Hallie or Pippa? Sister for Belle

[Sunflowers1999]

Just that really! Hallie or Pippa as a baby sister for 2yo Belle? We wouldn’t go for a longer name eg Philippa etc, just choosing between those two!

Both work well with Belle. I think I slightly prefer Pippa

Hallie

sorry I really really don’t like pippa

Both are nice! Pippa is my favourite 🤩

Hallie

Prefer Pippa :)

Pippa any day

One of the Radford kids is Hallie which would be enough to put me off tbh

Pippa by a mile. Hallie is just a noise.

Belle & Pippa go nicely together 💕

Pippa!

I love Hallie.

Pippa

Pippa does not translate well, it has a very rude meaning in some languages. It could be quite an unfortunate name to bear if she chooses to travel when she's older.

I think the 'll' in Belle and Hallie mirror each other well.

Holly is quite similar to Hallie, if you like Holly?

Definitely not Hallie. So, Pippa!

Pippa

Pippa, it has the same fresh, pretty feel as Belle and doesn’t repeat the same sounds.

Not Hallie for sure. Pippa is better.

Hallie

Hallie is my favourite. If a December baby I think I'd pick Holly. I regret not calling DD2 Hayley.

Pippa….. less l’s but tbh prefer Hallie

lol you only ever hear people mentioning the rude translation on Mumsnet...obsessed.

Pippa is lovely, I love it

Well yes, if you read this page a lot you will see people mentioning it, to warn people who are obvious and may end up choosing a name they regret.

I'm not sure why pointing out to someone that their chosen name has a rude meaning in several languages would equate to 'obsessed'? OP is free to ignore this fact if Pippa is truly the name they love, but I know I'd like to know if I was about to choose name which could cause my child embarrassment in the future.

Is this translation in German or other eu languages? Because in mine pipi means dck, but only children use pipi to refer to dck. I seen other members mention "translations" that aren't really translation, like oenone meaning to wank in German, when oenone isn't even actual word in German. I think people see words that aren't really words, because they simply have education of potato.

Is pipa a word in your language, or not? Pipi doesn't count.

Hallie. Don’t like Pippa, too posh and horsey. Hallie is cool.

My language is English! Pippa has rude transitions in many languages, although I am not aware of German being one of those.

As I said, people are free to ignore that or say it wouldn't bother them but I see nothing wrong in warning someone who may be completely unaware that their name choice doesn't translate well in some languages. It's not a problem unique to Pippa.