To think this name is a bit too unusual...

[jarhead123]

I was being nosy on FB earlier and saw someone I went to school with.

She's had a baby boy and called him 'Chip' - it's definitely not short for anything, I saw the birth announcement. That's his proper name.

I'm all for variety, different names etc but thats too far isn't it?! Or am I boring?

[TrinitySquirrel]

It's a common name. I don't quite get your post tbh.

[Wolfiefan]

Do they also have a Biff?

[InDubiousBattle]

I don't think Chip is a common name at all. I've only ever known one Chip and it was a nick name. Not really my cup if tea tbh.

[MakeItStopNeville]

She’s been watching Fixer Upper. I bet ya!

[HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone]

I I want to know where trinity lives to make this a common name?? At least the other children will be able to read it thanks to the good old ort books. Very unusual maybe she will call the next one fish??

[MrsMozart]

Common in the USA I believe.

[forceslover]

Biff, Chip and Kipper.

His real name is David but Kipper (Christopher) couldn’t pronounce it!

[PepperSteaks]

I always secretly liked kipper as a name . Don’t even think of them as strange names as I’ve heard the stories so many times!

[TroysMammy]

I reckon she'll call her next boy Dale.

[justbinthefeckinbyebyebox]

Very American name.

I wouldn't have said it was common!

[PepperSteaks]

Just googled it. Can’t believe Biff is short for Barbara. I assumed it was a diminutive of Elizabeth!

[PaperdollCartoon]

It’s definitely not a common name. It’s a nickname at best but not one I’ve ever heard outside of books. There’s worse names out there though.

[VitasPlack]

N Dale?

[winglesspegasus]

not an american name
was a nickname for chip off the old block

[BitOutOfPractice]

I reckon she's a fan of Beauty and the Beast

[Knittedfairies]

I think it's a diminutive of Charles, or maybe Christopher? but I’ve never known anybody called those names that didn’t use Charlie or Chris. And not as a 'proper' name..

[amusedbush]

I've only ever heard the name on American TV shows.

[frieda909]

Not really my cup of tea tbh.



Bravo InDubiousBattle!

[SheGotBetteDavisEyes]

Not a common name at all as far as I know.

It's a slightly odd one to choose as the 'whole' name, but Lord knows there's worse!

[SimonBridges]

Not a common name. I've been teaching for years and have yet to meet a Chip.

I quite like it in it's own way.

[BewareOfDragons]

The Biff, Chip and Kipper books absolutely come to mind.

Chip isn't a very nice name or nickname imo.

[MrsFantastic]

I think Chip is short for Charles in the US. It's not a proper name, just a nickname.

www.behindthename.com/name/chip

[BitOutOfPractice]

I think it's a really cute nickname. But not as a proper name

[OVienna]

Chip is a nickname in the US. I have never heard anyone use this as a proper first name. I question whether it's even a common nickname anymore either, tbh. Got a huge airing in the 1980s with the Preppy Handbook. I have never heard it in all the years I've lived in the UK.

[ShowMeTheElf]

Of all the 'unusual' names I've seen mooted on MN, this is probably the least objectionable: recognisable, easy to spell, cute for a little one and sounds like a nickname for when they are older.