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Pippa

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Newbubs · 19/06/2022 12:39

For a girl of course
yes/ no?

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MinglingFlamingo · 21/06/2022 14:20

Yes love it! But make sure of you use Philippa in BC it's double P. have a close relationship with the name and she's fab so I think the name is too

Love Pippa and Pip!

Misspacorabanne · 21/06/2022 14:16

I love it op! I also like pip/ pippy (although I know I'm more or less in the minority)

yui · 21/06/2022 14:12

I don't like it personally. It sounds like a nickname and it means something bad in Italian. Both of those things would put me off it. You're entitled to your own opinion, of course.

SeaToSki · 21/06/2022 12:20

I have a relative with the name, she loved it as a child and with family/friends but finds it hard in the work place as she feels its not ‘grown up’ enough and makes it harder to be taken seriously. But that is just her opinion

RevoltingHumanHead · 21/06/2022 12:18

Newbubs · 20/06/2022 06:57

Good job we’ve left the eu then @DramaAlpaca

Is your offspring destined for a life in Blighty and Blighty only? None of those awful foreign holidays for her.

RevoltingHumanHead · 21/06/2022 12:15

No. A dumpy pony club name.

Triptop · 21/06/2022 10:22

I like it.

Imissmoominmama · 20/06/2022 22:11

@SummaLuvin - I’ve had the name for 56 years, and visited Italy many times (I’m there now in fact). Nobody has been rude enough to laugh at my name yet.

SummaLuvin · 20/06/2022 19:55

Newbubs · 20/06/2022 06:57

Good job we’ve left the eu then @DramaAlpaca

You unborn child is not a Brexiteer, and may someday wish to move to or work in Italy, many Brits do. I would not wish to give my child a name with such a connotation when it can be avoided.

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Newbubs · 20/06/2022 06:57

Good job we’ve left the eu then @DramaAlpaca

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MrsT84 · 20/06/2022 00:09

My little girl is called Pippa. She is 9 weeks old tomorrow. I have only had compliments on her name, usually people saying how nice it is as they haven't heard it used for a while x

marblemad · 20/06/2022 00:06

Pippa is one on my list I love it

DramaAlpaca · 20/06/2022 00:02

Nope. It doesn't travel well in Europe as others have said.

I do like Philippa (despite the above fishy description which made me laugh) but not Pippa.

ChagSameachDoreen · 19/06/2022 23:35

Horrible. It's the slang for blowjob in some European languages.

Philippa sounds like a fish flopping about on a wharf.

WeasilyPleased · 19/06/2022 22:30

I strongly dislike it. It was a name used when someone was being dim when I was a kid.

17caterpillars1mouse · 19/06/2022 20:55

Yes for me

I always think it's a quirky but well known name.

Amandawest447 · 19/06/2022 18:31

Nooo!! Pippa is the name people give their kids to make them sound “upper class” and posh

JuneJubilee · 19/06/2022 17:40

I like Pippa, like you not keen on Philippa.

best wishes for her safe arrival 🌸

yourestandingonmyneck · 19/06/2022 17:34

Not so keen on Pippa but Philippa is ok.

I know two fabulous Philippas who go by Phil, which I really like, but I do prefer strong, unisex names (like Alex etc) to more overtly girly names.

xmasaries · 19/06/2022 17:12

Love Pippa!

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Newbubs · 19/06/2022 13:45

Thanks
i don’t like phillipa it remind of philip or phil - not the nicest names
and I don’t like piper as shes not a piper haha.
also dont like the royals so it’s nothin to do with that

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Chaoslatte · 19/06/2022 13:41

Geranium1984 · 19/06/2022 13:19

Love it. We are due in November and have Phillipa (Pippa), Penelope (Poppie) and Isabelle as our top girl names .

The correct spelling is one L and two P’s 🙂 it’s from the Greek Philein (love) + hippos (horse) so means lover of horses.

FayCarew · 19/06/2022 13:40

Philippa is one L 2 Ps. Prefer Philippa to Pippa but both are Ok

Chaoslatte · 19/06/2022 13:38

I love it! It’s one of the very few names where I don’t mind the nickname being the given name. Philippa is nice as well of course.