Filippa

This article is about the given name. For the apple cultivar, see Filippa (apple).

Filippa

Pronunciation	Greek: [fiˈlipa] Italian: [fiˈlippa] Russian: [fʲɪˈlʲipə] Swedish: [fɪˈlɪ̂pːa] <phonos file="LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Filippa.wav"></phonos>
Gender	Female
Language	Swedish Norwegian Danish Modern Greek Italian Russian
Other gender
Masculine	Filipp Filippo Filippos
Origin
Language	Greek
Meaning	"lover of horses"
Region of origin	Scandinavia Greece Cyprus Italy Russia
Other names
Pet forms	Pippa Pippi
Cognates	Philippa Filipa

Filippa is a female given name of Greek origin, meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend". It is a cognate of the English Philippa (the feminine form of the masculine name Philip) in Scandinavia, Italy, Greece and Cyprus (Φιλίππα), and Russia (Филиппа).

People with the name Filippa

• Filippa Angeldahl (born 1997), Swedish footballer
• Filippa Curmark (born 1995), Swedish footballer
• Filippa Duci (1520–c. 1586), Italian-French noblewoman
• Filippa Fleming (died 1578), Finnish noble and landowner
• Filippa Fotopoulou (formerly Kviten; born 1996), Cypriot track and field athlete
• Filippa Frisell (born 1999), Swedish musician of the duo Bella & Filippa
• Filippa Giordano (born 1974), Italian-Mexican singer
• Filippa Hamilton (born 1985), Swedish-French model
• Filippa Idéhn (born 1990), Swedish handballer
• Filippa Knutsson (born 1965), Swedish fashion designer
• Filippa Lagerbäck (born 1973), Swedish television presenter and model
• Filippa Lentzos, Norwegian social scientist
• Filippa Mareri (1190/1200–1236), Italian Roman Catholic nun
• Filippa Möörk (born 1997), Swedish golfer
• Filippa Nässil (born 1986), Swedish singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• Filippa Reinfeldt (born 1967), Swedish politician
• Filippa Savva (born 1999), Cypriot footballer
• Filippa Wallen (born 2000), Swedish footballer