Filippa is a

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meaning "lover of

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 mi ...

s" or "

s' friend". Common alternative spellings include ''

Philippa Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend", from the Greek Philippos, which is derived from ''philein'', meaning to love and ''hippos'', meaning ''horse''. The English masculine form is Philip, which was form ...

'', ''Phillippa'' or ''

Filipa Filipa is a given name meaning "friend of horses". Common alternative spellings include ''Philippa'', ''Phillippa'', ''Filippa'', or ''Filipa''. It is the feminine form of the masculine name ''Philip'' in Serbian, Portuguese, Croatian, Czech a ...

''. It is the

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of the masculine name ''

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

'' in

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(Φιλίππα) and

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(Филиппа) Notable people with the name Filippa include: *

Filippa Duci Filippa Duci, dame de Couy or Filippa Ducci, dame de Couy (; 1520, Moncalieri, Piedmont – before October 1586, near Tours), was a French (originally Italian) courtesan. She was the mother of Diane de France. Life Her father was Gian Antonio D ...

- Piedmontese noblewoman *

Filippa Giordano Filippa Giordano (born 14 February 1974) is an Italian-born Mexican crossover singer. Biography Giordano was born in Palermo. At the age of nine, she started ballet at the National Academy of Rome (where she moved with her family). Giordano ...

- Italian crossover singer *

Filippa Hamilton Filippa Palmstierna Hamilton (born 3 December 1985), also known as Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna, is a French model. Hamilton was born in Paris and raised in Biarritz, France. She was discovered age 15 on the streets of Paris by French photograph ...

- Swedish-French model *

Filippa Reinfeldt Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Reinfeldt (née Holmberg; 14 June 1967) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She served as Health Service Commissioner of Stockholm County from 2006 to 2014, with responsible for health care, social affair ...

- Swedish politician

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