I remember this was my junior high school friend's favourite name. Ahh, good memories. I was so disappointed when I heard she named her daughter "Caydance" instead of
Zipporah....
I really like this name. It's fun, how can you not like the Zip in
Zipporah? Zippy is all right as a nickname; a bit infantile, but I suppose Zip or Zippo is hardly much better.
I imagine a
Zipporah as being very determined and stubborn, but I'm almost positive that I'm being influenced by the character of
Zipporah on The
Prince of Egypt with that (although that was
Tzipporah).