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Is pippa a no no for an adult?

31 replies

ThreeGuesses · 17/03/2010 13:27

Really like this name, as does DH.

Put off by reading that it's seen as a child's name and neither of us like Philippa as a full name.

Also what are your impressions of Pippa?

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IwishIwerewitty · 26/03/2010 07:35

I have a friend called Philippa, she gets called Pip. It suits her so much and she is so lovely, I would love to call a girl Philippa and shorten it to Pip.

Earthstar · 26/03/2010 07:25

Pippa is fine for an adult, it's not cutesy Because it ends in the letter a. I think it's the names ending in y that can sound cutesy sometimes eg honey, milly, tilly.

I think it's a cool name and quite unusual. I think a Pippa would look athletic and be an independent creature...

fluffles · 25/03/2010 22:53

i know a 50+ yr old 'Pip'

it suits her.

hmc · 25/03/2010 22:49

Pippa fine - could be abbrieviated to Pip as an adult. Lol at the Swedish translation. I do sometimes wish I had given my dd a name with more gravitas (she is called the now ubiquitous 'Lily') in case she wanted to become a politician or published academic. Is that a consideration re Pippa?

houseworkhater · 25/03/2010 22:46

I can see Pippa as an adult, very willowy like others have said. Philippa does nothing for me.

SugarSkyHigh · 25/03/2010 22:12

Has anyone mentioned Pippa dolls, or does that age me terribly?

twolittlemonkeys · 25/03/2010 21:23

I know an adult Pippa (Phillippa) who is lovely. Very posh and mad about horses though!

GrimmaTheNome · 25/03/2010 21:16

The only adult Pippa I can think of is the gardener, Pippa Greenwood. It really suits her - sweet, bubbly but with a deadly edge if you happen to be a slug

LunaticFringe · 25/03/2010 21:10

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AllieW · 25/03/2010 21:07

The only Pippas I know are adults - aged between 30 and 65 generally. I think it's reasonably pretty but would tend to err on the side of Philippa on the birth certificate just in case.

MrsC2010 · 19/03/2010 12:54

My sister is a Pippa, I think it's a lovely name. Teachers at school used to try to call her Philippa but were quickly put right, she was Pippa on birth cert etc. It would be on my list if it wasn't already taken!

JeremyVile · 18/03/2010 17:29

I think Pippa is foerever 42.

hophophippidtyhop · 18/03/2010 17:28

I know an adult Pippa who is not only a lovely person but a very astute owner of her own business!

mathanxiety · 18/03/2010 17:26

Pippa would have to be very slim and willowy. I see it as a pretty but insubstantial name. Philippa would be a lot nicer for an adult. Phil or Philly are nice adult nns too.

helenwombat · 18/03/2010 04:21

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LovelyDear · 17/03/2010 23:00

Consider Piper?

shockers · 17/03/2010 22:54

Fat and horsey...?

sparklyrainbow · 17/03/2010 22:38

I have a Pippa in my form. She's 14- it suits teenagers too. She is Philippa but hates it!

mojomama · 17/03/2010 19:51

um, only adding this as I heard it yesterday from a Swedish friend who was in hysterics about the name Pippa; apparently it means f**k in Swedish. not helpful I'm sure.

I, however, think it's sweet, and also really like Phil as a girls nickname.

Jux · 17/03/2010 19:48

DH has two friends with dws called Pippa. I would just warn you that dh thinks they're both thorough bitches.

I don't know them, and admit dh is often biased about this sort of thing. They're probably both really nice; one of them is a professor of physics so dh probably couldn't dominate the conversation like he usually does. I suspect this is why he doesn't like her.

jumpyjan · 17/03/2010 19:42

Pippa is a lovely name and short for Philippa which is also lovely - if you go with Philippa she will have a choice when she is older.

HelenDoula · 17/03/2010 19:35

Pippa is fab ! nice to hear it again, I went to school with 2 Pippa's (they are both still Pippa's - on facebook and are nearly 40!)

blogpage · 17/03/2010 15:30

Pippa is a nice name and I think it suits any age.

Tobermory · 17/03/2010 14:57

I like Pippa very much, much more than Philippa which I see as a bit 'horsey'.
We can't use it with our surname but would have loved to.

LadyMetroland · 17/03/2010 14:31

we chose Pippa as our girl's name before dd was born (would have christened her Philippa though) - in fact we were so decided on that name that we didn't have any other girl's names lined up at all. But when she came out, she just didn't fit the name. It felt too insubstantial in a way ... so she spent 3 weeks as 'baby girl' before we plumped for something COMPLETELY different (not telling you what)! Funny how things turn out cos we were both dead set on Pippa beforehand