Filippa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FIL-i-pa
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Filippa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Filippa mean?
Greek: spelling of Philippa; feminine of Philip
“lover of horses”
Philippa of Hainault was the queen of Edward III; Pippa is the usual pet form.
Meaning borrowed from Philippa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Filippa a girl's or a boy's name?
Filippa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Filippa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Filippa, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Filippa than any year since 2009.
In 2025, 142 girls in the UK were given Filippa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #352, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Filippa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
Nicknames for Filippa
Names like Filippa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra Pippa Matilda Isla Orla Maeva Elara Cora Sophia Luna Eliza Ophelia
Other spellings of Filippa
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Filippa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/filippa, updated 20 October 2026.