Peppi
[ˈpɛ.pi]Meaning
diminutive of Giuseppe; Finnish form of Pippi
Background Story
Peppi is a diminutive of Giuseppe, the Italian form of Joseph. In Finnish it is the usual form of Pippi Longstocking's name, taken from Astrid Lindgren's character and translated as Peppi by Laila Järvinen in 1946 because Pippi would have had negative meanings in Finnish. The Finnish name may instead be a short form of Peppina, an Italian diminutive of Giuseppina, or derived from Filippa.
