Given name & surname · also French
Pippi
“a friend of horses”·“a blushing young woman”
Pippi is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a friend of horses” and “a blushing young woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a friend of horses” and “a blushing young woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with French and English naming traditions.
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Pippi is a diminutive of Filippa.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pippi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pippi’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Pippi is a diminutive of Filippa. Pippi has a related form in Pippea. In English usage, Pippi has a diminutive in Pip.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Pippi
Characters named Pippi: Pippi Longstocking (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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