Filippa
Meaning and origin
Cognate with English Philippa.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Filippa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Filippa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 246 |
| 1999 | 289 |
| 2000 | 307 |
| 2001 | 292 |
| 2002 | 373 |
| 2003 | 376 |
| 2004 | 424 |
| 2005 | 526 |
| 2006 | 448 |
| 2007 | 427 |
| 2008 | 339 |
| 2009 | 305 |
| 2010 | 252 |
| 2011 | 259 |
| 2012 | 215 |
| 2013 | 196 |
| 2014 | 171 |
| 2015 | 136 |
| 2016 | 145 |
| 2017 | 151 |
| 2018 | 124 |
| 2019 | 144 |
| 2020 | 131 |
| 2021 | 117 |
| 2022 | 104 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,845 |
| 2000 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 2,427 |
| 2002 | 2,793 |
| 2003 | 3,182 |
| 2004 | 3,608 |
| 2005 | 4,119 |
| 2006 | 4,551 |
| 2007 | 4,983 |
| 2008 | 5,328 |
| 2009 | 5,644 |
| 2010 | 5,894 |
| 2011 | 6,154 |
| 2012 | 6,368 |
| 2013 | 6,570 |
| 2014 | 6,747 |
| 2015 | 6,873 |
| 2016 | 7,020 |
| 2017 | 7,151 |
| 2018 | 7,273 |
| 2019 | 7,410 |
| 2020 | 7,539 |
Filippa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Filippa.Hi! My name is Filippa.
- Har du träffat Filippa? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Filippa? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Filippa i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Filippa this afternoon.
- Filippas mamma är lärare.Filippa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Filippas mamma is Filippa's mum.
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Questions about Filippa
How do you pronounce Filippa in Swedish?
In IPA, Filippa is /fɪ²lɪpa/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Filippa mean?
Cognate with English Philippa.
How popular is Filippa in Sweden?
104 babies were named Filippa in 2022. In 2020, 7,539 people in Sweden had Filippa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2005 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.