Filippina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Filippina

What is the meaning of the name Filippina ?

The baby name Filippina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced IPA (Italian): /fi.liˈpːi.na/; English respelling: fil-ih-PEE-nah (or fee-LIP-ee-nah).

Filippina is Greek, Spanish in Origin.

Filippina is the Italian feminine form of the Philip name family, ultimately from Greek Philippos (philos “friend, beloved” + hippos “horse”), hence “friend/lover of horses.” It reached Italian via Latin Philippus, with the feminine ending -ina marking a woman bearing the name. The double p reflects Italian orthography, distinguishing it from Spanish/Tagalog Filipina.

In use across Italy from the early modern period, Filippina appears in parish and civil records especially in the 18th–19th centuries, buoyed by Catholic veneration of St. Philip the Apostle and by the Italian rendering of St. Philippine Duchesne as "Santa Filippina." Related variants across languages include Filippa (Italian, Scandinavian), Philippa (English), Filipa (Portuguese, Polish), Felipa (Spanish), and Philippine (French, German); masculine counterparts are Filippo, Filip, and Philip. Note that Filipina/Filippina can also denote a woman from the Philippines, distinct from the given name.