Piper - Meaning of Piper

What does Piper mean?

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[ 2 syll. pi-per, pip-er ] The baby girl name Piper is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced PAYP-er †. Piper's origin and use are both in the English language. The meaning of Piper is 'pipe player'. The first name is derived form the surname, which originated as a byname for someone who played a pipe or flute.

Piper has 13 forms. Forms of the name include Pipe, Piperel, Piperela, Piperele, Piperell, Piperella, Piperelle, Pipper, Pyper, Pypere, Pyperella, and Pyperelle. Another English form is the spelling variant Pipere.

See also the related category flute.

Piper is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as rather trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2015, 0.212% of baby girls were named Piper. It was #68 in rank then. In 2018, it ranked at #88 with a usage of 0.173%, and it was the most widely used out of all girl names in its family. Piper has primarily been a baby girl name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Piper include Pyper, Para, Paree, Parey, Pari, Parris, Parry, Pary, Peper, Peppar, Pepper, Perey, Peri, Perie, Perrey, Perri, Perry, Pipere, Pipper, and Piri.

† Pronunciation for Piper: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"