Piper (given name)
 Shepherd Piper by Sophie Gengembre Anderson, 1881. | |
| Pronunciation | PYE-pur |
|---|---|
| Gender | Primarily female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | English |
| Meaning | piper |
Piper is a given name meaning "piper". The name increased in popularity in recent years due to the actress Piper Laurie and to a character on the television series Charmed.[1]
The following people are referred to as “Piper”:
- Piper Campbell (born 1965), American diplomat
- Piper Curda (born 1997), American actress and singer
- Piper Davis (1917–1997), American Negro league baseball player
- Piper Dellums, American author and public speaker
- Piper Gilles (born 1992), American-Canadian ice dancer
- Piper Harris (born 2000), American child actress
- Piper Kerman (born 1969), American memoirist and convicted money launderer and drug trafficker, author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
- Piper Laurie (1932–2023), American actress
- Piper Madison (born 2002), American singer
- Piper Perabo (born 1976), American actress
- Piper Reese (born 2000), American child reporter and actress
Fictional characters
[edit]- Piper Chapman, protagonist of the series Orange Is the New Black and based on Piper Kerman
- Piper McLean, fictional demigod daughter of Aphrodite created by Rick Riordan
- Piper Halliwell, fictional character in the WB series Charmed, played by Holly Marie Combs
- Piper Hart, fictional character in the Nikelodeon series Henry Danger
- Piper Wright, fictional character in the video game Fallout 4
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Schoenberg, Nara (27 July 2010). "Baby names with some bite". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 4 June 2022.