60%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Frisian, Dutch Pronounced Pron. /ˈjɪp/(Dutch) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Originally a Frisian short form of names beginning with the Old German element geba meaning "gift". This is the name of a boy in the Dutch children's book series Jip and Janneke, first published 1952. Related Names Rootgebu/geba PopularityDetails Last ranked #47 in 2023 (m) #157 in 2023 (f) Netherlands Categories diminutives, gift, isograms, short forms