Pippa Name Meaning & Origin
Pippa
Origin of the name Pippa:
Originally a pet form of Philippa (lover of horses), Pippa is now in common use as an independent given name.
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- Comments and insights on the name Pippa
Kind of sounds like a name for a petite dog
Pippa is the name of my little dog! ^^
Can also be a nickname for Patricia.
I think it's kind of cute!
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- Nicknames for Pippa
Pip
Pippie
Pipper
Pips- Meanings and history of the name Pippa
Originally a pet form of Philippa (lover of horses), Pippa is now in common use as an independent given name.
- Famous real-life people named Pippa
Pippa Scott (b. 1935), American actress
Pippa Steel (1948 - 1992), German actress
Pippa Middelton Sister of kate middelton- Pippa in song, story & screen
Pippa Ross (formerly Fletcher) was a character in Australian soap opera "Home & Away", she was played by Vanessa Downing (1988-1990) & Debra Lawrance (1990-1998).
Philipa Rose "Pippa" Saunders was another fictional character in the show "Home and Away", she is named after Sally's adoptive mother, the above named Pippa Ross.
Pippa "Pip" Cross (c. 1878- September 1895) is one of the main characters in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray.
Pippa McKenna, character on the '80s sitcom The Facts of Life
Pippa is a character in the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.
Pippa is the main character in the children's book Pippa at the Parade by Karen Roosa.