Opinions on the name Piper?

[MummyToBe2001]

Good evening!

Opinions on the name Piper?
I am not sure on a middle name or anything as of yet but I’ve recently come across the name piper and I really like it.

What’s everyone’s brutally honest opinions on the name?

I have a really strong aversion to it - and I've no idea why.

I know a baby Piper

Not at all

Not sure on Piper, I do love a not very common P name though. Poppy, Penelope or Pheobe. Super cute!

I'm not personally a fan of names that sound like surnames, but if you like it, go for it! I've heard worse. Whether the baby is a boy or girl, they could shorten it to Pip, which is quite sweet.

Pippa's usually short for Philippa, though.

OP, if you like Piper but aren't completely sure, what about Philippa to be known as Pippa? It's almost the same as Piper, but if she's Philippa she has options. Pip, Pippa, Philippa if she ends up a High Court judge! It's a pretty flexible name, come to think of it.

It's OK? Feels very american to me, I've never met one, just come across it in American fiction books

It's a name I'd be vaguely surprised to hear the first time but would soon get used to it. I don't think its so wildly out there as to cause massive controversy or be a problem for her in later life.
I do think it sounds nice! And I'd be fine with pip as a shortening myself.

Sorry OP but I really don't like it.

It's a lovely name i know a girl with that name.Better than some of the definitely made up names you hear.

Makes me remember my obsession with Charmed…and I love it because of this. 🥰

There’s a (female) Piper in my extended family. I think it’s a cute name. Not one I would personally use but nice nevertheless.

This! Sorry OP

Makes me think of the Piper Alpha disaster too. I don’t dislike it, but wouldn’t be a name I would choose tbh.

I like it but then I was a Charmed fan.

I also know a 7 year old Piper IRL

Light aircraft.
Or a bloke in a kilt skirling away on the bagpipes.

I also know a cute pup named Piper!

I don’t really understand it as a name to be honest. Do you desperately want to give the message to the world that you hope your child grows up to play the pipes? It’s just a bit weird, and yes very American sounding.

I quite like it even though it reminds me of Piper Laurie who played the psycho mum in Carrie.

It’s the name of Belle King’s dog in Emmerdale & I immediately thought of that

Either a bloke who is followed by rats or a disaster in the north sea.

Orange is the new black. Lots of lesbian sex, knicker selling, not a very likeable woman.
That’s what springs to mind when I hear Piper.

It’s very perky, cheerleader like Harper, Taylor etc.
It doesn’t feel like a grown up name.

I don’t know WHY I find this so funny but I can’t stop laughing at it…

I am Scottish as well. It IS a bit like calling your beautiful baby Trumbonist.

I have a 10 year old Piper. She's never once had this comment.

also has never been nicknamed 'Pips'.