Pippa??? (longstocking or middleton)!

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DD2 due later this year

DH and I quite like Pippa (using the longer Phillipa on the birth certificate). I mentioned the name in passing to two general friends - one laughed and said oh no Pippa Longstocking. The other laughed and said oh no, will be associated with Pippa Middleton! I know there are associations with most names but I don't want the poor girl (or us for that matter!) to suffer or have the mickey taken out of her in future

Do others have the same concerns over the name?

For info - surname is four letters so not big in length.

Other names on shortlist are: Louisa, Anna, Annabel, Laura and probably a couple of others I can't remember!

It's Pippi Longstocking, so you're safe there. I like it. If you like it use it!

I love Phillipa and Pippa and have done since I was a kid watching Robot Wars :o Classy, fun names.

Annabel is officially trademarked by me. You may not have it.

Pippi Longstocking and Pippa Middleton are not negative connections so I see no problem there

It's Pippi Longstocking not Pippa.

That said, knowing Pippa means 'Wank' or similar in various languages would put me off.

We made a list once....

My DS is an Oscar so has Oscar The Grouch and Oscar Wilde as his name associations. He can be both grouchy and wild at times, but I don't think this is caused by his name...

I like Pippa, it's fun. Pippi Longstocking is great! There are some really lovely modern editions of the books illustrated by Lauren Child, that you could get for her. As for Pippa Middleton, so what? In any case she is rather gorgeous, so not a negative association at all (especially when compared with a grumpy, green monster who lives in a trash can).

It means blow job not wank. HTH. In Greek.

But nice name.

I think it's blow job in greek and wank in Italian Viva.

Oh God.

No.

Oh and shag in Swedish

Oh for fucks sake. Aggghhhhhhhhhhhh.

But you live in the UK, where Pippa means none of the above horrid things. Abroad, she can be Phillipa.

She can. I reserve the right for that to the the first thing that pops into my head whenever I meet a Pippa though.

Can't help it. I learnt it on here. MN has scarred me for life.

Its all well and good being Phillipa abroad if you know to do that before going on holiday. Learning about it on MN after you've been skipping round Italy and Sweden introducing yourself to the locals as Wank and Shag is not so well and good.

I do still think its a nice name.

See ^^ I'm providing a service here!

All I can think of when I hear Pippa is blowjobs and handjobs too.

Don't do it. Sweden, Greece and Italy, that?s a lot of avoiding some top destinations.

Glad it's not just me squoosh!

I thought it was blow job in Italy? Didn't know the Greece and Sweden ones though

oh dear - clearly my langauge learning has been a little too clean for mumsnet tastes! - will tell DH this tonight which willput him off the name for life :-) Shame as quite like Sweden and Italy and would hate for DD to have to avoid said countries for life (or at least until she can understand why she should rename herself!).

AKMD my mum trademarked Annabel in 1971 when she named me, sorry!

Pippa? - I prefer Pippi! - Pippa seems a bit.....emmmm, wet if you ask me and the pippa middleton conotations haven't helped it man up any

As a Pippa who has been to Greece and Italy i wouldn't worry in the least, i've never experienced any issues, and i quite like the fact it means something in other languages but no-one has ever said to me your name is a slang word for blow job ever in 30 years of life. as i would imagine no-one says to parents of Amelia's their name is a type of birth defect.

Oh and my name is philippa Btw but i have never used that even when i was in Greece

Oh and when i called my mum to say i had found out it meant BJ on greek she goes oh i knew it meant something rude in Icelandic but not Greek lol

Pippa means blow job? ZOMG!

No Pippa means lover of Horses, No wait that's not better at all it just a slang word in greek.

Can't stand Pippa or Philippa - find them a mix of slightly silly and slightly prissy.

Anna is about a million miles more beautiful and dignified!

Ok 2 year old daughter is a Pippi and I love Pippi, Pippa and Pip! She really suits the name too. She is very small and mischievous! We get lots of positive associations with Pippi longstocking, it's a great book? Of course some people say she will get called it at school but to be honest the kids love the character! Pippa Middleton is a babe so why would it be a problem! I am not keen on Philippa..... Our Pippi gets called Pip most of the time.