Girl · English
Piper
Say it: PY-pur
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a player of the pipe.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rose in the US after the TV series Charmed (1998).
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 51,707 babies given this name since 1951
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 431 girls
- 2,886 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Piper Laurie, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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