I'm NOT naming her after my sister!

[Sprinklesandsprinkles]

I'm wanting to get opinions on this name vs my DSs please.

We are having a baby girl and both really like the name Pippin. We'd mostly call her Pip, and have the options of Pippy or Pips. I like a name with lots of variation options that we like.

The thing making me unsure is I have a sister called Philippa and I know that a lot of people called Pip have it shortened from Philippa. I don't want people to always be asking Pip- is she Philippa named after your DS?

However DS has always been Phil and NEVER Pip so I can't decide if that makes it a non issue?

Side note- can Pippin be taken seriously on job applications etc?

Pippifer! Not sure why this has me laughing so much... please call your daughter Pippifer.... cheer the primary school teachers up.

I've only known cats named Pippin so I personally don't think it's a bad thing if people think you named her after your sister. Is it really that big of a deal if that's the conclusion they come to when they hear the name?
I'd definitely rethink Pippy though. Or at least look up the meaning across different languages

Callie Coles, the influencer, has a son called Pippin which is short for Peregrine. I didn’t realised she had named him after a hobbit. I could see an adult female Pippin, very posh, maybe a KC, you need to be like that to own a name like that.

Pippi as in Longstocking is great. Full name Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump.

But I was an avid Astrid Lindgren reader/60s TV show watcher, so obviously Rullgardina (roller blind) and Krusmynta (spearmint) are a great names 😁 How about Tommy, Annika, or Mr Nilsson?

It makes me think of the kids show in the 90s, Come Outside I think it was called? With Pippin the dog.

If you shout "PIPPIN!" at the playground you might get a load of dogs running towards you.

What about Pippa, Piper, or Polly?

The squirrel was called Tog. (Also a boys name imho).

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@Sprinklesandsprinkles
I hope your surname isn't Cox or Orange.

To me Pippin is a boys name. He was a hobbit in Lord of the Rings. Pippa DOES sound like as if you got the name from your Sister's name of Phillipa. Does it actually matter if you like the name you want to give to your unborn daughter?

No it won't be taken seriously! At least call her Pippa as a full name!
Also your DS is Phil and you're going to call your DD Pippin?!

I'm sorry but as a 90s kid Pippin just makes me think of the dog from Come Outside! Personally I think you have to consider the name on an adult - Pippin is cute on a 4 year old in a Disney princess dress but isn't going to look great on a CV or an application for a magic circle firm.
Sorry, I know that's not what you want to hear.

Pippin is a dog or an apple. I feel like this may be pregnancy hormones clouding judgement.

Elrond: "What's Pippin short for?"
Gandalf: "He's a Hobbit."

That aside, it's a boy's name.

Just no, it's a dogs name!
How about Poppy?

Pippin is ridiculous.

I chose the name Pippin for our cat when we rescued her and her original name was Peaches.

She now lives with my daughter and hasn't applied for any jobs that I know of so I can't advise how it would look on a job application.

Personally I would call her Pippa and have her nickname as Pippin. Or possibly Pipkins but then that takes you into Hartley Hare territory.

Exactly this - I was just going to say the same thing. All well and good to have a non-common name but Pippin is just a dog's name or a Hobbit name. And of course I wouldn't bias hiring someone on their name, but unconscious bias exists and I would seriously wonder what the parents were thinking.

Do yourself a favour and name your daughter something that won't get her confused as a boy, dog, your sister or a Hobbit character. Let alone getting teased about being one of these things because whether we like it or not, kids tease and are cruel so maybe don't give them fuel for the fire?

Please not Pippin. Pippin is a hobbit. Remember you are not naming a baby. You are naming an adult. They will be stuck with this name.

Go with Philippa. It's a proper name and you can still use pippin (if you must) as a nickname.

Forget your sister - Pippin is a really dodgy name to give a child. She will have to spend her life explaining it, spelling it etc. Honestly it's a nightmare.
Give her a proper name, and that as a nickname if you want.

Side note- can Pippin be taken seriously on job applications etc?

Not really, and I'd assume a boy/man. It's a cute name for a baby, but for a mature 45 year old?

Pippin always makes me think of Come Outside

My first thoughts were "oh like pippin the dog" from the TV program Come outside.

I call both my DC by the names that are on their birth certificates, so for instance if I was going to use the name Chris i'd never put the name Christopher on their birth certificate, it would just be Chris.

Just me...I've never seen the point in shortening/changing names.

Pippin is a dogs name.