Given name
Pip
“a friend of horses”·“one who loves horses”
In English use, Pip is a diminutive of Philippa. In English use, Philippa carries the interpretation “a friend of horses.” In English use, Pip is a diminutive of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Pip is a diminutive of Philippa. In English use, Philippa carries the interpretation “a friend of horses.” In English use, Pip is a diminutive of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Pip is a diminutive of Philip. An origin associated with Philip is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Pip is a diminutive of Phillip. Pip is a short form of Philip.
Pip’s family of names
In English usage, Pip is a diminutive of Phillip. Pip has a related form in Phillip. In English usage, Pip is a diminutive of Philip.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pip
- Pip TorrensEnglish actorborn 1960
- Pip PyleEnglish drummer (1950–2006)
- Pip PellensDutch actressborn 1993
- Pip KarmelAustralian film director, film editor, and screenwriterborn 1963
- Pip HicksBritish Army officer (1895–1967)
- Pip WilliamsEnglish musicianborn 1947
- Pip HareBritish yachtswomanborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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