Pippa

Unless you’re Greek and spell Pippa - Pipa, there isn’t an issue.

I don't think you'd meet many people named Dick or Fanny these days for that very reason. Roger isn't so bad. But I definitely wouldn't want to name my daughter something that translates to blowjob!

All these rude translations... Thank god nobody is named (or nicknamed) Dick, Roger or Fanny eh?

It doesn't travel well in Europe... Many rude and unfortunate meanings that would rule it out for me

@heartoftheocean2 Thank you so so much for updating us , congratulations!! Lovely name. 🥰

Glad you kept Matilda in there as you kept coming back to it! Perfect!

Where did you get the name Primrose? Was it a Mn suggestion or from elsewhere xx

I love it!

PlantPotting I am delighted to announce that my little girl arrived safe and sound and is named Primrose Matilda I absolutely fell in love with Primrose and it suits her perfectly.

I like Pippa... I wouldn't use the longer version though I hate it😂

Omg no please don’t. It is slang for several awful things in different parts of the world, like vagina and blowjob

Different parts of the world? Where?

Presumably the OP is from the UK??

And yes I know it’s a bloody zombie.

As someone with a long birth name with lots of diminutives and variations, I would say have a longer name because you can reinvent yourself several times over, depending on mood! My 'baby' name didn't suit me as I got older and now I have a modern current name.

I would go with Phillipa and use Pippa as a diminutive. Can you imagine a 28 year old executive in a big corporation being called Pippa? Cute on a little girl but no so on an adult wanting to be taken seriously.

Zombie thread alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

My fault- I was seeing if OP could update us

Omg no please don’t. It is slang for several awful things in different parts of the world, like vagina and blowjob. She might want to work abroad or travel or go and live in one of those countries. Just the other day there was a poster called Fanny from a country where this is considered a lovely name, who went on to move to the UK and was really upset that her mum had named her that as it’s slang for vagina in England. Don’t put your daughter in that position

@heartoftheocean

Sorry everyone a zombie thread but OP I was wandering if you stuck with Matilda or decided on another name in the end?

Would love an update, remember you had quite a few threads running a year ago and remember reading them all

I like it, but did work with a Pippa, and another colleague who was Polish did tell everyone else what it meant in Polish, and that she couldn’t take it seriously due to this

I have one and love it. Only found out about the nicknames afterwards. It does get me down if I think about it too much but I love her name.
Just going to hope she doesn’t like flying!!

I’m one to say go for it! My son’s name means ‘Jew’ in other countries and people told me not to use it for that reason which I thought was ridiculous (and used it anyway!) and I love the name Pippa.
However, I just asked my Polish friend and she properly laughed so now I’m in two minds.

I know a wonderful teenage Pippa (officially Philippa but only ever known as Pippa) so I have good associations for the name

I prefer Matilda personally but I do like pippa

These random comments are not going to put me off the name in the slightest! Thanks everyone.

So why did you make this thread then?

Another Pippa here.

I’m not mad about the name.

I did have an Italian colleague a few years ago who found it hysterical. I had to get her to call me Philippa because she couldn’t bring herself to call me Pippa

I like Matilda, lots of variation in terms of nickname -Tilda/Tillie/Mattie etc. Pippa is just Pippa or Pip and a bit plain and lacking somehow.....more of a hamster name to me. Just my opinion, you probably wouldn't like my favourites.

Ha, that WAS a funny headline !

I remember when Anatolij Chubais was in the news a lot. "Bajs" means poo in Swedish. The news presenter would look into the camera and you could see them working really hard to look neutral as they said his name. Very funny. But they got through it .

The news headline 'Pippa to be a mum' did cause quite a fniss amongst my Swedish friends Banivani. But I guess you're right, in reality people aren't so likely to comment on it as adults if they actually meet someone with that name.....

If you were moving to for example Sweden I'd advise against it, because school yard bullying can be a cruel thing. I remember hearing that Pippa was a name as a child and being AGHAST. We were falling over ourselves laughing. But then we grew up. ;) The faPippa Middleton has mainstreamed it anyway. The fact that the world becomes more international and people travel more also means that people understand that names can be different and incidentally happen to have a different meaning in another language. I have friends (here in Sweden) who speak English perfectly well who named their daughter Fanny - it's a very popular name here. And there's plenty of little boys called Alfons even though it apparently is slang for "pimp" in Danish.