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Thoughts on Tippi?

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rockdakazbah · 11/06/2013 03:37

Too cutesy?

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member · 11/06/2013 03:50

It will always be associated with being attacked flocks of birds in my mind - sorry!

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sashh · 11/06/2013 04:46

Birds and those plastic cups.

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TwasBrillig · 11/06/2013 05:05

Plastic cups. Tommee. . .

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BonaDea · 11/06/2013 05:09

Silly in my view, sorry.

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SanityClause · 11/06/2013 05:22

My grandparents had a dog called Tippi.

So that's the association for me.

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Iusedtowearmakeup · 11/06/2013 06:56

I immediately thought Tommee too!

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hf128219 · 11/06/2013 06:59

Alfred Hitchcock is my first thought.

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OneMoreCupOfTeaFirst · 11/06/2013 07:02

birds, and then......... Tipp-Ex

I really like Tempi though. I used to have a babysitter Tempi. I think it was short for Temperence.

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MortifiedAdams · 11/06/2013 07:25

Is it meant to be short for something? Sounds too much like tipsy for my liking. I think the pregnancy hormones are getting to you. When I was pg I wanted Elphaba, purely so I could use the nn Elfie.

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burberryqueen · 11/06/2013 07:31

quite cute if your dd was tiny but otherwise...not a serious name.

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BlueStarsAtNight · 11/06/2013 07:45

Only as a cute nn when they're little. Awful for a teen/adult. It made me think Tommee... too. Can't even think of anything it would be short for!

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AnneEyhtMeyer · 11/06/2013 07:53

Tippi Hedron was Natalie I think.

Also think of Tommee.

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thistlelicker · 11/06/2013 07:58

Is it even a name? Can you imagine a 40year old being called tippi .... It may tippi them over the edge!

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Wishfulmakeupping · 11/06/2013 08:06

Agree with others the birds automatically pops into my head

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jessjessjess · 11/06/2013 09:36

My friend has a cat called this!

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squoosh · 11/06/2013 10:24

Birds.

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SixPackWellies · 11/06/2013 10:27

First though was Hitchcock here too. Too cutsey for me.

Temperance on the other hand...... great name!

(Mind you, when pg I was reading a book with a woman in it called Deliverance Dane and I ached to name my DD that)

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sparkle12mar08 · 11/06/2013 10:30

Hedren, cups, and Native American shelters. Awful for a child, sorry.

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TolliverGroat · 11/06/2013 10:33

It is a bit too cutesy, yes. You could probably get away with it if you are achingly posh and all your friends' children will be called things like Tigga and Bunty and Binkums, but otherwise it's really too much.

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scaevola · 11/06/2013 10:50

Quite cute as a nn.

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forevergreek · 11/06/2013 10:59

Reminds me of tippi degre, the girl who grew up in Africa with wildlife as friends.

I kinda like it.

Maybe get away with Tabitha as name and get to tippi aka - tabbi- tippi ??

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rockdakazbah · 11/06/2013 11:05

Hmmm, looks like it's back to the drawing board...

Middle name is going to be unusual (family name) so can't give a 'sensible' middle name to fall back on.

Wish I was achingly as quite like the idea of DD having friends called Tigga and Bunty Smile

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rockdakazbah · 11/06/2013 11:32

Oops, that should have said achingly posh Smile

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MsJupiterJones · 12/06/2013 07:31

It is lovely, The Birds is one of my favourite films. It does sound like a nickname but I wouldn't be able to place from what (didn't know T Hedren was Natalie till pp mentioned - she certainly hasn't outgrown her nn though).

Mind you Marnie is a nickname too but people (Lily Allen) use it as a name in its own right.

Other association would be those tents (tipi).

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