Given name & surname
Kipp
“from the small pointed hill”
Kipp is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the small pointed hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the small pointed hill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kipp through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,489
- 2,484 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 84 babies
- 2025
- 66
- #2,173 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +92%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 66 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,173 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 92.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 84 in 1964. In 2025, Indiana had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,921 as a first name in 2020; 5,676 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kipp’s family of names
Kipp has a related form in Kip. Kipp has a related form in Kipling. Kipp has a related form in Kipper.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kipvariant
- Kiplingvariant
- Kippervariant
- Kippievariant
- Kippivariant
- Kippyrvariant
- Kippurvariant
- Kipporvariant
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People named Kipp
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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