Skip

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Skip, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Chip
• Buddy
• Trey
• Trip
• Junior

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Skip is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Ukrainian surname7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Скіп, Скип

• Thai given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, Canada

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written สกพ, Sikop, สีก่พ, สักพ, Sakip

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Skip is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, v., kpongbo

  as a word·Vocabulary of the Mende Language

• In got, romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Icelandic, ship, boat

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Serbo-Croatian, »piatto grande, vaso largo e cupo«; »kopanja, šmur, karlica, veća drvena zdjela, korito za pranje rublja, korito za odnošenje škalje, za pranje djece«

  as a word·Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

• In Latvian, Parasi atkārtojumā, kādu glāstot

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Skip Jamesb. 1902USAmerican Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (1902–1969)
• Donald Trumpb. 1945USnot in their usual nameAmerican physician
• Skip Woodsb. 1967USScreenwriter, film director, film producer (born 1967)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Skip mean, and where does it come from?

To move by hopping on alternate feet. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Skip?

In English /skɪp/ (Wiktionary).

Is Skip a male or female name?

Skip is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB).

Which countries have the most people named Skip?

In the United States, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Skip, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled skip. After it come Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Kenya; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Skip?

In the United States, the national register counted 2,047 people named Skip in 2020, about 1 in 163 thousand residents.