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Something about this thread is really effing with my phone. I don't know what's goin on but it's all buggy so hopefully I can get this out without it freezing.

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Philippa may not be that common in the US but I don't understand why everyone thinks it would be so hard for an American to grasp. I think most people have heard of Pippa Middleton and are at least somewhat familiar with Philippa.

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I love it. It's been in my top 10 more than once. My stock combo is Philippa Jane but Philippa Constance is amazing. I'll be stealing that one, actually, as Constance is a family name :)

It does feel more British to me, like Nigel, Rupert, and Poppy. That doesn't mean it can't be used in the US. But if Phillipa has a sister named Kate/ Catherine, you'd be accused of being a royal watcher.

It would be a little odd but all names have to start somewhere. At least it's a feminization of a male name everyone's familiar with. It could be worse. I'd prn it fil-LIP-uh, though. I think that's how a lot of people would initially prn it.

I think that most Americans won't have seen it before and thus might mess up the pronunciation, but I do think a little Philippa would do just fine, she just will have to tell people how to say/spell her name more often that a little Kate (who still will sometimes!).

The name is ok. Not horrible but not something I love.

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I actually met an 'American'Phillipa or at least a foreigner that came to the states and has lived her for a good while. She was a sweet, elderly woman, at least in her 80's.

I'm not American, so I have no idea. But I like Philippa, it's gorgeous and quite popular here (usually speled Filippa though)

I've never known a Philippa, either. I think an American Philippa would probably have to repeat her name to new people whom she meets, and probably hear a lot of, "I've never heard that name before", but it's not really too odd to be considered unusable. I really don't like the name, though. I tend not to like feminizations that sound just like the male name with an A tacked onto it, and Philippa the way you want to pronounce it sounds just like that. Philippa with the stress on the second syllable is better, but only marginally.

I think its pretty. I don't think it would be unusual, but it also depends on how you want it pronounced because there are a couple.