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Philippina (F)>

Philippina (female)

Variants:Philippine (F)
Derivative of:Philippa (F)
Can be spelt:Philipina (F) Phillipina (F) Phillippina (F)
Masculine form:Philip (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English and German elaboration of Philippa and also a tradional Scottish feminne formulation of Philip + -(p)ina.

Philip is from Greek "horse lover" but in the Middle Ages, Philippina was interpreted as "lover of pain, punishment" by Christians indulging in pain to purge their sins.