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The name Pippa...

53 replies

WineGate · 06/01/2017 21:28

I'm about to pop and I felt set on a name for a girl and I've always loved it. Pippa, not Phillipa! But lately while googling and having a snoop on MN I've noticed it's a bit of a disliked name!

Maybe I'm bias as I've loved this name since childhood but can anyone explain why it's so disliked? I'm not living/from the uk so the Royal association doesn't matter. And lots of people have mentioned that it's slang in many other countries for rude words but this doesn't really bother me. There is lots of other names in different countries/languages which mean something strange/ slang/ dirty in the English language so it doesn't really put me off! Smile

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InfiniteSheldon · 07/01/2017 05:56

I love Pippa

Pluto30 · 07/01/2017 05:49

I like Pippa a lot.

I imagine it's disliked for the same reason as a lot of similar (Poppy, Lily, Daisy, Chloe, Millie etc) names are disliked: they're "twee", "cutesy", "won't work on an adult", "trendy" etc.

I prefer Pippa to Phillipa. Phillipa is frankly awful and horsey sounding.

Prefer Pippa to Poppy too.

Smile
reuset · 06/01/2017 21:39

Cutesy, insubstantial, not a 'proper' name etc etc I'd imagine. I don't like nick names or short forms as names, usually. Pippa isn't too bad, though.

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