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]

Piper
PronunciationPYE-pur
GenderPrimarily female
Origin
Word/nameEnglish
Meaningpiper

The following people are named 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

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References

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  1. ^ Schoenberg, Nara (27 July 2010). "Baby names with some bite". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 4 June 2022.