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Piper?

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LemonMeringues · 24/05/2014 21:08

DH and I are expecting DD2 and my favourite name is Piper but DH is not 100%
What are your opinions on Piper? DD1 is Violet and my other possibilities are
Hazel
Tallulah
Felicity
Matilda
Ottilie

Thanks!

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WowserBowser · 25/05/2014 13:12

Love it. Like it with Violet too.

NigellasDealer · 25/05/2014 13:15

sorry but it sounds like a surname or made up.
Also pipa means 'vagina' in Polish and blowjob in Italian

HookingBrilliant · 25/05/2014 13:24

I love it too. It's DD's middle name. We are in Scotland with Scottish accents so it sounds nothing at all like Pippa.

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HookingBrilliant · 25/05/2014 13:30

There's a regional thing about surnames as first names - in Scotland it is not chavvy at all to do this.

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bubblegun · 25/05/2014 13:41

Piper alpha

Andcake · 25/05/2014 13:45

Piper makes me think of the great character in charmed - sad I know. Prefer it to anything else on your list. Now I wish I could think of any of the other sisters names in charmed to suggest those to you

TheWhispersOfTheGods · 25/05/2014 17:25

I love Piper. One of the few 'American' names I like.

From your list I also like Hazel, the rest not so much. Felicity is the only other one I'd lean to, but nn Felix not Flick or Fliss.

gatofeliz · 25/05/2014 17:27

Piper is a lovely name

Eastpoint · 25/05/2014 17:31

I know a Piper who is 17, named after the American actress Piper Perabo. The Ottilies I know are about 13. Piper's brother is Lion, they're a family who go for it name wise.

SpringBee · 25/05/2014 17:36

Eastpoint I immediately thought of Piper Perabo too. She's beautiful and comes across as a really lovely person so that's the kind of person I'd imagine a Piper to be!

Kim82 · 25/05/2014 17:40

I also immediately though of Piper Perabo. Didn't she play a character called Violet in Coyote Ugly?

Purplehonesty · 25/05/2014 18:48

Love it!

AliceInWanderlust · 25/05/2014 21:03

My best friend has a Piper - gorgeous name for a gorgeous girl. She's 8 now and best friend's DH still calls her piperoni :)

sooperdooper · 26/05/2014 08:33

Love it, and like Felicity too

MuttonCadet · 26/05/2014 08:37

The other sisters in "charmed" were Prudence & Phoebe.

MuttonCadet · 26/05/2014 08:37

Oh, and I like Felicity best out of your other names.

Gileswithachainsaw · 26/05/2014 08:40

I like it. First poster beat me to it. Was going to say it was good enough for Gillian Anderson :)

I also like Peyton watches far to much American tv

Youarejustwordsonascreenpeople · 26/05/2014 08:43

Alice my DC's nn is Piperstrelle.

TheBuskersDog · 26/05/2014 08:59

I don't like it, but I don't like 'american' names, particularly surnames used as first names, also just don't think it is a nice sounding name.

TheGinSoakedBoy · 26/05/2014 09:08

The Piper I know goes by Pip, Piparooni and Pipster.
She's a very outgoing child though and really works her name.

Youarejustwordsonascreenpeople · 26/05/2014 14:16

It is an English name and goes back in our family for generations.

Cardinal · 29/05/2014 21:55

I know a 22 year old Felicity who uses Fliss. Gorgeous name!

Silke · 29/05/2014 23:01

I like Piper but understand those saying it might date but don't all our names? FWIW I also like Martha and think it would be lovely with Violet, which is also gorgeous!

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