Pip

English, diminutive of Philip

"lover of horses"

Pip Origin and Meaning

The name Pip is a boy's name of English origin meaning "lover of horses".

The original Pip was the main character in Great Expectations (full name Philip Pirrip). Cute for a tike, maybe too cute for an adult.

Pip Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1283 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Pip

• 1283 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Pip

• Pip stage name of Phillip Andrew Arnold, American pop singer
• Philip "Pip" Baker English TV writer
• Pip Carter English actor
• Philip Ambrose "Pip" Elson English golfer
• Philip "Pip" Proud Australian singer
• Phillip "Pip" Pyle English rock drummer
• Thomas "Pip" Rippon English footballer
• Philip Malcolm "Pip" Williams English music producer
• Pip Claflin (b. 2015) son of actors Laura Haddock and Sam Claflin
• Eugene Pip Fox (b. 2012) son of actors Billie Piper and Laurence Fox

The name Pip in Pop Culture

• Philip "Pip" Pirrip main character in Dickens' "Great Expectations"
• Philip "Pip" Pirrin character on TV's South Park named after Dickens' Pip
• Pip cabin,boy in "Moby,Dick" by Herman Melville
• Pip character from movie "Airheads"
• Pip and Dot fictional character in the 2017 video game "Cuphead"
• Gladys Knight & the Pips vocal group