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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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).

England
Latin
● 1279–80 Philippa (nom) WaHR-SK p. 69; 1381 Philyppa (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 92
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 Phylyp BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1562 Phelype COmar-vol5 p. 3; 1563 Phillip DEmar-vol1 p. 81; 1567 Philip SaxhamSf p. 39; 1572 Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 70; 1574 Philipa SaxhamSf p. 3; 1575 Philippa COmar-vol2 p. 48; 1576 Phillip ibid. p. 70, Phillipe SaxhamSf p. 39; 1577 Phillip BEmar-vol2 p. 54; 1582 Philip DEmar-vol2 p. 7, Philippa ibid. p. 7, Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 71; 1585 Philippa DEmar-vol2 p. 11, Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 71; 1586 Philippa DEmar-vol2 p. 12; 1588 Philippa ibid. p. 16; 1589 Phillippe BEmar-vol1 p. 13; 1590 Philippa DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1591 Philippa ibid. p. 23; 1592 Philippa ibid. p. 25, Phillip COmar-vol2 p. 72; 1594 Philippa ibid. 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 Philippa ibid. p. 50, DEmar-vol2 p. 42
France
Latin
● 1131 Philippa (nom) CartNDSaintes XXIII, Philippe (gen) ibid. XXIII; 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
◑ 1421 Phlippote favier 172
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Philipa". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Philipa.