Piper

English occupational name
"pipe or flute player"

Piper Origin and Meaning

The name Piper is a girl's name of English, Romanian origin meaning "pipe or flute player".

Piper is a bright, musical name that entered the list in 1999, one year after the debut of the TV series Charmed, which featured a Piper, and it's been a consistent riser since. Piper Kerman is the memoirist whose prison experiences provided the basis for the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black.

Piper has been chosen by several celebs for their daughters, including Gillian Anderson and Cuba Gooding, Jr., and is now one of the top girls' names starting with P.

One of the first Pipers on the scene was Piper Laurie (born Rosetta), after whom actress Piper Perabo was named.

# 133 in the US

Piper Rank in US Top 1000

# 209 on Nameberry

Piper Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Piper Popularity

Famous People Named Piper

  • Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs)
    American actress
  • Piper Lisa Perabo
    American actress
  • Piper Eressea Kerman
    American memoirist of "Orange Is the New Black"
  • Piper Mackenzie Harris
    American actress
  • Piper Joy Curda
    American actress
  • Piper Reese
    American entertainment reporter and actress
  • Piper Gilles
    American,Canadian ice dancer
  • Piper Perri
    American adult film actress
  • Piper Maru Klotz (b. 1994)
    daughter of actress Gillian Anderson
  • Piper Indy Grace Palin (b. 2001)
    daughter of politician Sarah Palin
  • Piper Gooding (b. 2005)
    daughter of actor Cuba Gooding, Jr.
  • Piper Bee
    Jones (b. 2006), daughter of TV personalities Jason Jones and Samantha Bee
  • Piper LaFayette
    daughter of ice hockey player Nathan LaFayette
  • Piper Addison Dalton (b. 2008)
    daughter of TV personality Jonny Fairplay and model Michelle Deighton
  • Piper Sherlock (b. 2010)
    daughter TV journalist Amber Sherlock
  • Piper Rose Davies (b. 2015)
    daughter of actress Leigh Arnold and Steve Davies

Piper in Pop Culture

  • Piper McLean
    character in Rick Riordan's Heroes Of Olympus series
  • Piper Halliwell
    character on TV's "Charmed"
  • Piper Woods
    main character in "Gone Too Far" by Natalie D. Richards
  • Piper McCloud
    main character in "The Girl Who Could Fly" by Victoria Forester
  • Piper Chapman
    main character on Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black;" inspired by memoirist Piper Kerman
  • Piper Hart
    character on Nickelodeon's TV series "Henry Danger"
  • Piper Castleton
    character in movie "Next Stop Wonderland"
  • Piper Pinwheeler
    character in animated movie "Robots"
  • Piper
    character in "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
  • Piper Shaw
    a character on MTV's "Scream"
  • Piper Wright
    character from the Fallout video game series
  • Piper Willis
    character in Australian soap opera "Neighbours"
  • Piper Walsh
    character in the Devils Rock series by Sophie Jordan
  • Pixie Piper
    character in "The Secret Destiny of Pixie Piper" by Annabelle Fisher
  • Piper
    represents universal harmony In Greco,Roman mythology
  • "Piper
    " song by Phish