Pippi

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Fantasy name invented by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren for her books about Pippi Långstrump (English title: Pippi Longstocking)

In the books, Pippi is a short form of Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump, the last two names being surnames.

Pippilotta: Combination of Swedish pippi = 'quirk' + Lotta
Viktualia: Swedish viktualier = 'victuals'
Rullgardina: Swedish rullgardin = 'roller blind'
Krusmynta: Swedish krusmynta = 'curly mint, Latin name: Mentha Spicata Crispa'
Efraimsdotter: Swedish Efraimsdotter = 'daughter of Efraim'
Långstrump: Swedish lång = 'long', Swedish strumpa = 'stocking'

Related Names

Krusmynta	♀
Peppi	♀
Pippi	♀
Pippilotta	♀
Rullgardina	♀
Viktualia	♀

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[1]		29	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[2]		15	89	0	1
Norway[3]		4	6	0	0
Finland[4]		n.a.	5	n.a	5
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Pippi.

Sources: ^{[2] [1] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi