Filippa is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “lover of horses.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Filippa belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “lover of horses” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Philip.
In the United States, Filippa first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3428 in 1920, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 147 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Filippa means “lover of horses” in its Greek roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Filippa is a girl name.
Filippa comes from the Greek tradition. It is also spelled Philip.
Filippa first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #3428 in 1920, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Filippa is pronounced /fɪ²lɪpa/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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