Pip

[nameaholic]

Just throwing this one out there, what do you think of Pip for a boy? (Not Phillip)

I think it may not be a name he wants after the age of 10. You could just use it as a family nick name substitute for any other name though.

I don't think it works as a whole name, makes me think of apple pips. It could plausibly be short for any name starting with P though, if you don't like Philip.

Did you notice you had to write "(not Philip)" after it, OP?

He'll be doing that for the rest of his life.

Apart from that - you're naming a potential adult human, not a pet. It sounds so inconsequential, as if you never expect him to take up any space in the world, even on his own birth certificate.

I can only think of two I've heard of: the male protagonist of Great Expectations and a major female character in The Archers. Their proper names are respectively Philip and Philippa.

@perditaprovokesenmity I have to agree with you! I do love both Phillip and Philippa and would opt for the full names if using. Was curious to hear people's views having heard the name mentioned on TV this morning

Love it (but only as a derivation of Philip or Phillipa)
I wouldn't hesitate

I have one but she's a Philippa. I wouldn't have used Pip as her full name. I also know a Philip who was Pip as a little boy but has dropped it as an older teen.

Cute on a kid, cringe on an adult

I like it. My husband is a Ben not Benjamin and he spends a lot of time saying ‘not Benjamin’ wen dealing with businesses etc. But it’s not a huge problem.

Cute on a kid, cringe on an adult

It’s my name - nobody calls me by my full name... 😬

I like it - prefer a P name like Percy though

I know a Pip. It’s short for Pippin.

I love Pip but would expect it to be for a girl (as an alternative to Pippa).

Pip is something you take out of fruit.
Of all the names out there this is pretty unimaginative and dull.

Just makes me think of PIP - Personal Independence Payment which has replaced DLA

Pip was my childhood best friends hamster’s name in primary school!

Perspective is a funny thing- I’d see it as what the fruit grew from... but I’m biased .

There's a Philippa in my family and she was always Philippa until recently as an adult that she's started to go by Pippa or Pip but even then not all the time

I preferred DLA much easier

Only as a nickname. It doesn't even need to be a nickname for Philip/a. It can really be for anything.

Pip is great.

Both Philip and Philippa sound like a wet fish flopping around on a wet wharf.

When I saw the title I immediately thought of personal Independant payment.

No sounds like a benefit.

Oooh I love Pipin.

I once worked on a cruise in France and another girl who worked alongside me was called Pippa. This caused a lot of sniggering amongst the French crew as ‘pipe’ (pronounced ‘pip’) is slang for oral sex in French. Just so you know...

I like it. But then great expectations is one of my favourite books