Philip Names for Girls

There are 6 Philip names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Philip names 1 to 6. Within these names, Chloe (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed by Stella (English, German, and Italian) and Pamela (English, German, and Italian). The unusual Philip names are Candace (English), Parthenia (English), and Philippa (English and German).

Philip names are rather popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as fairly trendy. The names' popularity increased from the 1930s up to the 1950s. Their usage peaked in 1954 with 1.495% of baby girls being given Philip names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 3 Philip names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 0.602% with 3 Philip names listed among the top 1000. Among all Philip names, Chloe (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #16 and a usage of 0.5085%.

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Candace ... queen; incandescent; ... by the apostle Philip, who baptized a man who ...

Chloe 16 ... young green shoot ... literature, such as Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance ...

Pamela 584 ... all black, all sweetness ... Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral ...

Parthenia ... virgin, maiden ... by a character in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia ...

Philippa ... lover of horses, friend ... of the then unisex name Philip; female bearers were ...

Stella 244 ... star ... 16th century from Sir Philip Sidney's sequence ...