Kip

[coldtoe]

I have a feeling how this name is going to go down....

Any thoughts on Kip for a boy? Not short for anything, just Kip on its own.
Any suggestions for other names I might like would be great. I seem to like short boys names like Tom and Max but not keen on how popular they are. Tom is top at the moment.
Help!

[winkywinkola]

Kip? As in a small sleep?

No.

Kit is great though.

Kip is not.

[OwlCapone]

Kit, possibly. Kip? No.

[Capitola]

Kip? That's silly, and a bit mean.

[UriGeller]

Kip is Napoleons Dynamites really cool older brother

[Tantrictantrum]

I like it

[sidorek]

it means "chicken" in dutch...

[TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams]

It means dump of a house in Ireland as in "he lives in a real kip!"

I mean this in a nice way but I'd save it for a dog.

[ApplebyMennym]

I quite like it! Kit is nice too. I also like Jed which I think is sort of along the same lines.

[Legionofboom]

I think it's probably one of those names that sounds a bit on paper but if you knew someone called Kip it would seem completely normal quite quickly unless they lived in the Netherlands

[florascotia]

I was also going to mention Dutch chickens. WHY, OP, when there are so many fantastic names to choose from?

It also makes me think of Kippers.

OUP's Kip and Biff story books are about phonics, not real life.

At least Kit has been used as a nn for Christopher for hundreds of years, so everyone knows what it is.

[coldtoe]

Ok, mostly not in favour of Kip as suspected, but more like it than I had predicted.
Thanks for the suggestion of Jed. I agree, it's in the same group as Kip but I'm put off by a Jed I know and don't like. Any more suggestions? I quite like Doug...

[Kim82]

How about:

Ben
Jack
Jem
Tam
Joe
Rex
Dax
Mac

[DPotter]

Kip Keino was a famous kenyan runner from the 1960s, but I agree Kit would be better

[coldtoe]

The more popular ones there are taken already by close family. I like Mack but can't use it unfortunately.
Tam, Jem and Dex are more Kip like but not for me. Thanks for the suggestions though

[coldtoe]

Any ideas along the Doug, Rudy, Blake, Sid, Ned line?

[coldtoe]

Any ideas along the Doug, Rudy, Blake, Sid, Ned line?

[PetaPipa]

Drake, Jude, Luke, Ed, Red, Jet, Cass, Pip, Jon

[ashtrayheart]

Red
Kit
Tom
Zac

[coldtoe]

Quite like Jude but wouldn't use it.
Tom is top contender still!

[TheLeftovermonster]

Tim?

[WordOfTheDay]

Lou, Lex, Lee, Abe, Bill, Bob, Paul, Mark, Drew, Ron, Ray, Jed, Seth, Nick

[PandasRock]

Pip
Tor
Keir

[Castlemilk]

But what is wrong with Kit? That is an excellent name.