Girls name

[sooperdooper]

What are your thoughts on the name Piper for a girl? Heard it on a film last night and really like it, but it's quite unusual, never met anyone with the name before!

I like it, but it feels like I shouldn't.

It kind of feels like its in the same vein as Harper or Scout, doesn't it? Not sure if it's too try too hard

I like Piper, I think it is quite an American name really. I first heard it on the TV show Charmed.

Love it.

Cute. I know a toddler called Piper.

Was it Piper Laurie who married a very young and beautiful Mel Gibson in Tim? Lovely name and I'm really funny about names

I really like it, not sure if I would use it though.

I think it's lovely. I know exactly what Eggs is saying (you feel like you shouldn't) as it does have an American, surname-as-a-first-name feel to it, but I think it's much more subtle than most.

It really, really isn't too 'try hard'. Detest that expression. Are you not supposed to try hard when naming your kid? Like when people say a name is 'pretentious'. Without knowing someone's heritage, way of life, social circles etc, how can you possibly say they're being pretentious? I suspect that people who say 'try hard' and 'pretentious' on MN actually mean that it doesn't suit THEM and how they perceive themselves and therefore they disapprove. thank goodness we're not all the same, eh? How dull life would be. Sorry, I'm going off on a tangent as I've had a bit of wine. it's lovely, Piper Laurie is very cool (Twin Peaks - she was awesome!), and Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a pretty good album. Although if you already have a DD called Dawn you're going to look like a huge Pink Floyd fan!

Good luck!

I don't normally like names that sound American-surnamey, especially for girls, but I actually don't mind Piper. I also wouldn't mind being called it as an adult, where as some of them very much only work for tiny kids.
Gillian Anderson (Xfiles, Bleak House) has a daughter called Piper.

Bagpipes, Billie or Alpha.