The Pippin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,326 people carried this name — #4,818 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,018 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pippin surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Pepin’.

An early record he cites: Richard Pepin, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Pepin, Pippin and Pipping.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 597 · public domain.

In print

Pippin in American newspapers,
1919–1922.

Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Pippin
The Glasgow Courier 1922-10-13
Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Pippin
The Glasgow Courier 1920-04-02
Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Pippin
The Glasgow Courier 1919-05-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,958 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pippin in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

2,139 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pippin. The most, 611, date from the 1930s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 756
New South Wales 458
Western Australia 412
Victoria 409
South Australia 70
Tasmania 28
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pippin.

Who carried it

People named Pippin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Horace Pippin
    Horace Pippin 1888–1946 · military personnel
  • Dan Pippin
    Dan Pippin 1926–1965 · basketball player
  • Donald Pippin 1926–2022 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pippin,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States348 records

348 records of the Pippin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 248
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul V. Pippin

    Born 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; aircraft worker from Grimes County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Lake Grove Cemetery, Navasota, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Franklin Pippin

    Born 1930; from Madera County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Pippin

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Arizona from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 24; farm laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 348 records for Pippin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia44 records

44 records of the Pippin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 26
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 15
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record E. Maria Pippin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Surry, aged 10; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Pippin

    Farmer of Kerang, Victoria; died 1889.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James Pippin

    Married 1854 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 24.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 44 records for Pippin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Pippin name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Godert Pippin

    Baptised in 1712 in Amersfoort.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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