Question: is phipps an irish name?
Answer: The Phipps family being the marquesses of Normandy and earls of Mulgrave, are descended from Constantine Phipps (1656 - 1723), Lord Chancellor of Ireland. ... The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alicia Philippes. This was dated 1273, in the Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire.