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Girl name

Phillippa

100% girls · last recorded 2024

Phillippa has been registered 291 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales291
Born in 2025—

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Phillippa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1997 · 32
  • Born in 20250
  • All time291

How popular is Phillippa?

Phillippa has not been registered in England and Wales since 2024. Its best year was 1997, with 32 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Phillippa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Vilma0.57
  2. Phyllis0.53
  3. Felicia0.53
  4. Viviana0.53
  5. Felisha0.52
  6. Virginia0.49
  7. Vivianna0.51
  8. Philomena0.50

Middle names for Phillippa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Phillippa Rose0.85
  2. Phillippa Louise0.85
  3. Phillippa June0.84
  4. Phillippa Quinn0.84
  5. Phillippa Nell0.84
  6. Phillippa Wren0.83

Sibling names for Phillippa

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Wesleybrother · 0.83
  2. Tarasister · 0.83
  3. Ianbrother · 0.82
  4. Ruthsister · 0.82
  5. Robbieeither · 0.81
  6. Sabrinasister · 0.81

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year1997 · 32
  3. Years recorded23 of 30
  4. All time291

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Phillippa White0.80
  2. Phillippa Reyes0.80
  3. Phillippa Nguyen0.80
  4. Phillippa Moore0.80
  5. Phillippa Lee0.80
  6. Phillippa Hill0.80

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Phillippa

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.