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I love this name so much. I think it's simple but really beautiful at the same time. A few years ago, I watched this amazing show, A Small Light, which is about the Frank family and the woman, Miep Gies, who kept their family in hiding during the Holocaust. I was inspired by what a selfless person she was and I have been enamored by the name ever since. I really love the name, and it never seemed weird or silly to me, especially considering that if I ever used this name, it would be in honor of a fantastic person. Even so, all of my friends think it's funny or a really bad name but if you like the name, then ignore anything mean or rude people might say about it. Anyone who continues to say the name is "bizarre" after understanding it's history are just plain ignorant. To me, it doesn't seem so strange for an American to have a Dutch name like this and I never thought it sounded off. I really, really love the name and I will continue to defend this beautiful name and all that it stands for. After everything she did for others, risking her life to protect the lives of many, Miep Gies deserves to be remembered; honoring this name is the least I can do to pay respect to exemplar of a person.
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Cute nickname, but the pronunciation is very funny.
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I have never been able to wrap my head around this name. I think I'm fairly open-minded and embrace the diversity of languages and the vast array of names that come from them. But the sound "meep" is just plain bizarre to me as a name. One of my friends has a Facebook friend named Miepie, presumably pronounced "MEE-pee," and I feel bewildered every time I see it. Of course, I would never tell someone I didn't like their name. I just puzzle over it in my own head... and now on this website. I am sure that in the Netherlands it is commonplace and I would be comfortable with it there. But an American named Miep... I don't know. If you're considering naming your daughter this and you don't live in the Netherlands or some other place where Dutch is spoken, I think you could expect a lot of bemusement in your/her future.
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When I first read about Anne Frank's diary, I thougt that Miep and Bep were hillarious names, even though I am German. But I have finished the book, and I think it is a cool nickname now.
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Seems cute for a little Dutch girl, say under the age of 10, but would easily be mispronounced as MY-ep in America. Also, the correct pronunciation would probably get some snickers (meep, meep! is the sound the roadrunner in the cartoons makes.)
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Miep Gies died on January 11, 2010 at the age of 100.
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Ok. It's kind of strange if your child is named after a sound. Imagine the teacher calling roll call. Meep? Meep? Meeeeeeep? One of the strangest names in the bunch in my opinion.
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Pronounced MEEP. [noted -ed]
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Miep was the name of a woman who helped Anne Frank and her family when they were in hiding. She was also the one to give Anne's diaries to Otto Frank after the war.
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The woman who helped Anne Frank is named Miep Gies (KHEES) and, at this writing, she is still alive at the age of 97.
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Miep Gies celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, February 15, 2009!
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