Given name & surname
Skipp
“the master of a ship”
Skipp is a short form of Skipper. One English interpretation is “the master of a ship.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Skipp is a short form of Skipper. One English interpretation is “the master of a ship.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Skipp is a short form of Skipper. A possible origin is Scandinavian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Skipp through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 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 boys is 6 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 220 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.
Skipp’s family of names
Skipp is a short form of Skipper. Skipp has a related form in Skipper.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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