Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Philipa f. Fem. of Philip.

The name of a 3rd C martyr, a 14th C queen consort of England, and a 14th-15th C queen consort of Portugal.

The name was most commonly found in England and France, and rare elsewhere. In England, the vernacular form was usually identical with the masculine form, until the latter half of the 16th C when it became increasingly popular to adopt Latinized forms as vernaculars (cf. Isabel).

Belgium
Dutch
1597x1598 Philippa BoonenGes p. 373
1597x1598 Philipotte BoonenGes p. 343, Philippotte ibid. p. 384
England
Latin
1279–80 Philipa (nom) WaHR-SK p. 90, Philippa (nom) ibid. p. 69; 1340xc1450 Philippa (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6; 1381 Philyppa (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 92; 1561 Philippa (nom) RegSoABap p. 3; 1563 Phillippa (nom) ibid. p. 8; 1567 Phillippa (nom) RegSoAMar p. 5; 1568 Phillippa (nom) RegSoABap p. 14
Early Modern English
1524/5 Philippa ExMar p. 1; 1547 Phillipp StAnthonlin p. 6; 1548 Phelyppe BarnstapleBap p. 6; 1552 Phillipp BEmar-vol1 p. 4; 1558 Phillipp ibid. p. 6; 1559 Phillip RegSoAMar p. 1, Phylyp BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1560 Philype COmar-vol5 p. 125; 1562 Phelype ibid. p. 3; 1563 Phillip DEmar-vol1 p. 81; 1567 Philip SaxhamSf p. 39; 1570 Philippa WAmar-1 p. 108; 1572 Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 70; 1574 Phelipe COmar-vol5 p. 4, Philipa SaxhamSf p. 3; 1575 Philippa COmar-vol2 p. 48, Philyp COmar-vol5 p. 126; 1576 Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 70, Phillipe SaxhamSf p. 39; 1577 Phillip BEmar-vol2 p. 54, Phylipe COmar-vol5 p. 5; 1578 Phillip RegSoAMar p. 8; 1582 Philip DEmar-vol2 p. 7, Philippa ibid. p. 7, Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 71; 1583 Phelype COmar-vol5 p. 6; 1585 Philippa DEmar-vol2 p. 11, Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 71; 1586 Phelipp COmar-vol5 p. 85, Philippa DEmar-vol2 p. 12; 1588 Philippa ibid. p. 16; 1589 Philippa ibid. p. 19, Phillippe BEmar-vol1 p. 13; 1590 Phelipp COmar-vol5 p. 86, Phelype ibid. p. 9, Philippa DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1591 Philippa ibid. p. 23; 1592 Philippa ibid. p. 25, Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 72; 1593 Phelype COmar-vol5 p. 10; 1594 Philippa COmar-vol2 p. 50, DEmar-vol2 p. 29; 1595 Phillipa ibid. p. 32, Phillipp HAmar-vol9 p. 140; 1597 Philippa DEmar-vol2 p. 34; 1598 Philip COmar-vol2 p. 102; 1599 Phelyp COmar-vol5 p. 11, Philippa COmar-vol2 p. 50, DEmar-vol2 p. 42
Middle French
1568 phelippotte WCS p. 39; 1585 Philippine ibid. p. 19
Walloon
1590/1 Phlipotte RWC p. 15; 1591 Phlipotte ibid. p. 18; 1593 Phlipotte ibid. p. 28; 1594/5 Phlipotte ibid. p. 35; 1596/7 Philipote ibid. p. 44; 1598 Phlipotte ibid. p. 48
France
Latin
1131 Philippa (nom) CartNDSaintes XXIII, Philippe (gen) ibid. XXIII; 1202 Philippa (nom) ChartCaen2 6; 1221 Philippa (nom) ibid. 13; 1274 Philippa (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 46, Philippam (acc) ibid. p. 45, Philippe (gen) ibid. p. 46
Old French
1313 Phelippe Paris1313 p. 53
1296 Phelippote paris1296 p. 20; 1313 Phelippote Paris1313 p. 96
Middle French
1564 Phlippe RegPCC-1 p. 89; 1565 Phlippes ibid. p. 195; 1570 Phlippe ibid. p. 543, Phlippes ibid. p. 553; 1571 Phlippe ibid. p. 577, Phlippes ibid. p. 576
1421 Phlippote favier 172; 1562 Philippine RegPCC-1 p. 12; 1563 Philippine ibid. p. 36, Phlippine ibid. p. 42; 1564 Philippine ibid. p. 70, Phlipine ibid. p. 46, Phlippine ibid. p. 47; 1565 Phlippine ibid. p. 109; 1566 Phlippin ibid. p. 218, Phlippine ibid. p. 198; 1567 Phlippine ibid. p. 278; 1568 Phlippine ibid. p. 367; 1570 Phlippine ibid. p. 435; 1571 Philippine ibid. p. 479, Phlippine ibid. p. 436; 1572 Phlippine ibid. p. 486
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Filipa (nom) BBC-Berg 1596, Filippa (nom) ibid. 659; 1368 Filippam (acc) Livi 238; 1387 Philippa (nom) Venditti II-2055; 1521 Philippa (nom) VitAs2 III
1265x1339 Filipina (nom) BBC-Berg 602, Philipina (nom) ibid. 842
Italian
1513x1521 Philipa LeoX p. 29
Spain
Spanish
1576 Felipa Catalogo-5.2 3928
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Philipa". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Philipa.