Pippa
[ˈpɪpə]Meaning
diminutive of Philippa
Background Story
Pippa is a diminutive of Philippa, and a variant form of the name is Pip. It is used in Danish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish, and Finnish borrowed it from English. It came into greater use as an independent name in the Anglosphere after the publication of the 1841 verse drama Pippa Passes by the English poet Robert Browning.
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