Pip...short for??

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apart from Philippa?

Pippa

Persephone?
Apple? :)

Phillip (as in Great Expectations).

Penelope
Piper
Felipe

ooh,thanks....um i like all off those actually

any more?

well except apple...

Piper
Phyllis

Philip and possibly Philippa. Anything else is just silly.

pippen

No, I think Piper, Pippin, and Penelope would work too.

Philippa is the best name- FACT. As is Pippa.

No bias here, oh no

i like the idea of Pip for Penelope, though.

I think Pip/Penelope seems a bit strange

but on the other hand... why not?!

Are you looking for a boy's name or a girl's name?

I don't get this. Either you accept that a diminutive comes from a specified name, which mostly they do. Or you throw caution to the wind and let it come from any old name you like.

Pip is the associated diminutive for Philip/pa. When it comes to "what name could we get away with using it for", well then Mary, or Nigel, whatever floats your boat.

Agree, Gwendoline! :o

well actually its DP's nan's name, so we would like to use it at some point.but her name is just Pip,and although its nice,id prefer a longer name and i wasnt sure what it was usually short for,except maybe Philip/pa.

i like Pipin a lot,but i think that may be cruel.....

Well, I think Pip coming from Penelope makes a lot more since than it coming from Mary...

Sarah Jessica Parker has a brother named Pippin. Pippin Parker. :o

Phillip.

Dp's nan was christened Pip?

Yep....unless she's lying

We had a dog called Pip when I was a kid. My mum named the dog for her brother Philip?!?
WHY?

I am Philippa, known as Pip. The only other name I've heard it shortened from is Philip, so the same thing really. I think Pippa stands alone reasonbly well these days, if you're not keen on Philippa.

Pip to me is shortened form of Phillipa or Pippa for a girl or Phillip for a boy. However I did have a cat called Pipsqueak (whose name was shortened to Pippa or Pip) Lol :o