Philippa

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

I know there have been posts on this name before, but we don't seem to tag here and for the sake of not scrolling through billions of entries, I'm posting another.

I recently read "The Other Boelyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory and it's got me thinking about the name. I used to dislike it, but after thinking on it a bit and hearing on a TV show as well as from this author it's beginning to grow on me.

Not sure that I'll actually be having any more kids but were I to have one today and it were a girl, I am feeling compelled to say her name would be Philippa Elizabeth.

also, how do you all pronounce Philippa? and wdyt of Pippa as a nickname? to me it screams quirk and endearing cuteness. this may be my perception as I'm pretty sure the name Pippa is not common around here.

Comments

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I love it, and I pronounce it FILL-ih (the i sound in sit or lit) -puh. Love Pippa, and Pippi!

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

lol no prob about the suggestions. I hear what you're saying about Elizabeth. it was more the fact that I've decided I like that name quite a bit too, but not enough for a first name that I paired the two.

Elise is my second daughter's middle name and Claire is my absolute fave mn choice ever.

Of your suggestions I like Josephine & Eleanor with Philippa. Grace sounds ok with it but I just am so sick of that name.

:)

[maeda.livejournal.com]

i pronounce it fil-eep-ah, emphasis on the 'eep'. pippa is an awesome nickname.

just to clarify, i know my pronunciation is probably incorrect, but i'm used to assuming unusual/foreign pronunciations for names.

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Phil-eep-a

And I like Pippa. It's cool.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Very unique, I like it. Pippa/Pippi are adorable nicknames.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

I love it. I pronounce it FILL-ih-pah. I like Pippa, but it's not my fave.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

pippa as a name on its own has been hovering around the top of my list for many years now. i dont like philippa though.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

that was one of my things about it. I do like the sound lately, but if I were going to want to call her Pippa more, why not just name her that?

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Philippa is a favorite of mine. I pronounce it "PHIL-ih-puh." I don't like the nickname Pippa because it reminds me of Pippy Longstocking. I've always thought Phillie would make a cute nickname, but it would be a kind of playful family thing, not something I'd call her on an everyday basis. I don't like the idea of, say, shouting it across a playground.

[schuklins.livejournal.com]

It's cute until she starts dating a guy whose last name is Heyman (pronouced "High-men").

And that's not meant as a joke. I actually know someone with the last name of Heyman who just started dating a girl named Philippa. Poor girl.

[lightmycandle1.livejournal.com]

One of my good friends is named Philippa (Phil-ih-puh), and goes by Pippa or Pip. I love Pip. I've found that Pippa doesn't roll off the tongue as easily...I think it's all the p's coupled with the open vowel sound at the end. Or else I'm just a lazy talker. ;)