Kip?

HMLanders · April 2016

It's very early in my pregnancy and I'm trying not to think too hard about names yet, but for whatever reason the name Kip keeps popping up in my mind if I have a boy. Part of me thinks it would be better to use that as a nickname instead- but the full names that I've seen (Kipton, Kipling, Kristopher) I don't like. Anyway, I'm not completely sold on the name and I do have plenty of time to consider others, but would love some of your thoughts on the name? Maybe other suggestions?

edit: I type too fast sometimes

Bringmemylongswordho · April 2016

Kip is cute, but I don't think it's substantial enough for a given name.

magsugar13 · April 2016

would not use it as first name

Marley629 · April 2016

What about Kiptyn

vampirina · April 2016

I think you can use the nick name Kip even if you're son's name doesn't start with a "Kip."

Kevin
Kelly
Kyle
Keenan
Keirnan
etc...

To me it's similar to using Harry as a nickname for Henry or Jack as a nn for Johnathan

klirwin82 · April 2016

bbiutmcph · April 2016

@klirwin82

I can't love tit that enough

tmk0325 · April 2016

I think of Kip Moore the country singer. I think it would be fine on its own.

doodleoodle · April 2016

@klirwin82 I opened this post solely to post a Napoleon Dynamite picture. I'm so sad that you beat me to it lol

KyleeWaller · April 2016

I wouldn't use it as a first name. I agree with the PP that a name wouldn't necessarily have to have "Kip" in it, for it to be a nickname.

Gingermom15 · April 2016

klirwin82 said:

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt · April 2016

I immediately thought of Kip Thorne, the physicist.

Theere re are worse names, but there's many better ones too. I would probably use it as a nickname only. I met someone who used Kip as a nickname for Christopher and I thought that was rather interesting.

groovylocks · April 2016

Marley629 said:

What about Kiptyn

groovylocks · April 2016

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt said:

I immediately thought of Kip Throne, the physicist.

Theere re are worse names, but there's many better ones too. I would probably use it as a nickname only. I met someone who used Kip as a nickname for Christopher and I thought that was rather interesting.

Better.

saham07 · April 2016

I know of 2 different men named Martin that go by the name Kip. Is Kip somehow a NN for Martin?

PhoebeJune1984 · April 2016

I know a Kipp and a Kip (both adults). Neither have "full" names. I actually like Kip/Kipp, and think that names like Kipling and Kipton sound like something made up to try and make a full name for a Kip/Kipp.

Gingermom15 · April 2016

Kyptonite. NN Kyp.

CaboBride2015 · April 2016

Gingermom15 said:

Kyptonite. NN Kyp.

Fantastic!

OP, Kip seems like a nn of the guy at the country club with two Lacoste polos on (popped collars, of course) and a sweater wrapped around his neck. Now...I guess that's fine if that's what you're into but I feel like it's something that should be come to organically and not forced onto a child.

HMLanders · April 2016

thanks for all the suggestions! I didn't know it was the guy in Napoleon dynamite lol. Good call!

little_bren · April 2016

NAF

=caenis= · April 2016

It's cute! I like it. It's short, strong and playful-sounding to my ear.

Side note: Don't go with it if you plan on moving to the Netherlands, though. Kip is the Dutch word for chicken.

Dilynne · April 2016

I knew a kid named Cooper nn Kip.

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