Piper...

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What comes to your head when you hear piper?

I love it, other half.. Not so much, I'm sure there is room for persuasion though...

It's lovely

I'm having a girl.. I'm even more confused now! haha

I knew it would have mixed reviews obviously as with any name but it seems to either get BLURGH it's awful or I LOVE IT! Thank you everyone, I shall let you know what she ends up being called.. 11 weeks to go! (But will hopefully have decoded before then!)

makes me think of Piper Alpha

I live close to where it happened...saw all the helicopters etc. Dreadful accident. Sorry, but for that reason I couldn't use it! Perhaps if you're not from the locality though it might not be people's first thought.

It makes me think of Sarah Palin (even though I'm not sure she has a kid called piper - is still not a good connotation for me).

Bristol
Willow
Piper
Trig
Track

Have just checked - and these are her kids' names.

Not keen.

I'd think it was hideous and think why would anybody name a child that. But of course I would mumble very nice!

My gorgeous 5 year old DS is Piper and it suits him down to the ground. He was named after one of my grandparents.

I quite like it but it does make me think of Piper Alpha.

I just asked DH and he first thought of Maris Piper potatoes.

Pipper spelled wrong.

Charmed! I really like it though.

Hmm, it lacks substance for me. It also feels slightly dated - more of a nineties name...? Basically not to my taste, I guess.

What comes to mind is how beautiful a name it is - Piper is cool n compassionate n clever and she kicks the crap out of anyone who says otherwise :)

'Piper at the gates of Dawn' made me smile as the only Piper I know us the daughter of a Dawn. They are Americans incidentally so I always think of it as a US name.

Pied Piper of Hamelin. Middle ages man in a yellow and red suit. Awful, awful, awful.