Philippa
Philippa is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Lover of horses.
What Philippa means
Lover of horses.
Philippa sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Philippa comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Philippa is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Philippa?
You will not find Philippa in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Philippa
Two ideas meet in Philippa: the long-established classics and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Philippa
These share Philippa's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Laura — Laurel; victory and honour.
- Laurel — The laurel; honour and victory.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Sylvia — From the forest.
- Ashton — Town of ash trees.
- Fabian — Bean grower.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Sylvester — From the forest; wild.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Cora — Maiden.
More Greek names
- Phaedra — Bright and radiant.
- Phoebe — Bright; radiant.
- Peter — Rock; stone.
- Phoebus — Radiant and shining.
- Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.
- Phoenix — Deep red; the immortal reborn bird.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Rhoda — Rose.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Selene — Goddess of the moon.