Message: "Kipling" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Kipling

by Starfish and Coffee

6/8/2021, 9:14 PM

What do you think of Kipling?

**middle aged woman who angers easily**

#Kipling

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- mirfak

6/9/2021, 2:25 PM

Mostly it reminds me of the word stripling.
The -ling makes it sound kinda twee and childish.
Otherwise it's Rudyard, which might not be PC.
I think Kip would do better as a name today.
Or Kipley would also be better.

- RB Constance (Constant)

6/9/2021, 7:31 AM

It would be cute on a small dog or a pygmy goat or spider monkey. The name reminds me of the auther Rudyard Kipling and, by extension, "The Jungle Book" and animals with lots of personality.

- RoxStar +2

6/9/2021, 6:30 AM

I don't know ...

I've never kipled.

It doesn't work too well as a first name; it sounds like a small Kip, or like a verb.

- Cinnabar

6/9/2021, 1:58 PM

Haha! That's the first thing I thought, too! It's an old joke, isn't it?

- PeachyGirl86 (BuckeyedPeach86)

6/9/2021, 8:19 AM

haha "I've never kipled" - I CAN'T with you sometimes!

- ari.

6/9/2021, 2:29 AM

Rudyard. Very much a one person name as far as I'm concerned.

- Amphelise (Chrisell) +1

6/9/2021, 1:11 AM

Cake...

Mr Kipling is the most recognised brand of supermarket cake slices and the like here in the UK, so that's what I think of first. After that I'd think of Rudyard Kipling, so colonialism and the Raj and cultural appropriation (along with some good stories, of course).

I couldn't really see it as a given name these days. If I did - and I know this is a departure from my usual tastes - I'd love to see it on a girl.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

6/9/2021, 2:44 AM

That’s what I think of too

Plus a bag brand.

- Kerilyntaryn21

6/8/2021, 11:27 PM

Terrible

- Ani (peonini)

6/8/2021, 10:05 PM

I don’t know why but it makes me think of a dog food brand, maybe because Kipper comes to mind...

- Pink Princess

6/8/2021, 10:03 PM

I don’t mind the sound of it, but the meaning is nothing amazing! I actually don’t mind just Kip either, though I wouldn’t use either.

- MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)

6/8/2021, 9:42 PM

I think that name is the name of a Lizard in Jessie but I can’t remember. Either way I don’t really like it. The name isn’t horrible but it sounds kinda weird.

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