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Pip

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nameaholic · 06/04/2020 09:27

Just throwing this one out there, what do you think of Pip for a boy? (Not Phillip)

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AJTracey · 06/04/2020 20:05

Pippin

Greenvilla · 06/04/2020 20:03

Awful

strawberry2017 · 06/04/2020 18:46

As a nickname - yes
As a full name - no

TwilightPeace · 06/04/2020 18:36

Why would you call your child Pip? Give them a real name.

VenusClapTrap · 06/04/2020 18:34

I know two. One is short for Philippa, the other Piper.

jemmmmm · 06/04/2020 18:28

I have a Pip. Debated over whether to put full name on BC as Pip, Pippa or Philippa- really glad I went with the latter. Gives her flexibility when she's older.

I would say every single time, almost without fail, I say her name is 'Pip/Pippa' I get asked what it's short for.

RhymingRabbit3 · 06/04/2020 18:23

I have a 2 week old little girl named Pippa and we will call her Pip for short. It's nice for a boy too but I think it's a bit short to be a name all by itself.

Crabbo · 06/04/2020 18:14

I think people make a lot more of the ‘weirdness’ of names when they’re just an abstract name, but if you actually meet someone with the name it just seems normal... I know a Pip, have known him since I was little (friends dad) and it really never struck me as any different to any other name.

Amicompletelyinsane · 06/04/2020 18:13

I quite like it but would Prob go with a Philip Phillipa name so they have a choice. My friend is pip. I have never thought of it as odd, but she is Phillipa officially

Lllot5 · 06/04/2020 18:12

I like it. But then great expectations is one of my favourite books

heanix · 06/04/2020 18:10

I once worked on a cruise in France and another girl who worked alongside me was called Pippa. This caused a lot of sniggering amongst the French crew as ‘pipe’ (pronounced ‘pip’) is slang for oral sex in French. Just so you know...

NoLongerAnEasyTarget · 06/04/2020 18:10

Oooh I love Pipin.

MyDcAreMarvel · 06/04/2020 18:08

No sounds like a benefit.

Greenbutterlfy566 · 06/04/2020 18:04

When I saw the title I immediately thought of personal Independant payment.

Bezalelle · 06/04/2020 18:01

Pip is great.

Both Philip and Philippa sound like a wet fish flopping around on a wet wharf.

Jossina · 06/04/2020 17:32

Only as a nickname. It doesn't even need to be a nickname for Philip/a. It can really be for anything.

SoleBizzz · 06/04/2020 16:34

I preferred DLA much easier

LargeGinOnTap · 06/04/2020 16:16

There's a Philippa in my family and she was always Philippa until recently as an adult that she's started to go by Pippa or Pip but even then not all the time

Shockers · 06/04/2020 15:31

Perspective is a funny thing- I’d see it as what the fruit grew from... but I’m biased Wink.

daffodilrosedaisy · 06/04/2020 15:30

Pip was my childhood best friends hamster’s name in primary school!

HavenDilemma · 06/04/2020 15:26

Just makes me think of PIP - Personal Independence Payment which has replaced DLA

Almondsincake · 06/04/2020 13:45

Pip is something you take out of fruit.
Of all the names out there this is pretty unimaginative and dull.

OuterMongolia · 06/04/2020 11:39

I love Pip but would expect it to be for a girl (as an alternative to Pippa).

PretzelVanderspling · 06/04/2020 11:37

I know a Pip. It’s short for Pippin.

Whatsyourflava · 06/04/2020 11:35

I like it - prefer a P name like Percy though

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