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Tessa, easily my choice

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I prefer Tess or Tessa as a nickname but I think Tessa does work well as a stand alone fn. Piper I'm really not fond of.

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This message was edited 2/15/2019, 5:46 PM

Piper

Tessa

Piper :/

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Maybe it's a regional thing as I grew up with a few girls named/called Tess/Tessa/Tessie...I just find the name kind of bland. Piper, while trendy, has more of a personality.

Tessa, by far.

Definitely Tessa. I loath Piper.

Tessa

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Piper mainly makes me think of pipettes.

Tessa, for sure

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Piper is too popular, and honestly I find it ugly.

Tessa

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Tessa is really cute and would work on any age. Piper is shrill.

Piper doesn't seem like a name at all to me. I love Tessa and would use it IRL.

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I was at school with a Philippa, always known as Pippa, and her friend, Tessa. Both sets of parents had dithered about whether to name their daughter Pippa or Tessa, and came to the opposite conclusions.

Tessa! Hands down, no contest.

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I dislike Piper

Tessa

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Tessa.

Tessa if I had to chose, but I like Therese or Theresa with the nickname of Tessa much better. I’m not huge on nicknames as given names, though this is one of the better ones.

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Piper reminds me of drugs, tobacco, and stranger-danger men who show up in towns called Hamelin and lead rats and children to their death. Plus it’s riding the very last part of its trend wave, and kind of sounds dated already.

Tessa

Tessa

Hi !!!

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I prefer Tessa firstly because it is also Italian (short for Contessa / Teresa) and then because as other users said Tessa is more ageless, evergreen and safe than Piper which is lovely but with a strong trendy vibe.

I prefer Tessa to Piper. Tessa going to be less markedly associated with one generation than Piper which has a much steeper popularity peak. They're both modern, but Tessa has connections to Teresa, a traditional name. Tessa has a more subtle meaning than the direct word-name Piper. It is also slightly more feminine sounding which I appreciate, and has slightly better associations compared to the Pied Piper (not awful, but slightly annoying).

Piper. Tessa sounds annoyingly girly and preppy to me, I like Tess much better.

Tessa. Usually I don't like nicknames as full names, but Tessa is very appealing. Piper sounds very twee to me.

Tessa