To think this name is a bit too unusual...

[jarhead123]

I was being nosy on FB earlier and saw someone I went to school with.

She's had a baby boy and called him 'Chip' - it's definitely not short for anything, I saw the birth announcement. That's his proper name.

I'm all for variety, different names etc but thats too far isn't it?! Or am I boring?

It's a common name. I don't quite get your post tbh.

Do they also have a Biff?

I don't think Chip is a common name at all. I've only ever known one Chip and it was a nick name. Not really my cup if tea tbh.

She’s been watching Fixer Upper. I bet ya!

I I want to know where trinity lives to make this a common name?? At least the other children will be able to read it thanks to the good old ort books. Very unusual maybe she will call the next one fish??

Common in the USA I believe.

Biff, Chip and Kipper.

His real name is David but Kipper (Christopher) couldn’t pronounce it!

I always secretly liked kipper as a name . Don’t even think of them as strange names as I’ve heard the stories so many times!

I reckon she'll call her next boy Dale.

Very American name.

I wouldn't have said it was common!

Just googled it. Can’t believe Biff is short for Barbara. I assumed it was a diminutive of Elizabeth!

It’s definitely not a common name. It’s a nickname at best but not one I’ve ever heard outside of books. There’s worse names out there though.

N Dale?

not an american name
was a nickname for chip off the old block

I reckon she's a fan of Beauty and the Beast

I think it's a diminutive of Charles, or maybe Christopher? but I’ve never known anybody called those names that didn’t use Charlie or Chris. And not as a 'proper' name..

I've only ever heard the name on American TV shows.

Not really my cup of tea tbh.

Bravo InDubiousBattle!

Not a common name at all as far as I know.

It's a slightly odd one to choose as the 'whole' name, but Lord knows there's worse!

Not a common name. I've been teaching for years and have yet to meet a Chip.

I quite like it in it's own way.

The Biff, Chip and Kipper books absolutely come to mind.

Chip isn't a very nice name or nickname imo.

I think Chip is short for Charles in the US. It's not a proper name, just a nickname.

www.behindthename.com/name/chip

I think it's a really cute nickname. But not as a proper name

Chip is a nickname in the US. I have never heard anyone use this as a proper first name. I question whether it's even a common nickname anymore either, tbh. Got a huge airing in the 1980s with the Preppy Handbook. I have never heard it in all the years I've lived in the UK.

Of all the 'unusual' names I've seen mooted on MN, this is probably the least objectionable: recognisable, easy to spell, cute for a little one and sounds like a nickname for when they are older.