Active discussions

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Kip

40 replies

coldtoe · 18/08/2014 18:12

I have a feeling how this name is going to go down....

Any thoughts on Kip for a boy? Not short for anything, just Kip on its own.
Any suggestions for other names I might like would be great. I seem to like short boys names like Tom and Max but not keen on how popular they are. Tom is top at the moment.
Help!

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
winkywinkola · 18/08/2014 18:15

Kip? As in a small sleep?

No.

Kit is great though.

Kip is not.

OwlCapone · 18/08/2014 18:15

Kit, possibly. Kip? No.

Capitola · 18/08/2014 18:16

Kip? That's silly, and a bit mean.

UriGeller · 18/08/2014 18:16

Kip is Napoleons Dynamites really cool older brother

Tantrictantrum · 18/08/2014 18:42

I like it

sidorek · 18/08/2014 18:45

it means "chicken" in dutch...

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 18/08/2014 18:49

It means dump of a house in Ireland as in "he lives in a real kip!"

I mean this in a nice way but I'd save it for a dog. Wink

ApplebyMennym · 18/08/2014 18:51

I quite like it! Kit is nice too. I also like Jed which I think is sort of along the same lines.

Legionofboom · 18/08/2014 18:55

I think it's probably one of those names that sounds a bit Hmm on paper but if you knew someone called Kip it would seem completely normal quite quickly unless they lived in the Netherlands

florascotia · 18/08/2014 19:25

I was also going to mention Dutch chickens. WHY, OP, when there are so many fantastic names to choose from?

It also makes me think of Kippers.

OUP's Kip and Biff story books are about phonics, not real life.

At least Kit has been used as a nn for Christopher for hundreds of years, so everyone knows what it is.

Original poster
coldtoe · 18/08/2014 20:22

Ok, mostly not in favour of Kip as suspected, but more like it than I had predicted.
Thanks for the suggestion of Jed. I agree, it's in the same group as Kip but I'm put off by a Jed I know and don't like. Any more suggestions? I quite like Doug...

OP posts:
Kim82 · 18/08/2014 20:25

How about:

Ben
Jack
Jem
Tam
Joe
Rex
Dax
Mac

DPotter · 18/08/2014 20:30

Kip Keino was a famous kenyan runner from the 1960s, but I agree Kit would be better

Original poster
coldtoe · 18/08/2014 20:32

The more popular ones there are taken already by close family. I like Mack but can't use it unfortunately.
Tam, Jem and Dex are more Kip like but not for me. Thanks for the suggestions though

OP posts:
Original poster
coldtoe · 18/08/2014 20:35

Any ideas along the Doug, Rudy, Blake, Sid, Ned line?

OP posts:
Original poster
coldtoe · 18/08/2014 20:35

Any ideas along the Doug, Rudy, Blake, Sid, Ned line?

OP posts:
PetaPipa · 18/08/2014 20:44

Drake, Jude, Luke, Ed, Red, Jet, Cass, Pip, Jon

ashtrayheart · 18/08/2014 20:52

Red
Kit
Tom
Zac

Original poster
coldtoe · 18/08/2014 20:54

Quite like Jude but wouldn't use it.
Tom is top contender still!

OP posts:
TheLeftovermonster · 18/08/2014 22:19

Tim?

WordOfTheDay · 18/08/2014 22:38

Lou, Lex, Lee, Abe, Bill, Bob, Paul, Mark, Drew, Ron, Ray, Jed, Seth, Nick

PandasRock · 18/08/2014 22:40

Pip
Tor
Keir

Loletta · 18/08/2014 22:41

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

TeamEdward · 18/08/2014 22:42

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Castlemilk · 18/08/2014 22:43

But what is wrong with Kit? That is an excellent name.

Swipe left for the next trending thread