Meaning and background
The story behind Pippa
Pippa is an English diminutive of Philippa, part of the larger Philip name-family traditionally linked with a Greek expression for being fond of horses. It is also a familiar standalone form in everyday British speech. The link to Philippa is historical naming evidence; it is not a claim that a dog named Pippa particularly likes horses. The pronunciation is straightforwardly PIP-uh.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Pippa appears in 63 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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