Kippen as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kippen

What is the meaning of the name Kippen ?

The baby name Kippen is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkɪpən/ (KIP-ən).

Kippen is Scottish in Origin.

Kippen is a Scottish toponymic name, used as both surname and given name, taken from the village of Kippen in Stirlingshire. The place-name is commonly linked to Scottish Gaelic ceap ‘block, stump’ and ceapach ‘tilled plot, croft’, yielding senses such as “little plot of land” or “clearing with stumps.” As a surname it denotes someone who came from that settlement.

As a first name, Kippen is rare and modern, fitting the broader Anglophone trend of adopting Scottish surnames as unisex given names. It appears in Scottish parish and tax records from the early modern period as a family name, with sporadic given-name use emerging in the mid‑20th century in Britain and North America. Variants and related forms include Kippin, Kippan, and the clipped Kipp; Kip functions as a familiar nickname. Overall meaning: “from Kippen,” by extension “one from a small cultivated plot.”

⚙ Kippen turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.