Jip is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Jip thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Jip is a Frisian diminutive of the Old High German names Gijsbert and Gijsberta.
The name Jip derived from Old High German “gisal” meaning “hostage” or “pledge” and “beraht” meaning “bright”. Thus, Jip means “bright pledge”. The first name element could as well be derived from Old High German “gisel” or Celtic “gaiso” meaning “spear” or “shaft of an arrow”.
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