| Belgium | 100% | 34 | 1:337,942 | 6,477 |
| Uganda | 100% | 33 | 1:1,241,119 | 19,738 |
| Brazil | 100% | 32 | 1:6,694,880 | 94,981 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Italy | 100% | 24 | 1:2,544,254 | 16,267 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| India | 67% | 23 | 1:52,820,781 | 884,653 |
| Spain | - | 21 | 1:2,215,713 | 12,163 |
| Austria | 100% | 20 | 1:425,710 | 4,293 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 18 | 1:102,397 | 1,497 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 17 | 1:1,081,145 | 29,013 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 17 | 1:479,548 | 36,558 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Singapore | - | 14 | 1:449,075 | 10,858 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Guyana | 100% | 10 | 1:76,326 | 6,296 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 10 | 1:5,278,832 | 28,402 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Monaco | - | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Lebanon | - | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Philippines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,144,211 | 189,875 |
| Finland | 100% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Mexico | - | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Philippa (636) may also be a surname.
Philippa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin f. form of Philip (q.v.). Philippa occurs in medieval Latin records, but women so named were actually called Philip, e.g. in the 15th C Brut Queen Philippa is Quene Phelip, Philippe, or Phillip, and a d. of Henry IV is Dame Phelyp. Lyford 1655 in his list of women's names says ‘Phil or Philip see in Men’s names’. The modern use of Philippa is quite recent.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The Englishf of the preceding. Cf. Italian Filippa, whence the lovesome maid in Browning’s Pippa Passes.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name formed from Philip.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Lover of horses.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: Loving horses.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Philippa Forename Popularity
Philippa Demographics
Average Philippa Salary in
United States
$50,482 USD
Per year
Rank:
123,418 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000488684
Rank: 7,135 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
115.97%
Sample size: 798 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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