Pip?

[sosonic]

This may be hormones and all that, but what do you think of the name Pip for a boy? Or should it really just be a nickname... Help! I'm not a fan of Philip.

Thanks!

It’s nice for a nickname but not just Pip as a name, no.

I hate it. It's naff and wet. Same as kit or Tim.

Absolutely no. Short for Philip or something, fine.

I know a couple of adult Pips.
But you really do need to give him Philip as his 'real' name, to use as a fallback.
Unless your surname begins with P and you can contrive his initials?

Lovely nickname but really needs a full name, Philip, Peregrine, not sure of any others

How about Piers, Pierce or Pierre as full names and Pip as nn?

I think it could conceivably be a nickname for any P name, but it's not a full name itself.

Do you like Patrick, Peter, Paul, Percival?

Surely any name starting with P could have Pip as a nickname?
Peter
Paul
Paxton
Patrick
Preston
Presley

No. Use it as a nickname!

Noooo I hate it too. It's so wet.

@Cookiebox

I hate it. It's naff and wet. Same as kit or Tim.

I agree. Awful.

Do you like Great Expectations?

It feels small and nothingy to me. Maybe it's the pipsqueak association.

are you expecting a litter of puppies?

Nice for a Jack Russell or a Falabella pony. Not a human.

Gorgeous - but I do think it's more of a nickname (some adults may not like/ or suit Pip which has quite a cute, vintage feel imo). I think you could possibly use it on a little one with any given name (as some people do with Bean even once the DC are born - because that's what they called the baby when it was growing inside them); or I agree with other posters than an alternative might be to use the initials P.I.P if you like any other boys names beginning with P.

Great expectations was my first thought

My sons name is Peregrine and we sometimes call him Pip

Pippin?

I absolutely LOVE Pip but it wild need to be a nickname.

Pepin?