Pip
[pɪp]Meaning
diminutive of Philip or Philippa
Background Story
Pip is a diminutive of Philip or Philippa. Related forms recorded for it include the variants Phil and Pippa, and the masculine Philip and Phillip. It is the name of the main character in Great Expectations, published in 1860 by Charles Dickens.
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