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Sorry but Tippy sounds like a nn someone gets in college for drinking too much....

Xanthippe

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Tipra

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Tipper

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Zipporah

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Theophilia

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Theophania

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Tiphanie

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Stephanie

On a character perhaps it could work, but on a real person no. It reminds me of "tipsy" and is really just too cute (in a bad way). Tiggy isn't much better. It makes me think of Tigger.

Tippy is cute as a nn. Since Tip is traditionally a boy's nn for Thomas, Thomasine / Thomasina / Tamsin immediately came to mind as a formal name for Tippy.

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Other possible choices:

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Tiffany / Theophania
Tziporah
Xanthippe
Matilda Pearl
Ottilie Pearl
Any combination that gives you "T.P." as the initials
Patience
Agrippina (grip --> trip --> tippy?)
Tipperary (which might not seem so crazy if you've got ancestors from Ireland)
Patricia
Trinity / Trinidad
Philadelphia (pip --> tip --tippy?)
Parthenia
Stephanie

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Granted, most of these are stretching. But for me nns have always had a loose relationship with the formal name. I'm strict when it comes to the formal name being spelled *correctly,* having history, etc. But the nn is the place to show creativity, affection, etc. So Patricia, nn Tippy, makes perfect sense to me.

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Aw, my father's nn for me was Tiggers. I've thrown around the idea of Antigone, nn Tiggers, before. So Antigone, nn Tiggy, really makes me smile.

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Thanks. This was a fun exercise of my brain early in the day. :-) Is there anything that you could use here? Sorry for any repeats.

It could be for Tziporah
Or maybe Teresa Philippa - something of that sort.

This message was edited 11/13/2009, 10:39 AM

I think it works as a nickname for a character or real person. It's a bit of a stretch, but it could work as a nickname for Antiope. Maybe Theophila or Tiffany / Tiphanie. If some Elizabeths can go by Biz or Diz and Edwards can go by Ned, I think that a Tiffany could go by Tippy instead of Tiffy. Tiffany is NMS, but I think it could work for certain characters depending on their personalities and such.

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Antigone "Tiggy" is neat.

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Another name that I think is neat for a character is Zipporah "Zippy."

heh

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My middle name is Tippins. It's a family surname; my aunt is named Mary Tippins and called Tippy.

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A name that used to kick around on my short list was the nickname Tipp for a bot, which came from Thomas Perseus or some other T. P. combo, so that's an option. However, I really like Tisiphone nn Tippy.

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I don't like Tiggy as much, it's grottier.

My mother's brother Philip was called Tippy. He died before I was born, but I know him as "Uncle Tippy" and it seems completely natural to hear for me. So yeah, I do think it would make a sweet NN.

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+ I can't think of any girls' names off the top of my head, but I don't see why it wouldn't work for either. I do have to agree with Murasaki; Antigone, though a pretty enough name, is too sad to be usable.

This message was edited 11/13/2009, 7:05 AM

Tippy 's a cute nn. It would work for Theodora, Tabitha any other longish nams starting with "t", but also, if it's not too much of a stretch, for something like Margaret. Actress Tippy Herden's real name was Nathalie.

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I don't like Tiggy so much and I don't think Antigone's useable, that story's way too depressing.

Xanthippe? Tryphena? Tulip?

Maybe Tabitha? I think I do prefer the nn Tiggy with the full name Antigone :)