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I love it, but I hate the nickname Pippa.

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My preferred spellings are Philippa and the Italian and Russian spelling Filippa.

I really like Philippa, this spelling only.

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It's not at all popular where I live and I don't know anyone with the name.

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I don't think it's at all masculine!

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I pronounce it as fih-LIP-uh / fil-IP-uh. I know it's correctly pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, but I can't pronounce it that way. (And I'm not being stubborn when I say that I "can't"... I mean I'm outright unable to say it that way! I've tried and tried, but just can't get it to come out of my mouth pronounced FIL-ih-puh.)

It's not particularly popular but not unheard of either. Some friends of ours named their baby Philippa a few years ago but they always call her Pippa.

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I like the fact that it's historical and not too popular. Pip or Pippa is a good nickname as well.

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I would spell it Philippa and pronounce it FIL-ih-pa.

I thinks it a very nice name. I prefer Philippa and I pronounce it fih-LEE-pa

Freakonomics listed this as one of their predicted top US name in the year 2015 (I think they did their predictions in 2005). I used to know the link but have since forgotten it. I guess only time will tell if their predictions come true. I could see some of their predictions coming true, like Phoebe and Fiona, but not others like Waverly. And they failed to mention some other names that I see rising in popularity like Lucy and Stella

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I can see the appeal because of the nickname Pippa. I like Pippa, but I don't like Philippa enough to use it just so I can use the nickname Pippa, and I'm not sure if Pippa can stand on its own.

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I think I prefer the Philippa spelling, and I pronunce it like Philip with "ah" on the end. I'm not sure if that's the correct pronunciation through.

I like it. I've met one girl my age named Philippa, and I was pleasantly surprised. She went by a nickname, but for some reason I can't remember... Pip maybe.

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I don't see how it coud be masculine. It's the feminine form. I'd spell it Philippa, and I pronounce it FIL-i-pə.

It has grown on me a lot, it's on my MN list to honour my dad Flip (Philippus) and Philippa is how I'd spell it. I say it as FEE-lip-pah:

I know two teenagers: Phillipa and Philippa (both FIL-i-pa). Both nn Pip. I also know a 45ish year old Phillippa that goes by her full name.

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I prefer the spelling Philippa at the moment. I'm not a fan of the obvious male name feminised forms like this, but the people I know and the nn Pip is so spunky.

I really like Philippa and it is really uncommon here. I've never met any, nor have I really ran across it. I prefer that spelling. I can't decide on a pronunciation.

The nn Pippa is the best thing about Philippa, imo.
Philippa is not popular where I live. I've never come across one in real life.
No matter how I pronounce it, it sounds awkward to me, but I say it fi-LEE-pa.
I would spell it Philippa.

I don't really like it at all. Which is weird because I love Phillip.

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I live in NZ, and I know of three or four.

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I pronounce it FIL-lih-pa, and prefer Philipa or Phillipa, because the pp looks really ugly to me.

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However, I adore the nn Pippa.

I first heard of the name Philippa in a novel I read that was set in England during the fourteenth century. The novel was based upon real historical figures, and there were several Philippas in it, because Edward III's queen was named Philippa, and there were many girls born at that time who were named for her.

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It's not popular where I live. I've never known one. It borders on being too masculine, in my opinion. Phonetically, you're just sticking an A on the end of Philip, a pretty masculine name. I'd pronounce it FIL-lih-pa, and prefer the one L spelling, but I'm not a fan of it.