Behind the Name: Comments for the name Pip

Comments for PIP:

This is an even shorter version of Pippin (originally short for Peregrin) in JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

-- Sedalyn 4/30/2005

A nickname for Joseph or Giuseppe.

-- jflombard1 5/13/2005

A pip is just a fruit seed.

-- Mama1 7/16/2006

This name sounds like "pimp".

-- Taydbug112 11/16/2006

Pip can be a girl name too, short for Pippa.

-- Anonymous User 11/17/2006

Unless you're slurring the name, then, yes, it will sound like "pimp".

I think that this is a cute name. And it conjures up images of a naive, wholesome boy or young man.

-- gaelruadh19 1/20/2007

Pip is the name of the British boy from South Park. There's an episode dedicated to him (narrated by 'some British guy') that is South Park's version of Great Expectations.

-- Rockos_Modern_Life_1 6/3/2007

I wouldn't name my child this, but it isn't an unusual name or nickname over here.

-- ElizainEngland 7/18/2007

Pip is also a feminine nickname for Philippa.

-- nafer1 10/5/2007

I have nothing against the name (although I have much against Dickens' character) but I just see this working way better for a dog, maybe, than a person.

-- padfoot443 7/12/2008

One of Herman Mellvile's character in Moby Dick was named Pip. He was a black kid who entertained the crew. He went crazy after falling into an ocean.

-- jas_mar 8/26/2008

I like the association with dominoes more than that of the Dickens character. It's a cite nickname.

-- lucyskydiamonds 2/1/2010

I love Pip as a nickname, I think it's cute for a child, but somehow carries well into adulthood.

-- BonVoyage 7/7/2010

Pip is the name of one of the boys in Five Detectives And Their Dog. It's one of the many book series of Enid Blyton. One of my favourite writers when I was a young girl.

-- Kaat5 11/12/2010

When I hear this name, I think of a mouse.

-- alimohamedd 11/21/2011

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